Drag bars vs apes

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Jan 12, 2011 | 05:10 AM

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parts eeter

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Originally Posted by risdo

There is bound to be more flex with the additional height, especially if you consider the handlebars, triple tree, and forks as one cohesive unit, acting as one. If they gave more control, then flat-trackers would have apes.

But that's not why I'll never have apes. I just think they look really, really strange.

There. I said it. Sorry.

I am runnin drags now and when I switch to some 11-12 bars I will be switching to solid riser bushings as well. The flex that is in the front end is there with the drags also, but its not magnified by the bar height. Now I have ridden some sloppy ape hanger setups dont get me wrong. The kind that is so bad you know sumthins wrong when you pull the bike off the side stand!! Thats not gonna be my setup though, I like solid riser bushings in any bars taller than 6 inches. I wear gel gloves and use ISO grips anyways which kills vibes, no reason to have some sloppy bushings also.