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Old 01-12-2009, 08:31 AM
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6'8" and have the badlander seat and mustang solo. Extend the floorboards shifter and brake, it helps.Just ordered parts for 16" apes this will help greatly. Any other tall riders have to switch out your bars? I found it dangerous when turning with stock bars.
 
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Old 01-12-2009, 08:59 AM
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6'2" (not so tall). The stock seat on my 2006 SG was too low as my knees were above my hips. I tried the different seats Harley sells and found the Tall boy to be the best. It rasies the rider up 1-1/4 and back 1/2 inch. I now feel like I am sitting on a desk chair. The passenger also is raised and has a bigger seat. I plan on adding highway pegs low on the engine guard so I can rest my heals on the boards and my toes on the pegs.
 
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Old 01-12-2009, 09:32 AM
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6'4" with 34" inseam. I have the pullback HD bars, Mustang Regal Seat and HD adjustable pegs. Long rides on the floor boards no very comfortable after a while but swing the legs out to the highway pegs and I can ride all day.
 
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I am 6'-9" and had a corbin classic solo, but now have a danny gray weekender 2up because I still wanted somethin firm but wanted a touch of give when I sat on the seat. I did not want tallboy type seat that pushed me up or looked extra thick so I got a set of accutronix forward controls at a steal of a price and it was the best thing I ever did. Knees are now below my hips so blood flows easily to my toes and I no longer feel like I am sitting in a 1st graders chair.

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Old 01-12-2009, 12:08 PM
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35" inseam. Corbin and extended controls. Yep that's the ticket.
 
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I bought the Tall Boy seat from HD then took it to a guy and had him modify it. He kept the seat the same height but moved it back 2 inches. It fits me perfectly.

It might be better to buy a seat and find someone to custom fit it to you then to spend a lot of money on a Corbin or some other brand. You can probably get a custom seat for the same price. Look around in your area to see if there is a local shop that modifies seats.
 
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plus 1 on the mustang seat real comfy-ride safe
 
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Originally Posted by fivefoottwenty
6'8" and have the badlander seat and mustang solo. Extend the floorboards shifter and brake, it helps.Just ordered parts for 16" apes this will help greatly. Any other tall riders have to switch out your bars? I found it dangerous when turning with stock bars.
what do you have that Mustang solo on? does it sit you down & back?
 
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This should fit a tall rider well. haha

http://thekneeslider.com/archives/20...cle-completed/

more photos here
http://www.leonhardtweb.de/en/index.html

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Old 01-12-2009, 03:32 PM
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Default Ya, I think I would set back far enough on this one. Thanks for the URL. Cool!

 


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