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Old 10-17-2008, 03:47 PM
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Anybody who says apes are unconfortable has obviously never rode any amount with them, my 16"s are way better than stock and I am only 5'10".
 

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Originally Posted by MidnitEvil
We all have different ideas on what looks cool and what is comfortable. Look at the pics of all our bikes - many different bikes, almost none exactly alike. Me? I don't the appeal of apes. Don't like the look, don't find them comfortable, but, it's cool with me that other people dig them. On a chopper style bike, to a point, for me, they work. On a Road King? I'd put them right up there with bolting a lawn chair to the hood of a Bentley as a hood ornament.
Aren't those mini-apes on your bike?
 
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Old 10-17-2008, 06:20 PM
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txfxstrider,
thanks for posting the pic. , I still don't have pics here at work.
Why are you going to 16" ? I'm liking my 14's better every day.
 
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Old 10-17-2008, 06:31 PM
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I have a '06 RK, and I went throuch 3 sets of bars befor getting it right with 14" apes and 4x1 risers (the 14" were too short). Nor it fits perfect. I have done many 400-500 mile days very comfortablt.
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Old 10-17-2008, 06:36 PM
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Have 14''apes on my RK ,very comfortable ,ride my wifes bike with low bars and it feels pitched over and I have to lift my chin alittle,not comfortable.
 
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Old 10-18-2008, 12:00 AM
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Originally Posted by scg1953
Aren't those mini-apes on your bike?
Not really. Harley calls them mini-apes, but then, that's like calling drag bars, flat-apes. In "the old days" the bars on my bike would have been called hi-rise, pull back bars, or something like that.
 
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Old 10-19-2008, 01:26 AM
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Old 10-19-2008, 09:49 AM
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Put 16's on my Road Glide. Look great and feel great. Took an entire weekend to do it but worth it.
 
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Old 10-19-2008, 05:53 PM
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6'4" and i run 16" apes on my rk. love em, 8000 miles on them with no complaints. I have a bad back and the stock bars are to low and hurt me after 100 miles or so. I ride 8+ hours every month or so one way to my place in ga and never had an issue with them.

to each his own.
 
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Old 10-19-2008, 06:16 PM
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I'm making the plunge. I've got some 16" Chubby blems on order. I got the blems to powdercoat black, not to mention they were $60 cheaper. The bars are the cheap part. It's everything else that starts running up the total. It's an expensive experiment. I love the look...just hope I love the ride.
 


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