Hi all,
The below pics were taken off the Factory 47 website and I put them together as a collage so I could see the difference over stock.
I have questions for you pros out there, as I am considering a change from the stock.
I'm 6'0" but my reach has been shortened a bit on my left arm due to the motorcycle accident I had several years ago that sheared off a part of my left elbow. It gets sore now after about an hour of riding, but truthfully, I don't think a change in bars will help that. It just gets sore, and I'll have to live with that. Still, I'd like to have to reach out less further than the stock bars make me reach, and yes, I've rotated them a bit, but I still don't care for the bar configuration.
In all the pics I've seen of Malo/Monkey bars, they seem to be rotated forward quite a bit. As you can see by carefully examining where the end of the grips are on the stock versus the two other bars, these types of bars seem to be more about getting your hands higher up, rather than closer.
Did any of you rotate them closer to you for less reach out?
Second, because these bars are taller, did find your hands were getting colder in the wind stream after changing to a higher bar?
Third...width of the bar. The stock is 33" wide, these particular Factory 47's are 36" to 37" wide, and I'm wondering if you wish you'd gotten less wide bars?
Fourth...for those of you who changed out to bars like this, why did you do it? How much did the badazz look have to do with your decision, and how much of it was for comfort and control. And are you happy now with your decision?
Thanks in advance, guys.