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High Bend bars

mike54

Husqvarna
A Class
I'm 6'4 and have just taken delivery of a new to me 630. I'll be modding the brake and gear levers but am wondering what you tall guys are doing for bars / risers? I have a set of Rox 2" pivoting risers on another bike which are great but I do fint that when it gets chucked on the floor the riser can move if the bar hits the ground which leads to ten minutes with an allen key so I doib't I'll have those again.

Wondering if anyone has swapped out their bars and if so, for what? I'm looking at Renthal Dakar high bend for long periods of standing in the desert but it'd be good to get your views on these or any other bars which give a 1 3'4 " - 2 " rise from standard, whether that's with risers and or higher bend of bars

( I did search but found very little)
 
I have the Rox on my 610 and never any trouble! I put them on with a 3/8" drive Allen wrench, tight!
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For long periods of straight-ish riding whilst standing I think the Rox would be great, but for tighter fast turns i think the geometry would be put out and life would get difficult. Just wondering if anyone has used a higher bend of bar
 
I find them very agreeable in tighter terrain, but that just me. We are all built different and will have different results from the Rox.
 
Take a look at highwaydirtbikes - they offer risers to go with their custom top clamps / handguards. You will probably have to relocate your dash, but that's going to be an issue with any risers.
 
For me in the UK, the HDB stuff is prohibitively expensive with the import tax etc. Just looking at the clamps and it looks like they can be turned around to bring the bars forward about 3/4 inch? Other than that I think the Rox might be it - my bike ha 25 mil risers and it's nowhere near enough. When standing if I lean forward to get the right balance the bars are so far underneath me that I can't accelerate properly without holding on too tightly
 
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