Harley Davidson Control Clamps.

Harley Davidson has been  good on using the same control clamps for years. It really doesn't matter what year or model of your bike because they are all universal. That is until they released the 2015 Road Glide and it came out with a longer heavier clamp with a pin on the other side. It is kinda random that they did that. The new design does not look bad and the pin on the other side seems to be a safety feature, not to mention the extra weight is suppose to reduce handle bar vibration. But why only do it to the Road Glide Standard, Special and Ultra? The Road Glide CVO (Custom Vehicle Operations) is the premium Harley Davidson and it has the older style control clamp. It might be due to the fact the controls are chrome on the CVO maybe Harley never chromed the new style clamp so just settled for the older style. Well thankfully it is only a clamp and it honestly takes two minutes to change them. Our Signature handle bar is designed to fit the Standard, Special and Ultra model for the clamp. If you have a CVO please specify when you purchase so we can make sure the handle bar we send you will fit perfectly. Now if you are trying to run one of our handlebars that is not a Signature on your 2015-now Road Glide all you simply have to do is buy the older style clamps which run around $30 (click here for example). You can use the diagrams below to determine which style you have.

Part Number:41700321 & 36700113

After Market Handlebar Grips.

Factory 47 is a leading manufacture for Harley Davidson handle bars. We make sure each handlebar we sell pasts our quality and safety inspection. We designed all of our handlebars to work with stock Harley Davidson hand grips. We have never changed our 1" diameter and have never had a issue when using stock handlebar grips. We do occasionally get a call about after market grips not fitting but this is always due to the aftermarket grip diameter (a straight line passing from side to side through the center of a body or figure, especially a circle or sphere) being to small. So if you happen to have this issue please check your stock Harley Davidson grips on the handle bar. If your aftermarket grip is to small please contact that manufacture. Unfortunately we can not change our diameter and all of our handle bars are made with the same grip specs. Do not mistake this issue for your throttle sticking and not returning to the neutral position, in that case you simply just might have pushed the throttle control to far in and there is friction at the end. In that case just pull the control outward a little bit to give it some space. Thankfully this is a a very little issue and have only seen it happen a couple of times.

Harley Davidson Risers.

Probably one of the hardest parts about manufacturing a handle bar is knowing which riser to make it for. We ask you a lot of questions before you make your initial purchase because we want to make sure we get you the correct handle bar. For years Harley Davidson was always 1" diameter and no matter what handle bar you had it would work. Well times have changed and Harley Davidson now offers quite a few different risers on bikes. We don't know exactly when but we do know it all started with the CVO models when Harley changed the diameter of the handle bar to 1-1/4" for a more beefy look and they decided to spilt the risers for the springers. In 2015 when Harley introduced the re designed Road Glide it was not only 1-1/4" diameter but it had the wire hole facing forward and a pin in the riser. We try our best to make sure our handle bars will fit your bike but there is some cases where we just can not make a one off custom bar to fit your risers regardless if they are Harley Davidson. Factory 47 is a handle bar manufacturing company and we run all of our bars in production so to stop all of our production for one handle bar would shoot up the cost of the bars. But there is a solution if you happen to have a riser that we do not offer a handle bar for, simply change your riser. If we do make you a custom handle bar we charge at least $100 but it is simply just easier to buy a riser that is the standard 1" Harley Davidson diameter not to mention they cost less then $100. Now we understand if you are concerned about safety, we too are riders and always put safety as our top priority. So just make sure they are Harley Davidson brand so you can be sure they have gone through all the safety requirements required by law. Another reason to change your riser is simply just the look, most customers including ourselves who put the Maddogger on the Softail will change to the older style riser because the new riser is way to high and pulled back. Whenever we look for risers a simple solution is Ebay, just search Harley Davidson riser. We really hope this article helps you and trust us after you put a Factory 47 handle bar on your bike the riser is gonna be the last thing someone looks at. In case you need some technical help please use the diagrams below with our techs so they can further assist you.

Hey Joe, where you goin with that Street Glide.

A while back we where introduced to Joe from our friends at Baggers Connextion. Joe has a super clean 2016 Road Glide with our 14" Assault bars, Shield engine guard and Anarchy bag guards. We first shot pictures of Joes bike over a year ago under the LA bridge but since then unfortunately Joe was in an accident. Thankfully Joe and his wife where ok with minor injury's and have since got the Street Glide back on the road. Only now the Street Glide has a few new upgrades and amazing paint job. Joe is also running air bags from our friends at Shotgun Shock and headers from Bassani exhaust. Joe made a little visit today to Factory 47 and we made sure to take advantage of his bike with some updated shots.

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.

Definition of a Vicla.

We do occasionally get a call asking us what is a Vicla? And to be honest it is kinda hard to describe but here is our definition of a Vicla. The term Vicla is a slang term for a style of motorcycle. Typically you see a lot of Softails with this style. It is like having a 1964  Chevy Impala and either making it a muscle car or lowrider, as to having a Road King and making it a bagger or Vicla. The traditional style Vicla will have a 21" spoke rim, white walls, long fishtails, chrome accessories, etching, stretched bags and fender, custom leather, high apes or low beach bars and a custom lowrider style paint job. The style originated in California but has now spread across the United States, we even see a large amount of them in other countries such as Japan. Each and every Vicla has its own unique style and flavor but one thing we can guarantee is its always easy to spot one from the crowd and its always a Harley Davidson. Our most popular Vicla handle bars are the Maddogger and Beach Bar. Plus most people who run the meat hook style will want the Shield engine guard and Anarchy bag guard to match. Here is a few links and some resources to help you learn more. If there is any more links you suggest please leave them in the comments below.

Vatos Y Viclas Espinozas Leather Lay it Low Engraver Gallery Lowrider Mag. Cali Stylz Ranflas Y Viclas SickSickSick HN Apparel 

Springer front ends.

We get some requests for Harley Davidson Springer front ends and we can do it some times depending on how many request we get for them. It is hard for us to just do one bar at a time because of the cost to set up our machines. As of now if you wish to order a handle bar for a Harley Davidson Springer please email us this the diagram below with your specifications and we will respond with in a few business days letting you know if we can take the order. Keep in mind all Springer handle bar orders are custom for us and we do charge $100 extra from our retail list price. Click here to email us.

Here is a example below.