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Old Jan 20, 2013 | 08:54 AM
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I want to put apes on my new Wideglide (2013) I had 14" apes on my Roadking but the risers were much shorter. On the wideglide, I want to go with a short riser. It seems like it would look silly with the stock set up. So with all that said, does anyone have a clue what height bars and risers I need to equal the 14" set up I had on my RK. FWIW, the bars on my King were Wild one Chubbys (572s I believe).
 
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Old Jan 20, 2013 | 09:17 AM
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14" bars and 1.5" risers will be pretty close.

Those 4" stock risers do not look good with apes.

You traded the RK for the WG? How do you compare the two?
 
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Old Jan 20, 2013 | 09:24 AM
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Im pretty light so the WG rides as well as the king. I thought I would hate not having a cruise but I used the throttle tensioner for the ride home and it works pretty dang good. I am gonna get one of the add on set ups to make it even better. I need to get a reduced reach controls set up. My legs are short and the WG controls have legs stretched out enough to hurt my knees (getting older). I am calling Fuelmoto tomorrow to figure out my exhaust. I want good sound but not super loud. I have short shots on my sportster and they sound great but are annoying as hell loud. I rode from Biloxi to Daytona and my ears rang for a week after...
 
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