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john1652 Ex Member	wider handle bars? 01/20/07 at 09:06:20 after riding the vl 800 for a few hundred miles the Savage feels very small when I get on it. Now I have always thought the Savage was a bit pushy in turns, in other words it seems to push to the outside in turns. I am wondering if wider handle bars would make a difference in this. has anyone tried it?????? john
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Reply #1 - 01/20/07 at 11:05:50

I've got a straight drag bar nearly 3ft long. I can make a sharp left turn with my left hand on my hip at speed (i.e. steering w/ my right hand). so yes, long drags make steering easy. on the newer one I have, it still has the narrow stock buckhorns. it is much harder to turn. I do need a little bit of rise and pull back, though... very little force is required to turn.

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Reply #2 - 01/20/07 at 21:34:12

I didn't go quite as far out as Vroom1776, and mine aren't perfectly straight. maybe 1"-2" lift and maybe 15º of angle back. But the wider 32" width is probably the best thing I've done to my Savage yet!

Sure, your arms are out in the wind a bit more, and there is a bit more drag on you and the bike, but it is well worth it to me when going around corners the feel and control is vastly better IMO. Of course this type or thing is very subjective so YMMV

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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: wider handle bars? Reply #3 - 01/20/07 at 21:35:51 I'm using 36" wide drag bars (with pullback, not straight) on pullback risers and I love the control. They are quite comfortable too.
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Five_Points Full Member Offline Posts: 141 Columbus, OH	Re: wider handle bars? Reply #4 - 01/21/07 at 05:18:31 I agree. I have some Z style dragbars. 4" rise, 4" pullback and 32" wide and they give me much more control than the pullbacks I originally had.
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john1652 Ex Member	Re: wider handle bars? Reply #5 - 01/21/07 at 13:21:32 aceace wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:01: http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/761/2059123681a42202a0aocopyot1.jpg what the h-e-- double hockey sticks does that have to do with handlebars????? glad i wasn't lookin while i was eating. john posting with link deleted.
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