Forward Controls Versus Mids

I bought some forward controls for my motorcycle, Are they better than mid controls?

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Paul Van Gaans
1201 Howitt Street
Suite 27
Wendouree, VIC 3355
Australia

[WreckingCrewHRK]

Hi Paul, Stay with your mid position controls and just fit some highway pegs for the long tedious straight roads, .. Have a Great Christmas Bro, from an OAP with Chronic Back Pain in Freezing Cold Wales UK.

[radricster]

At 5'9" I much prefer mid controls on my Harley, with highway pegs as an option when on the open road. That being said, my son who's 6'4" finds mids too restricting, and needs forward controls, so your leg length makes all the difference.

[impoppa]

my Rebel 500 and my sons Iron 883 had mid controls. So have ridden a quite a few miles with mid's. When I bought my SportGlide which has forwards, WOW it was like a whole new world of comfort and gave new pleasure to riding. The odd time, I would hop back on the sons 883 and ugh, the mid controls were just horrible and I was forever bashing my shins moving the bike. Listening to others who said mini foot boards made forwards even better, I went and got some and nope, not for me at all. I tried them in all three mount positions, tried them at different angles and they were just never right. So I put back on the pegs, picked up a couple adaptor pieces and turned the mini foot boards into "highway foot rests" coming off the front engine guard. Now I rest my heel on the pegs and balls of my foot and toes on the mini foot boards and what amazing comfort even in the twisties. On a long trip I just slid my feet up a bit higher on the foot boards and press down into the boards for great foot and leg support and comfort. A buddy of my also has a SportGlide and he switched out his forward controls to mid controls and loves it. So yep we are all different and what works for one person is not for the next person. We are all unique and need to find what is right for us and our own riding comfort.

[Bybert-ky]

I like the forward controls especially for emergency stopping. Both your arms and legs are braced to keep you in place. It probably has to do with the bike you own too. I have a Rocket 3 GT and I've had no handling issues at all. You are right about not being able to stand up for bumps though.

[jeffstudders]

I have a Street Bob fitted boards extremely comfortable
I have ridden with forward control and I found it put to much pressure on my lower back

[fahadalanazi]

Mid controls allow your foot, legs and hips to take some weight out of your lower back and spine.

[BarnettSpeedSuzukiThou]

Forwards look better and are good till around 70mph when i then found myself pushing on the pega to keep my feet on. However my forwards were more forward than yours.