I am considering putting Ape hangers on my 2002 Fatboy. Pros and cons?

 

How high?

What kinda riding do you do most?

How old are you?

 

not sure how high.

Short and long rides. mostly longer.

44 yrs. old

 

I axed:

How high?

What kinda riding do you do most?

How old are you?

If you keep the height so your hands are below your heart you shouldn't have any problems. Especially since yer gettin' to be an old coot!

 

What's the theory behind that pococj?

 

Try this: Raise your hands above your shoulders and keep 'em there for a couple hours. Generally your fingers will start going numb, because your doing something your circulatory system wasn't designed to do. And, once again generally, the older you get the more it affects you.

You can probably get away with shoulder level, unless you have circulation problems. And probably 99% of us geezers (read that as being mid 40s and later) have circulation problems 'cause of our wonderful diets over the years.

Sky-high apes are for lookin' cool, runnin' from bar to bar. If'n yer a geezer worried about lookin' cool, you done missed the point of life, and missed the point of ridin'!

 

Thanks for the explanation...I'm 46....so your spot on with the ages but I didn't now I would be refered to as a geezer...lol.

 

Thanks, apreciate your input. very helpful.

 

I guess I am getting in the geezer range(42) my riding buddies are mostly in their mid to late forties and we ride with 18" apes. Most of my riding is short trips. We do take good rides(200-300+) miles several times a year and we have no problems. Yes, we look cool and no, we did not miss the point of riding or life. We have been running them for the last 15 years.
Might try giving your 2 cents without labeling others.

 

Firedude, it was a tongue-in-cheek statement.

I generally ride about 500 miles a week back & forth to work and evening rides with THE MAMA on her little Savage. Weather permitting, nearly every Saturday is a 200 - 400 mile ride with my chapter. I haven't been able to ride with the high apes in about 20 years, mostly due to a shoulder injury, and tendonitis. Couple guys I rode with 2-3 years ago who had high apes got rid of 'em when we started doing our Saturday rides. They went to slightly lower, no more than shoulder high, bars and said the comfort was much greater, and the finger-tingling due to lack of circulation went away.

If you can ride with the high bars, more power to ya! And would you consider a shoulder joint swap?