I've finally had a chance to ride around with the narrowed Contour Raptors, and while I like it better than stock I'm not entirely sold on the bars.
On the good side, the reduced sweep and narrower width (I cut the Raptor to 763mm wide/175mm control space instead of 813mm/200mm as manufactured) is better than stock. On the potentially negative side, they actually feel a bit high for me and I'm also thinking that I'd like less reach. I've rotated the Raptor as far forward as I can and retain a relatively flat hand position to reduce the reach as much as possible, and I'll continue to use that for a bit to firm up my impressions.
As an interesting side note - the Contour Raptor setup (narrower bar, plain HDB inserts, OEM bar weights, factory handguards, factory grips, Symtec heated grip pads) gives me much less hand vibration that I got from the stock setup with the handguards (the changes in setup being the bars and the heated grip inserts). That's a nice benefit.
Just as an exercise (since bars are relatively cheap) I just ordered the Contour Mini tall (785mm wide with a 200mm control space) to use as an experiment. This bend has significantly less reach and rise than the Raptor (it's very similar to the Contour ATV mid in all dimensions but width), but since it starts out over 40mm narrower than the Raptor/ATV bends I can run it uncut and retain a full 200mm control surface. I figure that I can always use bar risers with the Mini if I need more rise, and the reduction in reach and retention of the full 200mm control surface should be useful.
Right now, I'm planning to swap the Mini onto the bike after the holiday break (dove season opener!) and see how that setup compares.