Another Bar Post

[flipper]

with all the talk about bars, i was wondering about different heights for myself: 06 gasser, and i'm 5'7", with 33" long arms. monkey arms, some might say.... but anyways, i'm a stateside intermediate rider going to advanced soon(maybe), and was wondering about the effects of a shorter bar like the dougie fat bar. it's 20mm shorter and 10mm more in width. what would the ups and downs be?

[motojojo]

If your back don't hurt use the lower profile bars. You are kind of tall so lower bars might make you slump over putting you in a uncomfortable riding position, but I would roll my bars forward and with long arms it would give you more room on the bike. Wide bars are great until you jump up on a large rock with a tree on each side and you bang booth little fingers on each hand, ask me how I know. LOL

[flipper]

If your back don't hurt use the lower profile bars. You are kind of tall so lower bars might make you slump over putting you in a uncomfortable riding position, but I would roll my bars forward and with long arms it would give you more room on the bike. Wide bars are great until you jump up on a large rock with a tree on each side and you bang booth little fingers on each hand, ask me how I know. LOL

5'7" is tall??? tulsa must be groing them short these days! must be all that oil exposure!! just joking! funny, i grew up in lawton, left ok in 95. for me, rolling the bar forward tends to give me control issues, as in too twitchy. i want to try different bars, but damned expensive!! Thanks for the reply.

[motojojo]

True it might be the oil. Yea rolling the the bars forward makes for quick turns. I made some spacers raising the bars about 3/8in.