I had problems with my handlebars all last year (first year of having my bike). I would get shooting pains in my wrist area so I switched the hand grips thinking that the chrome ones were hard to keep a grip on so I was hanging on too tight. It did help, but I was still sore. The first ride out this year the pain was even worse and there was no way I'd be able to ride it like that. Because I have the 2007 with the one piece handlebars I couldn't change anything. After talking with the Harley dealer we came up with an idea of bending the bars and bringing them closer to my body.
When I grabbed the hand grips my hands were kind of turned into the center of the bike which stressed the wrists. By bringing the handle bars closer to me it straightened out my wrists so I don't have the pain anymore. I just picked up the bike today and I rode pain free
The dealer brought the handlebars 1-3/8" closer for me. They made up a metal jig that would act as a reference point to ensure they bend them equally on both sides. There is a bump in the bars where the bend was made and it still needs to be chromed, but so far it has worked. In the pictures you can see the ground down area where the bars were heated and I didn't want to give up my bike any longer so I will take it back in the winter and have it all rechromed. We plan on just touching it up for now with a metal chrome paint to protect it.
The dealer heated the bars with an acetylene torch and bent inward with a pry bar. The dealer said to leave the bump as the handlebars are thicker at the point where they made the bend than where the hand grips are. All internal wiring, controls, etc. had to be removed before any of this was done. The handle bars had to be removed from the bike and secured in a vice to make the bend so it took them a few hours to do all of this.
Just thought I would share this if anybody else has had any problems.
Now let the road trips begin
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