Apes or no Apes that is the question
Wow old thread!
I'm in the process of my Ape convertion. Just waiting on the longer wire ext from Dennis Kirk. Went with Novello. Putting 12" Santee apes on my Train black ones of course and internally wired them. They look awesome and feel even better. I'm 6'4" and put a le pera bare bones seat on and 3" forward control ext now the bike fits like a glove. I love drag bars but comfort with apes can't be beat. My front end is lowred a lot and with the drags it looked funny. I say with a lowered front apes look best with out drags look better and just make sure with you get cables they are not stupid long nothing looks worse then too long cables flopping all over. I just ordered HD OEM cross bones cables for my train fit perfect. And soooooo much cheaper that way.
I'm in the process of my Ape convertion. Just waiting on the longer wire ext from Dennis Kirk. Went with Novello. Putting 12" Santee apes on my Train black ones of course and internally wired them. They look awesome and feel even better. I'm 6'4" and put a le pera bare bones seat on and 3" forward control ext now the bike fits like a glove. I love drag bars but comfort with apes can't be beat. My front end is lowred a lot and with the drags it looked funny. I say with a lowered front apes look best with out drags look better and just make sure with you get cables they are not stupid long nothing looks worse then too long cables flopping all over. I just ordered HD OEM cross bones cables for my train fit perfect. And soooooo much cheaper that way.
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I agree to an extent. I am seeing more and more sleds with drag type bars. Seems older cats are more the apes.
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Had Both as you can se in my Album pics if you look. I started getting neck and shoulder cramps so bad on my Heritage that after an hour I wouldn't want to ride anymore and would be sore for days. Now all I get us numb finger tips, love them!!!
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It all depends on the bike. One bike can look great with a set of tall apes while the next would look bad. I prefer drag bars.
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