One piece clamp for apes on 2007 and older bikes

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Dec 10, 2010 | 09:40 AM

RK Scooter

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One piece clamp for apes on 2007 and older bikes

I was just wondering what the consensus was on how necessary this clamp is HD-55918-08? Yaffee recommends it. My dealer was not so familiar with this, but stated I might consider polyurethane bushings. Any thoughts?

For clarification I am going to be installing 12.5" wild one chubbies on my 07 road king.

Dec 10, 2010 | 10:43 AM

highwayman1224

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I'm pretty sure it's mandatory. My indy ordered them when he put my apes on.

Dec 10, 2010 | 01:18 PM

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I think they're something like 25 bucks from the online discount dealers. Get it, and don't worry about it. If you've looked at the 2 peice clamps, you probably wouldn't even be asking the question.

Dec 10, 2010 | 01:32 PM

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Ditto the above. If the mfr. says put it on, do it. Compared to the original two-piece clamp it seems to be a reasonable improvement for the price.

Dec 10, 2010 | 01:36 PM

sifularson

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Originally Posted by RK Scooter

You absolutely must have the one piece clamp. Here are some pics. I also included a picture of poly bushings compared to stock.

Dec 10, 2010 | 08:56 PM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by RK Scooter

My dealer was not so familiar with this, but stated I might consider polyurethane bushings. Any thoughts?

For clarification I am going to be installing 12.5" wild one chubbies on my 07 road king.

Haven't you learned that the dealers are not knowledgeable enough about their own product to give sound advise? Even poly bushings are not enough to overcome the weakness of the two clamp setup.

Dec 10, 2010 | 09:51 PM

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I road my bike for 80k miles with 39 inch wide bars and the stock one piece clamp and never thought much about it until I started seeing all the talk about how you gotta have a once piece clamp. A few months ago, I took her back apart and put on a Sporty top clamp that I picked up at a swapmeet for a couple of bucks. I could tell that it took quite a bit of movement outta the bar set up....and yes, I already have poly bushings.