Springer Ape Hangers
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Springer Ape Hangers
What's the difference between most regular ape-hanger handlebars and ape-hangers for bikes with a springer front end? I plan on slapping a set of 16" or 18" apes on my '08 softail custom, and I find myself liking the narrower apes is see in different catalogs, etc. ...BUT, all the narrower ape-hangers seem to be for springers... I don't get it, is the riser-to-bar connection different?
Cruiser
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From: Mobile,Al
I used to have 18" apes that were 1"diam on my springer when I had the stock risers. I kept stripping the nuts on the risers so I went to the Ness triple tree conversion when I upgraded to the Chubby 20"s I'm currently running.My friend has the 18" Chubby's on his 06 Deluxe and used to have 16" LA Gangsta's on it before.
Tourer
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From: St.Louis, Mo area
Highbars92, are those Wild 1 Chubbys, W0569? I'm looking for a set of 16" Apes for my 08 XBones. They have the look I want, and it looks like they are internally wired, (a must). Did you do the install yourself? If so, what length lines did you end up having to go with?
Cruiser
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From: Mobile,Al
They are the W0571 20"s with the W0526 4" risers and W0505 smooth clamp. I had to change the triple tree with an Arlen Ness conversion so I could run the standard bars and not the Springer bars with the wider clamp. I bought all of this from ebay seller lwr821akaak47. They were blems and I got a really good deal on them. They had a couple of nicks but nothing bad enough to not buying them. Me and a friend internally wired the bars. It was a PIA but definately worth it. I see why the dealers charge so much to run them. It took us about 3 hours to wire the bars. You can check with Hill City Custom Cycles as they do sell a lot of Apehanger kits and will probably give you the correct length cables to run. I don't even remember the lengths that we used. Hopefully this will help you.
Road Warrior
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I'm looking for the impossible.....
I'm looking for mini apes with a 8.5" to 9.5" rise, 1 1/4" diameter and, here's the kicker....7" to 8" center width.
the reason for the 7" center width is the fact that every set of apes that I have seen so far, especially ones made for springers, have at least a 10" center width, and that looks like sh$t to me when it's on a narrow front end like a springer......
I'm looking for mini apes with a 8.5" to 9.5" rise, 1 1/4" diameter and, here's the kicker....7" to 8" center width.
the reason for the 7" center width is the fact that every set of apes that I have seen so far, especially ones made for springers, have at least a 10" center width, and that looks like sh$t to me when it's on a narrow front end like a springer......
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check these out...they make special apes for springers....
really cool product.
http://boulebars.com/asp/Site/photogallery/index.asp
really cool product.
http://boulebars.com/asp/Site/photogallery/index.asp
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