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/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> Ape hanger safety /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1462841398 Message started by Graven754 on 05/09/16 at 17:49:58 |
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Title: Ape hanger safety Post by Graven754 on 05/09/16 at 17:49:58 Is it unsafe to ride with 12 inch apes on your savage? I've been told that it's unsafe. |
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Title: Re: Ape hanger safety Post by Serowbot on 05/09/16 at 19:04:28 12"s aren’t that tall... I'm not a fan, but I see no safety issues... If you like the look, give it a go... just make sure your cabling isn't stressed or binding... 8-) |
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Title: Re: Ape hanger safety Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/09/16 at 20:36:37 I had a Kawasaki 750 twin, it had buckhorns, I ditched them for some pretty straight bars. Much better handling. I have never seen anyone racing using ape hangers. I want Control. Looks don't mean hoot to me. Getting through a corner, through traffic, past a hazard, being able to make it hop from one lane to another with just a quick shove on the bars, that's what I call cool... |
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Title: Re: Ape hanger safety Post by Paladin. on 05/09/16 at 22:34:36 Apes are for comfort, not racing. I sat on my bike, closed my eyes, put my hand to where they should be. Opened my eyes, figured where the handlebars wanted to be, got bars to fit. For me, an 10" mini-ape, with 1 1/4" chopped off each end. Very comfortable. Being comfortable means safer. |
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Title: Re: Ape hanger safety Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/09/16 at 23:52:01 I've seen big bikes, big apes, and they did okay with it. It's not for me. I push it. |
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Title: Re: Ape hanger safety Post by Art Webb on 05/10/16 at 07:08:43 How tall an ape is 'safe' depends on the rider Paladin describes what, to me, is the best way to select bars for a bike, but here's the question will 12" apes put your hands above your shoulders? that'd be less controlable than below the shoulders, though I've seen some riders whao can ride like that Oldfeller uses the stock buckhorns and he's hard to keep up with I can't stay with him through curves at all |
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Title: Re: Ape hanger safety Post by Dave on 05/10/16 at 07:54:39 For normal cruising, casual riding, etc., apehangers most likely aren't going to get you hurt. They are not the ideal handlebar when it becomes necessary to brake really hard, make evasive maneuvers, or need to hold on when you happen on some really rough riding (on or off road). |
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Title: Re: Ape hanger safety Post by Graven754 on 05/10/16 at 12:30:47 My handlebars that I ordered also don't have the knot he's cut into them where the risers go onto the bars. That's supposed to add extra grip right so the bars won't slip In the risers? |
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Title: Re: Ape hanger safety Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/10/16 at 13:00:28 I think your concerns are legitimate. You can test your new bars to see if they will stay where you want them. If not, depending on skill level and tools, you can pin them in place. Future changes would leave you with a bit to deal with. I thought the buckhorns looked like a comfortable position, but I am not the one with the shoulders and wrists or the Burned into the psyche mental image of a character from a movie. Personally, I think you cut a right striking image of a cool chick on a bike, with the stock bars. The felt helmet, meeh, you might be safer equipped with a fiberglass model, but, it does look cool as heck. And you and your friend could be sisters. |
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Title: Re: Ape hanger safety Post by HovisPresley on 05/10/16 at 17:02:42 5B444245585F6E5E6E56444803310 wrote:
.......................................................... You sure, JoG? ;D |
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Title: Re: Ape hanger safety Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/10/16 at 18:01:41 Yeah, pretty dang sure... I'm just an ol guy, but I still have eyes. The early complaint was about how she thought others might see her. I certainly didn't share in that. Being a bit of a rebellious philosopher my position is simple.. Unless someone is willing to and able to Die for me when it is my time, nobody can tell me how to live. And I have worked to cleanse my mind of what I might think others MAY think. Whether my imaginings are Complete acceptance Or Complete judgemental rejection Still, just My imagination. Screw them... |
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Title: Re: Ape hanger safety Post by Dave on 05/11/16 at 03:55:50 12352C33290A283F29363F235A0 wrote:
.......................................................... You sure, JoG? ;D [/quote] Yea.....I agree with Hovis. You might be thinking of a different forum member. |
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Title: Re: Ape hanger safety Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/11/16 at 05:37:17 That's right, dadgummit, not the first time either,, the ding dang picture, aarrgghh... It's not here,, so, duuuh.. Ohh, crap.. that's embarrassing.. |
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Title: Re: Ape hanger safety Post by Serowbot on 05/11/16 at 07:40:29 See?,.. it's not just me that screws up posts... ;D |
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Title: Re: Ape hanger safety Post by justin_o_guy2 on 05/11/16 at 15:29:33 Post? I got the whole fence. |
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