I'm coming into the bar discussion a little late, took the weekend off to go on a bike ride.

My sister bought a Complete LHT two summers ago and the bars that were stock on hers were totally different than my stock bar and were in my opinion, my sisters opinion and the bike shops opinion ( Free Range) not good bars. The only thing my sister changed at purchase was the seat and bars. Of course she has done some cosmetic pimping in the two years since!

In regards to the other changes, I put close to 7000 miles on my LHT before all the upgrades. The stock components may not be top of the line, but they will last you a good long while. bikerHen