Apes anyone?

[1olbull]

You be big pimpin' on that ride, Steve!
Here's a little cruisin' music fer ya'...

Naw, Phil - that tune sux!
I be more old school cruiser style.
Rape and pillage like below:

 

[TriumPhil]

You need to quit chuggin' down that Geritol, Daddio, and get with the cool cats!
Maybe this will help (then again, I'm 100% certain that it won't)

 

[1olbull]

You need to quit chuggin' down that Geritol, Daddio, and get with the cool cats!
Maybe this will help (then again, I'm 100% certain that it won't)

This one was good, Phil! WAY better than that other ghetto tune.
My kid's have an 11 piece funk band and play all around the west.
Sure wish we could post mp3 files on here!!!!!!

 

[TriumPhil]

Ghetto tune... now, that's funny!

 

[IMFASTTOO]

The apes on my 2053cc V2K are 18", but my hands are well below my arm pits due to the down turn of the grips.
The most comfy motor I've ever had. It definitely does NOT perform like my R3R, but WAY more pleasant to ride.

HOWS it feel at 80 mph and up ??

 

[IMFASTTOO]

Well I guess it might suit some folks??? But I reckon they look stupid

I mean---- does this pecker look like he's bright how's ha gonna light his smoke ???

YEP hes real cool

 

[IMFASTTOO]

The apes on my 2053cc V2K are 18", but my hands are well below my arm pits due to the down turn of the grips.
The most comfy motor I've ever had. It definitely does NOT perform like my R3R, but WAY more pleasant to ride.

ONE of the salesman form the local Harley dealer was killed this past summer when he lost control of his APE HANGER equipped new HARLEY he was only doing about 45mph and was riding with 2 other guys from the shop

 

[GRAMPY]

Personally, I feel good with ape-hangers on most new Harleys when they're on the showroom floor; not as extreme as the examples on this thread though.

My concern is that one of the first accidents I ever witnessed was when I was riding behind a Sportster that had the grips too vertical. The rider couldn't react on a curve and ended up taking out a small tree. I don't think HD actively sells that type today, but the experience was a real-life inspiration to something taught in riding basics regarding the ability to apply pressure to a particular grip when needed.

If Triumph's business had evolved differently, I'd think they may have developed something with apes.

Well webmaster.... someone's had a go'------

To each, their own, eh ?.

 

[webmaster]

Oh man, that is wrong

 

[1olbull]

HOWS it feel at 80 mph and up ??

Everything feels just fine, even at 130mph!
There is a little loss of high speed handling in the twisties, but that is no real problema as the V2K is not nearly as good a handler as the R3R and has much less lean angle.
Also when making a sharp low speed right turn my short arms have some difficulty reaching and using the clutch lever.
As I said, its very comfy like riding in a Barca Lounger and my hands are actually only at chest height.
Note: I would NOT want these bars on my Rocket.