Sportster Mini Apes questions

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Aug 21, 2014 | 11:30 PM

#11

Ployd4

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Looks killer and I bet a lot more comfy. I flipped my mirrors up cause all I could see was my waist. After flipping them all I could see was my shoulders. After riding like that for awhile I bought some longer joker machine mirrors. And they are great I flipped them down and I can see a lot better. I'll try and post a picture tomorrow. Great job and you saved yourself a ton of money by not buying all that extra stuff and paying the dealer to install.

Aug 22, 2014 | 06:38 PM

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traffic jam

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They look great! I love the color of your tank, great looking 48.

Aug 23, 2014 | 08:26 AM

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burnsy87

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I'm all of 5'6.. any worries of me struggling to reach these comfortably? Haha being short sucks sometimes.

Aug 24, 2014 | 08:41 PM

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McMuffin

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Thanks all. I saw a guy at a local bike night not too long ago who had the same bike as me with the same size mini apes and he was about 5'6" tall and he said it was comfortable for him.

Aug 24, 2014 | 08:49 PM

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McMuffin

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Originally Posted by traffic jam

They look great! I love the color of your tank, great looking 48.

Thanks man, speakin of tanks, is your tank a 3.3 gallon or is it the 2.1 gallon? It's kind of hard to tell from the small picture. Also, what kind of seat do you have on yours?

Aug 24, 2014 | 09:43 PM

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traffic jam

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McMuffin, even though I loved my 2.1 tank, I do a lot of riding in the country and needed a larger tank. You can order them through Harley. Its an Iron 3.3 tank. They come with the primer already on them, ready to be painted. I had a guy paint it and tried to keep close to the original color. The larger tank makes a difference.

Being only 5'2", that is the HD super reduced reach solo seat. It pushes me up about 3" and lowers me 1". Now I can reach the foot controls with ease.