Non knurled apes, should i worry??
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I have 12" non knurled apes on mine and there's been 2 occasions that hard bumps made them roll down toward me and the clamps were still so tight I had to loosen them up to readjust. Jester's tip is a good 1. I just used a small grinding wheel on a Dremel and made a diagonal cross hatch pattern on mine's clamp area and no issues since.
I know a couple of guys who had the same issue and what they did was drill holes in the bottom of the bars in the clamp area and put ball bearings that were slightly bigger on the hole and clamped em down and they won't budge.
I know a couple of guys who had the same issue and what they did was drill holes in the bottom of the bars in the clamp area and put ball bearings that were slightly bigger on the hole and clamped em down and they won't budge.
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I don't know if I'd be happy with this. The grinder won't raise the metal like knurling or punching, you're just removing material. But, if it works then that's all the matters.
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I think what "another_victim" said might be the cure. It's bad enough having the feeling that they'll move even though they might not. I had 10" Z bars, no knurls, on before and I had that feeling myself. It didn't feel 100%. Now I've got knurled 14" Road 6 Customs apes on and they're tight as hell. So try some home cooked knurling...
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Take a strip of 1 inch wide emery cloth. And wrap only once with no over lap. Position where you want then before completly torqued down. Carborundum emery cloth will work the best.
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By bars would move if I hit a big bump, or had to pull on them when getting ready to go over a hole that I saw at the last minute. I finaly put a quarter size star washer (after prebending it), I put it under the bars. I tightened them down in stages alowing time for it to form. Them haven't moved sense.
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You can also use some corse grit sand paper wrapped around the bars for traction.
I rode with 16" non knurled apes for a while and they still moved no matter what i did. I got rid of those and only ride with knurled bars now. Not worth the chance of those bars coming down while doing 50mph and hitting a pothole (happened to me once and it sucked ***).
I rode with 16" non knurled apes for a while and they still moved no matter what i did. I got rid of those and only ride with knurled bars now. Not worth the chance of those bars coming down while doing 50mph and hitting a pothole (happened to me once and it sucked ***).
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