Wide style levers?

tyryannosaurusrex · May 20, 2013

Hey all!
I just got my first Buell (2005 Hero Blue XB9SX)! I've been dreaming about this since 2002 and finally got one! WHOOOO!

Anywho, I've been accustomed to riding with the wide-style cruiser levers, a la Harley, and these stock levers just kill my hands. Despite my best efforts I haven't been able to find anything akin to those wide levers that will fit these controls. HALP! Does anyone know of a place I can get something like that? Or is there someone who could be commissioned to make some? Here's a pic of what I am thinking.

http://www.kuryakyn.com/Products/3747/Wide-Style-Levers

Thanks!

thrstrmech · May 20, 2013

welcome to the forum, post a pic of your bike...does it have the stock handle bar set up currently?

tyryannosaurusrex · May 20, 2013

Thanks!
I've got some 5-0dro axle sliders and OEM tank pucks on the way but otherwise she's bone stock.

I am going to pull the hand guards shortly, otherwise that's all I've got in mind for a little while til I can free up some more capital.

thrstrmech · May 20, 2013

She looks clean...ever thought of the riding position you're in? For instance, that seat is the tallest made for the bike, which sits you up higher on the bike, also slide a bit back when you roll on the gas. The pull back on the bars also puts your hands/arms in a uncomfortable position. These factors affect the grip on the bars, fatigue the hands, numbing the fingers in some cases. Changing the seat and handle bars may suite you, this is just from my opinion since I ride an '03 9s that had the very same seat and stock bars. I changed the seat from the M0090.1AJ to M0090.1AD and the stock bars to Renthal Ultra Low's, world of difference for me.

tyryannosaurusrex · May 20, 2013

Thank you kindly!
I do have to admit the riding style took a bit of getting used to but I like the ergos better than the cruisers of my earlier riding days. I know that the helmet forward style is the better riding position for more spirited riding but I prefer to have a more standard seating position than the sportbike/clip-on/head first position. How much more of a tuck do the low bars put you in? For reference I'm a hair under 6'.

Eventually, I do want to swap the seat and have thought about a fat bar conversion, but that and a few other jobs are a bit beyond my grasp financially at the moment, so I'd thought I'd go for the cheap fix first with some wide style levers.

thrstrmech · May 20, 2013

How much more of a tuck do the low bars put you in?

slightly more forward, but not that much more than stock, just lower and a little wider, I'm 5'11" and changing the seat was a great change that I wish it was done sooner, bars too

tyryannosaurusrex · May 20, 2013

I'm 5'11" and changing the seat was a great change that I wish it was done sooner, bars too

Food for thought! That's a sharp looking cockpit BTW! Like those bars!

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