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Author Topic: Has any one moved the forward controls back to make them standard/mid  (Read 13267 times)

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Andrea O

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Hope everyone is enjoying riding.

I am looking into moving my forward controls back.  I am having a hard time using the rear break easily.  I test drove a dyna at the dealership the other day that had the mid controls and was comfortable with the controls moved back.

When I asked the parts  dept they said they did not see a kit for going back to mid / standard controls only a kit going forward.

I will have to stop by service and see what they think.

Has anyone made this change?

Andrea

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Re: Has any one moved the forward controls back to make them standard/mid
« Reply #1 on: September 17, 2007, 09:25:35 PM »

Not something that I would want to do, but, if you want to save some money on the conversion, look on Ebay. I've seen Dyna mid controls coming up constantly.
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Re: Has any one moved the forward controls back to make them standard/mid
« Reply #2 on: September 21, 2007, 01:39:04 PM »

I asked my dealer about doing this and it can be done, but if I remember correctly I think I was told it would cost around $2,000.  The big reason for this is that you would need to change the primary.  The mid control pegs come through the primary and the one we have on our bikes will not allow that.

I have my heel rests set up so that I rest my feet on top of them and it feels more like a mid-control bike.  Maybe you could just play around with the position of the heel rests and see if that helps?
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Re: Has any one moved the forward controls back to make them standard/mid
« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2007, 08:52:03 PM »

Andrea,
    I moved mine back. Didn't care for it, and put them back where they were in the first place. I wound up sending my seat in to have reworked to move me forward. It's working for me. There is no problem moving them back. You do need to change the primary, and I believe, the inner primary. If you decide to go that route, let me know. I have a primary and inner that I'll sell you cheaper than you can buy it from HD. They're like new.

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Re: Has any one moved the forward controls back to make them standard/mid
« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2007, 01:09:54 PM »

You can also modify your boots, have 2-3" added to the soles, it works great! Any shoe repair shop can perform this repair for you. Being a "vertically challenged" male, I chose to make this "modification" instead of changing anything on the bike. When I went to the shop to have it done and asked the guy if he could do it he said"yeah, I've done it before", I explained why I wanted it done and he said" yeah, that's why the others did it, you're just the first man"...dag! Good luck!
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Re: Has any one moved the forward controls back to make them standard/mid
« Reply #5 on: January 17, 2008, 04:32:00 PM »

I took the front pegs and reversed them (left on the right-right on the left) was having a hard time keeping my feet on them during highway speeds  :2vrolijk_21:
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Re: Has any one moved the forward controls back to make them standard/mid
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2008, 05:38:56 PM »

Smurfsdad, Did you modify the primary cover or buy a new one with the hole in it?  I saw a bike with it done, and I couldn't believe they drilled it?  I bought a different seat for it and it made it more comfortable, definately sits better.  I dont like the stripper style sit it comes with.  I was very temped to buy the 08 seat, it is a perfect seat.  But I went with the limited Orion seat.  I will be selling the stock seat (on ebay?) very soon.
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Re: Has any one moved the forward controls back to make them standard/mid
« Reply #7 on: January 18, 2008, 08:58:40 AM »

Soulfly,

 Can I get a pic of that seat? What did it run you?
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