Misconceptions about ape hangers...
Road Master
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RE: Misconceptions about ape hangers...
ORIGINAL: rick
Its a matter of preference and comfort.I have my bars forward,basically straight up.you have them back towards you. would just play with the adjustments and see what feels best.I like how i havemy bars as i can even change my seating position(lean forward or back,even slouch)how ever i want without any probems.
ORIGINAL: spike95
Thank you akenaten! You guys think I should go a couple inches higher with mine or does it already have the right stance?
Thank you akenaten! You guys think I should go a couple inches higher with mine or does it already have the right stance?
Road Captain
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When this thread started I did'nt have apes...now I gotz 'em. I love 'em and don't see switching back as an option.
Edit: I did have mini apes before...just have "real" ones now.
Edit: I did have mini apes before...just have "real" ones now.
Last edited by BobStreetBob; Aug 29, 2008 at 07:26 AM.
Road Warrior
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illegality in most states, numb hands, and inability to keep hands on the controls in all manuevers are not misconceptions. bringing my new 09 RK home from Atlanta to alabama two saturdays ago, rider at stop light near Mt. cheaha H-D was shaking the feeling back into his hands.
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illegality in most states, numb hands, and inability to keep hands on the controls in all manuevers are not misconceptions. bringing my new 09 RK home from Atlanta to alabama two saturdays ago, rider at stop light near Mt. cheaha H-D was shaking the feeling back into his hands.
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Been riding with apes over 30 years.. and always found it funny that the people who spend there time trash talkin on apes have never riden with apes..
Not ta stir up this hornets nest again.. But there have been a lot of threads about "Whats a Biker?" One of the things about a biker.. they never talk trash on anybodys ride no mater what it is.. I build my bikes as an extension of who I am, every biker does..Ya talk trash on my ride.. Yer talkin trash on me, who I am..
I don't like riding with drag bars, find em uncomfortable.. But I certainly wouldnt tell anyone there wrong or stupid because they do..
My wife rides a RoadKing and she loves it, I don't care for it. I find it bulky and uncomfortable.. So does that make a RoadKing Ugly or junk or unsafe Etc, etc..Of course not.. You ride a Dyna, does that make everybody onna Sporty stupid or wrong?
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Not ta stir up this hornets nest again.. But there have been a lot of threads about "Whats a Biker?" One of the things about a biker.. they never talk trash on anybodys ride no mater what it is.. I build my bikes as an extension of who I am, every biker does..Ya talk trash on my ride.. Yer talkin trash on me, who I am..
I don't like riding with drag bars, find em uncomfortable.. But I certainly wouldnt tell anyone there wrong or stupid because they do..
My wife rides a RoadKing and she loves it, I don't care for it. I find it bulky and uncomfortable.. So does that make a RoadKing Ugly or junk or unsafe Etc, etc..Of course not.. You ride a Dyna, does that make everybody onna Sporty stupid or wrong?
Blessings
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