Hello all,

I'll be headed out to Sturgis for the 75th but I have 15" apes on my bike that come right up to or just above my shoulders depending on how I'm riding. I know that the LEOs out there get pretty aggressive with the enforcement of pretty much everything that week and I was wondering if anyone here has been harassed for their bars in Wyoming and what happened?

 

Wyoming law states, "handgrips below shoulder height".

So if...thats if...your stopped how is that being harrassed?

I dont know the reason for the state law but somewhere in Wyoming history someone must have had an issue w/ apes. Probably a biker gang issue from the 60s!

I have been thru Wyoming on a 18wheeler, car and motorcycles and not once been harrassed (including apes in 2010 coming back from Sturgis despite the "warning signs" at the state line on I90)

 

Wyoming is on the way to Sturgis from Wisconsin??

 

Haha, no Wyoming is not "on the way" from Wisconsin but we like going to Devils Tower each time we go out.

 

Nope, went through there on my way to Sturgis in 2011 and my 16"s come to my shoulders.

 

I was just messing with you

 

SD has suspended the handlebar height requirements for Sturgis rally... WY? haven't heard about there yet...

 

It is because apes higher than your shoulders are "considered" unsafe. I'm not saying they are or are not, just saying it is considered fact.


I'm sure during the Black Hills Rally WY does not want to put up with all those people "breaking the law". You kind of need a head start to control that large of a group of people.

 

and you can't ride with apes in wy.

 

I ride/drive through WY several times a year. The only times I've been "harassed" is when I've behaved like an asshat. In a lot of ways WY is a lot like Mayberry.