Doody814 wrote on 08/27/13 at 17:10:48:


Whats your inseam and how comfortable is your leg position? easy to shift? brake?

I'm 5'10" with a 30" inseam and am not sure if a 4" or a 6" forward control set would do.

old_rider wrote on 08/28/13 at 07:49:41:


I'm 6'0" w/ a 32" inseam, and I think they're pretty comfortable, but it's a bobber.  I'm not going on long trips, I'm just cruisin through town.  I guess it depends on what you're doing.  If you do more riding on the twisties and/or do a lot of shifting and braking, I'd think 4" would fit you just right, but if you're planning on doing more open road cruising, where you would want to stretch your legs, the 6" would allow for that a bit more.  If it was me, however, I'd go with the shorter set to allow for more control, and if you wanted to stretch out, use some highway pegs (on a crash bar) or some pegs that swing out.

old_rider wrote on 08/28/13 at 07:49:41:


I'm only 5'8" with a 30" inseam and it took some getting used to with my 4" Ed.L forwards installed. My legs are stretched pretty well and are really comfortable, but I don't do much hard mountain/twisty riding roads. Most of my riding is short around town commutes and slow leisurely drives  

One nice bobber,

Where do you get that rear seat and mounts? Thanks


Doody814 wrote on 04/22/13 at 11:07:29:

Thanks Man!
I call it a 6-footer...she looks great from 6ft away, but up close you can tell I built it myself.  I bought it on the cheap, dumped less $ into it than Hurley guts spend on chrome bits, had a blast building it, and have even more fun riding it (and seeing people's reaction while on the road, lol)...That's what it's all about!

Good luck to you on your build.  Start a thread, we all want to see what you come up with!

I bent the seat brackets downward, to horizontal & used it as a "shelf" for the seat springs to rest on. Between the spring & bracket, I placed an angle bracket that the lights mount to.

The angles are key...I started using cheap little shelf brackets I got from Lowe's, but the vibrations caused stress fractures & now my right shock needs a new paint job, lol. I had some 1/8" flatbar lying around, so I bent & drilled a couple of brackets & now they're solid as a rock!

Well, by all means...if people have done it before, then NO one should EVER try it again!

There's a reason why Manufacturer's warantys are voided, on almost everything you buy, if something is modified...because it's likely to not last as intended.  I'm not a fabricator, I'm a backyard mechanic!  I make things happen with what I have available.  If it doesn't last, I'll fix it (probably in a manner that you don't aprove of either), cause that's what I do.

I was asked how "I" did it, so I answered honestly.  I never said that this was the best way it could ever be done.

If you don't like the way someone has done something, OK, offer suggestions to a better solution, otherwise don't be so rude.  If you're gonna hate, just keep it to yourself!

old_rider wrote on 04/29/14 at 08:55:54:


That's all my point was...
I didn't mean to get testy, just proud of my baby!