I'm 5'11" as well with a low cut danny gray seat and my arms are straight out. My torso must be shorter than Phils. LOL. My bars measure 17" top of point to bottom of lower bar.
thanks for the post, since the seat height would matter also, not sure about all the state laws for apes, in Illinois its your hands can't be above your shoulders, I'm 6'2 so I should be ok in this state., but I would have to get a fugly, then I would be a spelunker on a fugly with a messy garage
well, I got tired of the bars on my deluxe so I decided to change things up a bit, went with Bill @ BR Customs AGAIN... he has always made all my bars to perfection and to MY SPECS, and as always he did not disappoint. as you can see quality is second to none