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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 12:47 PM
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Originally Posted by 06 flstfise
This is what I did. I have la chopper apes for a e-glide with vary little bend so when the fairing is off you don't see the bend. I have heard that gangster apes work well too for same reason. I will post some pics later.

well for some reason I can not upload the pics so try this link. The bars are the same in all the pics

http://s1232.photobucket.com/albums/ff371/13_rich/
If I wasn't looking for the bend, I wouldn't have noticed. Looks good.
 
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 01:34 PM
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All of the stereo fairings, that I have seen, will not allow for your apes to be straight up and down.

That stereo pod needs to come forward, toward the rider, to make room for the guts of the stereo. The higher up in the fairing the stereo is, the more it has to protrude because the outer slopes toward the rider more as it moves to the top of the fairing.

That said, even fairings without stereos, and most windshields, will not allow for apes to be straight up and down as illustrated by bdouglas215 with the Memphis Shades.

But, 06 flstfise is right, Gangster Apes, from Carlini, will help, I just don't know it they will get you straight up and down.
 
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