Dyna buckhorn handlebars to T-bars with custom speedo mount How-to.

We had a customer come in with a stock 2010 Harley Davidson Superglide who didn't like like the stock buckhorn handlebars.  He wanted his bike to have more of a "club style" look like something off the "Sons Of Anarchy" TV show.  He also wanted 1 1/4" bars for that fat look.

First thing we did was track down some T-bars that felt good to him, looked right, and also that wouldn't force us to buy all new cables and extended the wiring. We also knew we needed to do something about the factory riser/speedo mount, so we tracked on down of a late model sportster, this one in particular off a 2007.

We made sure the cables worked with the new bars, then switched the factory dynaglide speedo mount out for the sportster one.  We then had the owner sit on the bike, and we mocked up were the speedo would get mounted on the bars.  He wanted it to look good, be able to see it, and also not hit a little Ness fairing that he would be mounting later.

 I then got on the lathe and made two mounts to weld onto the handlebars.  We knew the customer wanted to have the bars powdercoated black, so we didn't worry about the chrome finish on the bars.

 Here you can see we laid down some nice tig welds to mount the bungs.  This speedo mount will be heavy, and we don't want anything to break off so good welds are very important, and will also still look nice when powdercoated, without grinding.

 Here is a top view of how the mount looks.  We bolted the new mount to the bungs, then tack welded the bungs to the bar.  This kept everything nice and straight, so when we were done, everything lined up and worked perfectly.

 Here is a shot of it when everything was finished and re-installed.

Here is a shot with the customer, Scott Torkelson, sitting on the bike.  The bars moved his wrist to were he was more comfortable, and were pulled back some to make it more comfortable on long days.  You can also see he has a straight view on the speedometer and indicator lights.  Thanks for letting us help you out Scott.