Road Glide Riser Pin (2015-2023)

When Factory 47 first designed the Signature handle bar for 2015 Road Glides we noticed three new things about the riser. The first thing was it now was standard for the Road Glide to have 1-1/4" handle bars and riser diameter, second was the hole for the wires on the handle bar and riser where now forward and not facing down. But last we noticed that there is now a pin in the riser. This pin as you know if you are reading this article started to become an issue, for one you can not adjust your handle bars up or down so you are stuck with a standard position. Second we assumed it was a new safety feature so we did not want to pull it out. So we designed our signature handle bar with a slot on the right side of the handle bar. We took advantage of the pin and we used it as a stop so when you are setting up your Signature handle bar if you go to far forward it stops you before you hit the fairing or if you go to far back it stops you before it hits the tank. You wouldn't notice this installing the handle bar until you where all done and turned the bike and hit something. This was a great solution and will always work for the standard or special Road Glides. 95 percent of our orders for Signature handle bars are those models but we do occasionally get an order for a CVO or Ultra Road Glide, and this is where we ran into another issue. We have no explanation why but Harley Davidson decided to put the pin on the other side of the riser for those models, it is the exact same riser only the pin is on the other side. Now a simple solution would have been to put another hole on the other side until we found out what the pin was for. The Road Glide riser pin is not a safety pin as we assumed it is only a pin to speed up production so when they are assembling the Road Glide they always know where to place the stock handle bar. This is why there is no pin in any Road King, Street Glide, Softail, Dyna or Sporster. So if you do have a CVO or Ultra we do apologize for the inconvenience but you will have to pull out the pin. But don't worry it really only takes one minute, just grab some vice grips and pull up. Hopefully this article truly helps you out and we hope you don't think we are just trying to pull a fast one on you, we are riders like yourself and have been in the handle bar manufacturing business for years so we understand to put safety first above all aspects when designing our products.

T Bar Adjustable Bracket

The T bar market is growing and we get a lot of requests for handle bars that fit Road Kings, Road Glides and 48 Sportster. If you are familiar with these bikes you can understand why, it is not like a Dyna where all you have to do is pull off the stock risers and bolt a T bar in its place. It is a little more difficult because these bikes have covers or gauges in the way. The Sportster 48 you have to change the complete upper triple tree because the riser is part of it and can not be removed. That is where the idea came from so we designed this bracket which allows you to mount it just like a stock handle bar but it has a plate on the top with two holes to allow you to mount any T bar to it. The major advantage of using this bracket is it allows you to adjust you T bar forward or backward so you no longer have to worry if your bar has the correct angle. Another major advantage is if you ever need to put your stock handle bar or any other handle bar back on to sell for example you have not modified, removed or damaged any of the stock components. Now we understand that by making this bracket it had to be strong and just like our handle bars we made sure to take no short cuts and design with strength and safety in mind first. We only offer this the bracket in powdercoat gloss black and it has our signature Factory 47 plate welded to it so don't be fooled by any imitations. (please notify us if you do see a copy as we have a patent on this bracket.) The bracket will fit any Road King, Sportster 48 and pre 2013 Road Glide (Does not fit 2015-17 Road Glides) Here is the bracket on our good friend Nicks awesome 2015 Road King with our Evil T handle bar. The brackets over all height from top to bottom is 3" and it will fit any standard T bar.

Signature Handle Bar 12" Chrome on a 2016 Road Glide

We under stand it can be hard to choose between the 14" or 12" rise Signature handle bar for 2015-2017 Road Glides. So here is some pictures to show how a Chrome 12" Signature looks. Notice the peak of the bar is even with the top of the fairing (not the glass like a 14"). Keep in mind you can adjust this bar because we have put a slotted hole for the riser pin. Always make sure the handle bar has our signature Factory 47 badge on the bottom right corner. The 12" Signature handle bar allows you to use all your stock cables and wires. Plus you do not need to modify anything. The bottom step down is machined out of DOM so there is no weld. The grip is double swaged with a hole for the new control pins. All Signatures have holes for internal wiring and slotted for throttle-by-wire. Most customers ask our opinion on which bar is better the 14" or the 12" and to be honest that is all based on your height and preference, but we can tell you that 90 percent of Signatures ordered are 14" and we have never received a customer complaint on that height. But we will always advise choosing a 12" over a 10" because the 10" is so close to stock it doesn't offer the same look, plus keep in mind as you pull the handle bar back toward you the grips move downward. Most customers that decide to go with the 12" want to play it safe and in this case if you choose a 12" or a 14" they booth look great.

Get the most out of your pre 2013 Road Glide wires.

Factory 47 understands it is expensive to switch handle bars. You have the bars, cables, wires and labor. So to help you out here is a quick little tip to help you pre 2013 Road Glide owners out. We found out on this 2009 Road Glide that the main wire harness can be un clipped from inside the fairing allowing around 12"s more slack. Also note if you take the throttle by wire harness and do not run it through the fairing it also gains you a lot of slack. We where able to run factory wires on this 2009 Road Glide. (NOT THE CABLES) shown below.