My brand new $30,000 HD handlebars are bent. What brought this to my attention was putting the fairing and windshield on. It became apparent that the windshield was way closer to the handlebars on the right side than on the left. If you disregard the brake reservoir on the right side and focus on the top bend of the bar, look at the distance from that point to the black acorn nut holding the windshield on then look at the same point on the left side.
If you measure that distance the left side is 1/2" further away. I took the fairing off and went over all the mounting hardware, but there's nothing there that can go on crooked. If you measure from the outer tips of the fairing to any point on the trike they measure the same. If I measure from the outer ends of the handlebars to any point on the trike the left bar measures 1/2" closer.
Now it doesn't seem to bother anything, handles fine, feels fine, but my I'm trying to keep my OCD from kicking in so please tell me that Harley does this on purpose. I mean, I thought that after a hundred years or so they'd of figured out how to make a set of handlebars.
If you measure that distance the left side is 1/2" further away. I took the fairing off and went over all the mounting hardware, but there's nothing there that can go on crooked. If you measure from the outer tips of the fairing to any point on the trike they measure the same. If I measure from the outer ends of the handlebars to any point on the trike the left bar measures 1/2" closer.
Now it doesn't seem to bother anything, handles fine, feels fine, but my I'm trying to keep my OCD from kicking in so please tell me that Harley does this on purpose. I mean, I thought that after a hundred years or so they'd of figured out how to make a set of handlebars.