12" Ape help please!!!!
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12" Ape help please!!!!
Ok i just bought my first Harley!!! 08 Softail Custom and saw one with 12" ape setup from a street bob and was wondering if anyone could assist me with what i need for the setup? I love how it sits and feels. Would also like to lower the back end...
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Jeremy
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you"re gonna need new (longer cables), and I would go with metal bushings. Bushings go right were your bars attach to your triple trees. solid bushings are better then the rubber ones in my opinion when you are running apes.
that's pretty much it man.
are you getting your new bars with internal wires or are you gonna run the wires on the outside of the bars?
that's pretty much it man.
are you getting your new bars with internal wires or are you gonna run the wires on the outside of the bars?
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Cool thanks! Not sure looking for any advice possible at this time! Im new to the harley thing and super excited! I have some drag bars now on there but a little hard to corner since they are very touchy...
I have the 12" apes on my Bob and I continue to rack my brain as to why MORE HD bikes don't have it automatically. Back in the old days, they called them handlebars, today they call them mini-apes. I'll never ride with anything else. Even if I get different bike someday, By God, they'll have 12" minis. That's MY 2 cents.
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On mini apes such as 12" and lower, replace the stock rubber bushings with polyurethane bushings. It's more solid than the stock rubber yet will still absorb vibrations. No need for solid bushings with only 12" bars.
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Ok i just bought my first Harley!!! 08 Softail Custom and saw one with 12" ape setup from a street bob and was wondering if anyone could assist me with what i need for the setup? I love how it sits and feels. Would also like to lower the back end...
Thanks
Jeremy
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I saw a Street Bob with the new HD 12" Ape kit (which has 4" risers) and it looked great.
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Can't wait to put on 12" santee black apes on.
Going with a 1.5" riser. Anything bigger than 2" looks stupid I feel.
To the OP with 12" you might have enough slack. I though those customs came with 10" minis? Good luck enjoy and ride that bike! Got any pics of it?
Going with a 1.5" riser. Anything bigger than 2" looks stupid I feel.
To the OP with 12" you might have enough slack. I though those customs came with 10" minis? Good luck enjoy and ride that bike! Got any pics of it?
