Ape riders wanted. Pictures
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remember the seat has a part in how tall bars should be. some seats move you down and back making the taller bars a far reach. i am short with tall bars but i have a spring seat that moves me up so i can reach them fine.
just want to throw my 2 cents in the bucket again bl66. as stated, keep in mind that caralinis run high especially if you go with the 1.5" diameter. im like 5' 11- 6' 1" depending on what convence store im leaving and i went with the 14" 1.5" diam caralini gangster apes. You spoke about rolling them out to make your arms extended so i wanted to say look at the shape of the bar. with some of the caralini's if you roll them forward to much you get a really bad angle on your wrists. I have longer arms for my height so i planned on rolling them forward and i thought the gangster worked best for that. in the what i call "sharp angle" bars i feel like the evil or menace will roll forward the best.
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Thank you very much guys.
I think I'll go with the Carlini 14'' (Evil Apes).
I did seat on the bike and measured the height also. I think all the apes look good if someone is actually riding it. All of your pictures were cool.
Keep em posted, if you have a bike with ape and you ridin it.
thanks
I think I'll go with the Carlini 14'' (Evil Apes).
I did seat on the bike and measured the height also. I think all the apes look good if someone is actually riding it. All of your pictures were cool.
Keep em posted, if you have a bike with ape and you ridin it.
thanks
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Your right, there sure are some nice ones here. I originally bought 16" Gangsters and as I was just getting ready to put them on at my buddies shop and a guy rode up with the exact same thing I was getting ready to do. I asked if I could sit on it, he said sure and boy was that close. Way to tall for me. Carlini was nice enough to let me switch them out with a 14" set because they had not been installed yet. Fits me perfect with a 1" rise. Im 5"10" Good luck Dude and keep us posted.
EDIT: I like the evil apes too, just not for my bike. Running every thing through them was out of the question.
EDIT: I like the evil apes too, just not for my bike. Running every thing through them was out of the question.
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