Plan to put a set of 16" apes on my 02' Dyna. Just wondering what dia. bars to go with. I know a lot of guys are using Ø1 1/4" bars & while I'm sure they look proportional on Road Kings & Fat Boys and probably even the '06 & '07's with the 49mm fork tubes, I'm just wondering if they aren't a bit too big of dia. on a front end with 41mm fork tubes. I don't want the whole front end being overwhelmed by a set of bars.
People were using Ø1" bars for a long time before the Ø1 1/4" bars came out.

I'd like to hear some opinions since I don't get around much to see and compare other bikes and their set-ups.

Any real benefits functionally to going with Ø1 1/4" bars? Stronger, less flex, etc.?

 

Be different. Everyone and their dog is using the chubby bars these days. 1" bars are not a passing fad. They'll never go out of style. I've had both (the chubbys were given to me) and I much prefer the look of the 1" ones, although the hand positioning on myfat barswas nice.

 

internal wiring on the chubby

hence nice and clean look.

 

Internal wiring on my 1" too! I think somewhere along the way the chubby bar makers convinced everyone that you had to buy their bars in order to do that, but it's not true.

 

I had a set of Ness 18" apes. First ones were 1" and internally wired - they looked great and I got loads of comments about them.
I'm just having a new set of forks fitted. American suspension black mambas, they are really FAT!!!
I just felt that 1" bars would look a bit weak with the new forks so I've now changed them to 1.25"

At the end of the day .25" doesn't make that much of a difference, it's just the 1" are more classic looking.

Cheers

Plasma

 

i put 18" x 1 1/4' on my 2005 hatboy.i like them better than 1"

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Have you guys noticed any flex or handling issues with the 1" dia. bars? Anything particularly noticeable. I ride this thing pretty hard when cornering.

 

dont know if its an issue, but youl save a bit with 1" bars. Like 45$ compared to 220$

 

Mine had internal risers - that helped a lot

 

Wider=more modern look
Skinny= old school

I like em both..