Heritage bars are nice but I had a set on a Road King that were great. I think they were 9" rise and 13 or 14" pull back. The beach bars are good also.
Hey Dualsport I'm 5'8" myself and I have 12 1/2 inch apes on the Dragon, and I love em!!!
Night Dragon
On My RK I have the Chubby II bars and they are great, On Deeners RK she has the Heritage bars and loves them. She is maybe 5'3" so it makes the reach nice for her, I'm almost 6' and my bars fit me perfect.......
Hey HighRisk. Does Deener have a lowering kit on her RK? I am thinking of shaving the seat so I can get an inch or two more foot on the ground. Nightdragon, the 12" apes would probably work a bit better than the 100"ers on mine! lol
Beautiful ride!!! Beach bars are worth trying out. Just my humble opinion.
Go to the show room floor and start feeling them out.. Talk to the tech and get measured. They would have the list of fits for you.
Rex's stock bars were killing my neck ( I had a neck injury) and only lasted two days. I went to 12" wide glide apes for two years. Still not comfortable for an all day ride so I then put 16" chubby apes on and it is perfect for me. I also am 5'8". The only problem, and not a big one, is in tight parking situations it can be a bit of a reach when going to full left or right.Rex is also lowered 1.5" front and back. To put it simply I like the way he is set up.
A good friend of mine has a Heritage and on my recommendation he replaced his stock bars with 12" wide glide apes and loves it, and even more another good friend put the same 12" wide glide bars on his 98 King and loves them as well. The apes put your wrists and shoulders in a very natural alignment.
Make sure whatever you choose to get the thicker inch and a quarter bars so you can run your wiring internal and clean up the look. You won't regret it.
What ever you decide on it's all good.
The 1 1/4" bars???? These bars will hold the stock hand grips? Is that correct? Also, because they are 1/4" larger at the riser clamp, does that mean the riser/clamp needs replaced as well to fit the extra 1/4" or do they fit?
I have 1" Flanders Superglide bars on mine with a 12" pullback for my short arms but they angle dowen about 45 degrees which feels great but I'm not overly excited about the look though as I said, they are comfy. Been thinkin of 10" mini apes with a 10" pullback and the standard 90 degree angle of the bars and like the idea of hideing the wires but not sure about the stock hand grips and riser/clamp fit? Sorry if I hijacked your thread here dualsport; don't mean too but since were talking ape's I was hopeing you'd give me a bit of room....Thanks Bro.
I have to roll with Rex on this one .....I love my 12 1/2 inch chubby's......besides I think they look cool as shit!!!
Dragon
NO! NO! NO! DON'T GET RIDE OF THE APES!
I run 20" apes on a night train and love them and I am only 5' 9 short!
For the love of God man don't, you will only end up wanting to put them back on!
You know, you may want to ride it for a bit before making the decision to change the bars. I always thought from just looking at ape hangers that it would be uncomfortable to ride with your arms up like that. But after having a Dyna with apes for a bit, I found them actually to be pretty nice, even on the longer rides. But like anything that has to do with your riding position, go with what you are comfortable with and that will most likely be the safest.
I just put 18 inch chubby's on my dyna . . . . I'm 5'9 with my boots on . I really like em !!
So Dualsport, what did you decide to go with?
June 2, 2010 12:41 AM PDT
Gofur...I have had the chance to ride quite a bit lately. I have gotten used to the apes and have decided to keep them...at least for now. I have had the same experience as AzRider has. I just needed to get used to them. I'm ready for the road trip now!!!! Ride safe all!!!!
