I'm looking at changing out my stock bars 05' electra glide classic to a set of Apes and I've been looking into the Yaffee 10"-12" Monkey bars. My question is are there any other aftermarket manufactures out there that may have a similar style to the Yaffes but are good quality and less expensive?

Thanks

 

Well, most would say quality costs money - Look at KST, but praise for them is not universal.

 

Factory 47 makes some very good quality bars. Not inexpensive though.

Just my opinion here but I think 10" isn't worth the trouble if you're going with apes. My 14's are barely high enough and I wish i had gone with 16's.

 

Checkout LA Choppers 12" Twin Peaks on ebay got mine for my 2012 Street Glide for $231.73, they are 1 1/4" with 1" grip and 1" on where you clamp the bars to the forks. If you want a pic of bars on bike I can send you one. Only thing I replaced was the clutch cable to a +6" extended cable, but I'm going to change that to a +4" extended cable because the clutch is to light for me and the TBW, I change the TBW because I just wanted a new one for the new bars, I used stock brake line and stock control wires. Now you have to do some rerouting of the connectors under you fairing but they will reach.

 

Question for you about your 14's, did you install them yourself?

 

Yes I did. I would give it a 5 on the difficulty scale with 10 being the most difficult..... The hardest part for me was pulling the wires through the bars. I removed the connectors and it was still a pain. They have a very good you tube video that i used which made the job a breeze.

 

I had the 10" la choppers installed on mine. I like them and the top of my knuckles are barely above the fairing.

 

Try different heights before you buy. I just installed 13" Hill Country Custom bars and I have a police seat which puts me up and back ~1.5 inches. They are a great fit for me and I am 6'4" with a 38" sleeve. I have seen the post recommending to always go larger however you should probably hit up a dealer with a large selection of used bikes and take something to measure the bars and just start trying them out. Have a seat and take the measures of the ones that feel the best. I asked the guys in the dealer about what height the bars were (even on new bikes) and they did not know so a tape measure would be good to have. Check with the companies to see how they measure bar height as well so you know how to measure. Good luck.

 

I almost threw my yaffes in the trash i had such a bad time getting the wires run. I would probably buy anything else other than yaffes. Check out vindikta and f47. The price is similar to the yaffes. I had a hard time getting a small chain through the straight section of my yaffes. Id hate to run a bore scope through them to see the welds. I expect shorts in my wiring before too long from the welds cutting the insulation.

 

I personally like Wild 1's.