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Old May 3, 2017 | 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by LoneWoolf
Putting apes on a Roadster? Hopefully, you will be shunned by all other Sportster owners. If you are doing it because you want a more "standard" seating configuration, just get bars that are on the 48 or the iron.

If you are getting the apes in the hopes that your Roadster will look like a "chopper", let me be the first to shun you.
HaHaHa.....You guys are cruel....
 
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Old May 3, 2017 | 06:35 PM
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Black VS Chrome....
I'd say a tasteful balance of both.
But...
I am more a fan of brushed metal over chrome.
 
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Old May 3, 2017 | 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by HOTLAP
Can you add a choice of "don't put apes on a Roadster"?...I vote for that one.


Vote No.
 
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Old May 3, 2017 | 07:51 PM
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Originally Posted by HOTLAP
Can you add a choice of "don't put apes on a Roadster"?...I vote for that one.
 
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Old May 3, 2017 | 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by onelocoman
HaHaHa.....You guys are cruel....
no kidding eh? Tough crowd! lol. I see lots of Sportsters with risers or mini apes, or both!
 
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Old May 3, 2017 | 08:06 PM
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Chrome, it'll flow with the forks.
 
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Old May 3, 2017 | 08:16 PM
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Originally Posted by CanadianHD
no kidding eh? Tough crowd! lol. I see lots of Sportsters with risers or mini apes, or both!
I also see a lot of Women wearing yoga pants nowadays but that doesn't mean they should!

 

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Old May 3, 2017 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by MatteGlide15
I also a lot of Women wearing yoga pants nowadays but that doesn't mean they should!

lol! at least they shop together
 
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I must confess to not reading entire OP.
Didn't realize that by silence I was consenting to the heresy of apes on a roadster.
Stay with the original bars or go LOWER. And chrome in this situation is appropriate.
 
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Old May 4, 2017 | 09:23 AM
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Unless you have a long-range plan to achieve a look that you have in mind, then go with chrome. Black would look out of place on that bike (nice looking BTW) because there isn't any other black.
Having said that, I don't like chrome so if you have a look that you are shooting for, and black fits that vision of what will be the look in the future, then get black.
 
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