Handlebar Advice
Road Warrior
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My new bars don't have bends as aggressive as yours Joe, but I spent about 4 hours on the left side before I came up with this idea: a really long zip tie, which is then itself ziptied to the molex connector with a mini-tie. Then smooth and taper the whole thing out with tape and heat shrink. It's rigid enough to push but pliable enough to pull around the corners. The right side only took me a few minutes this way.
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Yep...funny story about the spacers. I'll update the club thread once I'm done with the cabling tonight so I don't hijack yet another one. ;-)
My new bars don't have bends as aggressive as yours Joe, but I spent about 4 hours on the left side before I came up with this idea: a really long zip tie, which is then itself ziptied to the molex connector with a mini-tie. Then smooth and taper the whole thing out with tape and heat shrink. It's rigid enough to push but pliable enough to pull around the corners. The right side only took me a few minutes this way.
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Good luck man. Took me a couple months of looking at the bike and sitting on it a few times a day. I always wanted 8" tbars and after I had them I realized they weren't comfortable for me on my bike. I'm sure they are all different but sometimes you don't know until you bolt it up.
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Cruiser
Joined: Dec 2013
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From: Phoenix, AZ
I do like the look of the thicker gauge more beefy style apes. The narrow ones (like from Burly) are too skinny looking.
I would definitely go with the riser like you have them. I'll PM you.
I would definitely go with the riser like you have them. I'll PM you.
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From: Oahu
Carlini Pist Apes would look good. Addressing the internal wiring issue, you can also use small link dog leash chain to run through the bars to break off weld slag and help smooth sharp edges internally. It helped me with my install a lot. The chain also fishes through the bars real easy.
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Cruiser
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From: Phoenix, AZ
They look good. I guess I just don't know how to decide between apes or t-bars. I like the look of the apes for my bike for that bobber styling. I've never rode t-bars so I don't know how different they would feel. I just notice a lot of people go with them so there is a reason for it. All i know is whatever I do will be black and aggressive looking
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From: Bay area, CA
If your going to stick with the slammed look I'd stay with apes. 14" would look good and still be easy to ride. If I were going to build a slammed sb and stick with the bobber look I'd go with a set like the ones we put on my buddies rk. These are 16" but I really dig the way they look. Sharp angles but not too bad to pull the wires through. Also one thing you could do to change the look of the bike without buying new bars is loosen your top clamp and push the bars forward a bit so they're not at the same angle as the front end.
Last edited by monster715; Feb 27, 2014 at 10:48 PM.