If you get them, you will love them!
Just installed mine a few weeks ago - muuuuuch better.
Hey Sportsguy, when you say that they are much better, what specifically do you mean? What prompted you to decide you needed these in the first place?
Thanks,
Dave
I wanted to sit a bit more upright and these did just that for me. They are taller and position the clip ons a bit closer to me, the net result being my back is a bight straighter.
Between this and the Master Yoda riding position, I can virtually eliminate lower back pain on longer rides now.
Next up will be a custom seat, though, which while softer on the old tookus, will likely place me right back into an almost factory relationship between seat and bars. Given pain in my lower back is minimal, I don't see this as a real problem. As the new seat breaks in, I expect to find a happy medium.
The clamp is also much beefier than the stock unit, and while I "know" this contibuted to a more solid feel, damned if I can actually "feel" that difference. I'm just not that tuned, like some folks.
I also very much appreciate the pre-drilled & tapped holes perfect for mounting RAM mount style mounts.
I also cannot overlook the desire to farkle. Back when I bought this unit, I was following a "logical path of upgrades", then waited many months to install it.
This was maybe 10% of my decision, though.
In practical use, I find it easier now with them to sit more upright, creating an overall more comfortable position for me on longer rides. Heck, it feels great on short rides, too.
Had I never bought these, I'm sure I would have been fine down the road. Knowing, though, that a custom seat often makes you sit a bit higher, I reasoned that this upgrade was going to happen either now or later. I opted to buy the Heli's now and save the higher cost of the custom seat for later.
