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Ape Hangers

  • AlHD48
    AlHD48
    8 years ago

    Hi All 

    Anyone out there have ape hangers , do they slip ? I have heard that they do , Im looking into getting some 

  • spides666
    spides666
    8 years ago
    I used to on my Iron and every now and then I had to tighten the four bolts on my stem

    Check out Zombie Performance, he's in the US but so much cheaper then bars here in Aus. I got the Clown Cars ones and loved them. Great service from him...
  • AlHD48
    AlHD48
    8 years ago
    Cheers mate , thanks for the info
  • Bonkerz
    Bonkerz
    8 years ago

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  • AlHD48
    AlHD48
    8 years ago
    I have heard they can move alot . Mught be that they are not knurled...
  • Cobrabat
    Cobrabat
    8 years ago

    I fitted 14" Burly narrow apes to my 08 Nightster and they moved on me once when I hit a large pothole.

    It took me by surprise and I yanked on them hard to maintain my balance.

    They only moved maybe 2 inches at the top. I nipped them up and over a year later it hasn't happened again.

    Also, they were knurled which I understand helps stop the slipping a lot. I shoulda done them up tigher in the first place.

    Hope the info helps.

     

  • bobby bob
    bobby bob
    8 years ago
    I ran some masking tape around the knurls on my 14" apes, stopped the slips,
  • 92Fatboy
    92Fatboy
    8 years ago
    had 12 inch on my old sporty used to slip when i hit a big bump nothing major but was annoying having to re tighten them. Mine weren't knurled.
  • mato_h
    mato_h
    8 years ago
    Guys I run 16" burly on my 48 they have moved a few time. the first sacred the shit out of me
    but it really did not move that much mau1-2" I pushed them back kept going tighten the bolts when I got home
    now I check them every now and again and no big problems
  • Bcjones
    Bcjones
    8 years ago

    I have the 12" raod6 apes and they have never slipped.

     

    They have really goof knurling, just like a good set of BMX bars.

  • AlHD48
    AlHD48
    8 years ago
    I seen a guy with a nightrod yesterday with high ape looked hard to swive . He looked like in no control of his bike
  • harley120048
    harley120048
    8 years ago
    Night rod with apes?? I don't think they would even look good?!
  • brash
    brash
    8 years ago
    On my chopper I've used a bead of clear silicon on the clamp, I'm running 16's, 3 inch risers and a 70's springer fork and they haven't moved a millimeter.
  • AlHD48
    AlHD48
    8 years ago
    Nightrod with apes looked shocking . They were really high . Thought he was going to crash when trying to move
  • ls1sandman
    ls1sandman
    8 years ago
    you can score the risers and the bars to help them grip better, made a difference to my minis
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