Hutch
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Birch Run, MI. U.S.A.
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Keith, If you are going to keep the stock bars, by all means change or lift the front of the seat. The problem is the stock buckhorn or the pullback drag bars are to far to the rear of the bike. They make you lean back on the high part of the seat to get your arms comfortable, and that gives you monkey butt. I you go with upright bars or just turn the stock drag bar risers around so they don't pullback, you will find the stock seat is fine. When riding a bike your back should be straight up and down, or slightly forward to get the spring in it. If you are leaned back, your back will not "spring", and all your weight is on the back of your butt. The bars, in either stock configuration, are not made for anyone over 5'4" or with long arms. I would post a pic if my web host would work right. It also would dispell the myth of 12" apehangars being above your head. Hutch
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