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Old 11-09-2006, 10:02 PM   #1 (permalink)
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I'd like to change my stock bars. I've seen diagrams and dimentions while shopping online but am not too sure what they actually look like installed, apart from M's and Aces which are probably too low for me . Can anyone please post pics of your beauties fitted with Drag bars, superbars, western bars, t*tty bars etc. along with overview of how they compare to the stock Bonnie bars?
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Old 11-09-2006, 10:46 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Not the best pic, but stock vs flat track bars. FT come up about 1/4" higher and back about 1" more. Overall width is same. Looks a lot better than stock bars too.

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Old 11-09-2006, 11:00 PM   #3 (permalink)
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new bars w/ napoleon bar-ends were the best improvement for my bonnie. it looks better, handles better and is such a looker now.
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Old 11-10-2006, 09:12 AM   #4 (permalink)
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RT, where do you get the flat track bars amd price.
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Bellacorse, here's the link

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Old 11-10-2006, 01:21 PM   #6 (permalink)
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I have the Superbars. Nice neutral position that's just forward enough to make you feel like you're not falling off the back. I'm very happy with them. Not the best pic but should give you the idea.
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Old 11-10-2006, 08:08 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Exactly the bars I'm thinking about orderring next week Pabonne......got any more pics?
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Exactly the bars I'm thinking about orderring next week Pabonne......got any more pics?
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Old 11-10-2006, 09:58 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Exactly the bars I'm thinking about orderring next week Pabonne......got any more pics?
sorry, cliff - that's my only one. I'm not much with a camera and haven't entered the digital age yet. I must have ten roles of film in the fridge waiting to be developed! There's probably one or two lurking in that mess but Lord knows when I'll get to it.
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Old 11-10-2006, 10:13 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I tried the factory bars, risers with the factory bars, M bars right side up, M bars up-side down, M bars with risers & without risers, Clubman bars, Clubmans with risers, flat track bars, and the factory bars up-side down with risers.

And through it all, my back and/or my shoulders, or my mid-back, or wrists, or my forearms, or my whining...... persisted.

In the back in the corner, in the dark of my garage, sat the handlebars I hated off my 2000 Sportster 1200'S', so I stuck 'em on the BonnieBlack one day. I love 'em, they work for me, and they're going on my project bike..... even with the Raask rear sets. I hope they work as well with the rear sets, as they did with the mid-controls.

M Bars with no risers:


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