Misconceptions about ape hangers...
Road Master
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From: Alta Loma, CA
RE: Misconceptions about ape hangers...
ORIGINAL: cwilson
Hey Faction - there is a dude that I see from time to time around here with apes like yours but I think a bit taller. He almost dumps his bike every time he tries to turn from a stop. Funny to watch.
ORIGINAL: FACTION95
One Joker on here posted "Just today I saw this stunning red Deluxe and it had these redonkulously ginormous bars that ,in my opinion,completly ruined the bike.Am I missing something? Every time I see a bike like that It just screams POSER!"
apes = poser?
One Joker on here posted "Just today I saw this stunning red Deluxe and it had these redonkulously ginormous bars that ,in my opinion,completly ruined the bike.Am I missing something? Every time I see a bike like that It just screams POSER!"
apes = poser?
At the so cal meet and greet I saw a few "gangster'd out" Deluxes that had 1.5" thich apes that had to have been 20" tall. Those were way out of control and just looked stupid IMO.
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RE: Misconceptions about ape hangers...
ORIGINAL: FACTION95
Bill Grandpa,
Can you physically even ride a bike with ape hangers? Maybe thats why you are so scared of them?
ORIGINAL: Bill G
Thank you for that tid bit of information.....
Take Care,
Bill G
ORIGINAL: FACTION95
Taken from the sticky Biker Lingo thread:
Apes/Ape Hangers - Handlebars that are very high, and which raise the rider's hands above the shoulders. If the hands ain’t above the shoulders, they ain’t real apes.
Taken from the sticky Biker Lingo thread:
Apes/Ape Hangers - Handlebars that are very high, and which raise the rider's hands above the shoulders. If the hands ain’t above the shoulders, they ain’t real apes.
Take Care,
Bill G
Can you physically even ride a bike with ape hangers? Maybe thats why you are so scared of them?
Take Care,
Bill G
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From: NJ
RE: Misconceptions about ape hangers...
SO..................I am curious how apes handle a
hard Panic Stop. Dose your upper body have a tendency to want to go through the center of the bars?........I'm not talk'n about mini apes, There just streched out buckhorns to me. And not just any stop........A HARD! one
hard Panic Stop. Dose your upper body have a tendency to want to go through the center of the bars?........I'm not talk'n about mini apes, There just streched out buckhorns to me. And not just any stop........A HARD! one
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RE: Misconceptions about ape hangers...
ORIGINAL: HD7585
SO..................I am curious how apes handle a
hard Panic Stop. Dose your upper body have a tendency to want to go through the center of the bars?........I'm not talk'n about mini apes, There just streched out buckhorns to me. And not just any stop........A HARD! one
SO..................I am curious how apes handle a
hard Panic Stop. Dose your upper body have a tendency to want to go through the center of the bars?........I'm not talk'n about mini apes, There just streched out buckhorns to me. And not just any stop........A HARD! one
The only opinion I had about apes was personal when I said thatI did not care for the looks ofthem on Harleys.
Take Care,
Bill G
Road Master
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From: Alta Loma, CA
RE: Misconceptions about ape hangers...
ORIGINAL: Bill G
Don't take it personal youngster, my opinion has nothing to do with wether I can ride a bike with a set of apes. I just do not care for the looks of them, so get over it..... and by the way I am 42 years old and can go a round with you any day at what ever you like, riding or what ever.........
Take Care,
Bill G
ORIGINAL: FACTION95
Bill Grandpa,
Can you physically even ride a bike with ape hangers? Maybe thats why you are so scared of them?
ORIGINAL: Bill G
Thank you for that tid bit of information.....
Take Care,
Bill G
ORIGINAL: FACTION95
Taken from the sticky Biker Lingo thread:
Apes/Ape Hangers - Handlebars that are very high, and which raise the rider's hands above the shoulders. If the hands ain’t above the shoulders, they ain’t real apes.
Taken from the sticky Biker Lingo thread:
Apes/Ape Hangers - Handlebars that are very high, and which raise the rider's hands above the shoulders. If the hands ain’t above the shoulders, they ain’t real apes.
Take Care,
Bill G
Can you physically even ride a bike with ape hangers? Maybe thats why you are so scared of them?
Take Care,
Bill G
Take Care,
Faction
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RE: Misconceptions about ape hangers...
Ape hangers do look cool. Don't know that I will go that route. When I first got my Fatty I wanted them bad. Now I love my handle bars and don't want to change. Of course I said that about my slip ons too!!!$$$$$$$$$$
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RE: Misconceptions about ape hangers...
I do like em. Maybe just not quite that high
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