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So cool of a ride!!

With all the factory bikes fitted with them lately, I think the name should be changed to something more functional like “Armpit dryers”. Cool enough for the factory custom crowd.

What song is it you DON'T wanna hear!? Thanks for the video. How did you ever quit drinking?

I've got nerve problems with my arms. Regular handle bars make my arms and hands go numb on long rides. Ape hangers prevent that.

I got 16 apes on a wide glide. I like all bars for whatever looks good on the bike when looking at a bike. My bars change on my personal bikes depending on what they were built for. (Show, bar hopper, 100 mile run, 1000 mile run. I aint found a bike yet that I like the beach cruiser bars on yet but that just me. I got caught riding a bike that the ticket field was shoulders high. Kinda vague. Anyway, got pulled over in one if these cowpoke towns where a run was happening. Had the bike out in my brothers name. He's 6 foot 4. It was my loop hole because of the registration being in his name. Cops didnt see that one coming and I was talking shit the whole time. I even told one of if the cops, let me sleep with your 20 year old daughter and I wont file a complaint. Look, I aint a dickhead and I do have a certain amount of respect for certain cops. You run up on me with attitude and a power trip Im abled to get frenzied up enough to swing on a cop. All over handlebars. I want to better at reaction but hey, some of me is set in concrete. Handlebars mind you. Not slinging drugs ir women, not burning rubber, not drinking and driving. Handlebars. Being shouted at. CUT YOU BIKE OFF. GET OFF YOUR BIKE! Man, authority has its limits with me but I'll play the game when the cop acts like he/she got sense. Handlebars though? You screaming at me, got your hand in your sidearm? My popcorn getting hot. W.T.F?

I don't like to screw my gas tank,so i got 16" apes🎉

I'm not a fan of ape hangers. I have a friend who has apes on his bike and he says they're comfortable, but I don't see how they're comfortable.

The kitchen chairs of the 1950's were made of 1" chrome plated tubular steel. Before Hap Jones (Indian dealer San Francisco) started selling British and aftermarket parts (Flanders and Bates in particular) these were often used as handlebars. Continental kits (a chrome plated spare tire accessory) were easy to "borrow" in the dead of night and were used as flat fenders. Chrome plated P trap plumbing fittings were also used to cover the slugs to extend the front ends.

Just got one new bars make it easier to pop it up?

Are these songs in public domain? Can I use them in my RUclips videos? Or do I have to pay license fees?

Haaa cool video, the chicken was epic

Nice song!

It was a excellent bike till the german screw machine took over. Buy INDIAN.

No alternator in sight bud They have a stator rectifier system just like every other bike. But goldwings

Hopefully when I get to take my RG on a good tour, we can link up for a few miles.

I'm a barbecue vienna sausage guy myself! Enjoyed the video. Well Done.

I was VERY fortunate when my hospital stay was over that I hadn't developed an opioid addiction. I do not take that for granted either.

Thanks for the ride 10K!

I'm a vet now Got a AMF sporty with apes cause it's my style. I can sling that sporty around turns with big bars

Lucky you!

Sick af!!! 🤟

I ride with apes because I HAVE to. Lower height bars put me in pain (spinal injury)

A "Stunt Glide"

I still have my first big twin harley, a 1978 Shriner flh 74 cubic inch. It's been through many years of changes and mods. (I'm 61 now) The only original parts are the frame, engine, transmission, and fuel tanks. I'm still loving it to this day. I also have a 1982 FLT, lowered, no fairing, running a single headlight and dual running lights with 16" apes, dual fishtails, no baffles. I wish I could afford a 63 Panhead mostly because of year I was born. But I've always liked Panheads.

As someone who is just getting into bikes, ape hangers always were kinda puzzling for me. The reason being that the owners are sometimes going WAY overboard with the length, to the point where the ape hangers become the primary dominant feature. Which tends to make them look goofy to me. The combination of handle bars that sit at basically eye level or above (give or take) with extended forks isn’t doing much for the look of a bike if I’m being honest. I mean….you do you, but me personally - I don’t want to ride around on something that visually looks like a handlebar that happens to have a motorcycle attached to it. There’s got to be a „sweet spot“ between looks and practicality. Slightly below shoulder height is as far as I would take it. Y’all do whatever you like.

My ol lady calls em "monkey bars"! Fuckin funny

Haaaaa 🎉 Happy Birthday LOL

I have some Carlini Gangsta Apes on a Crossbones Springer. ✊🏾

My first Harley came with 18 apes and forward controls. I put about 1k miles before I low sided or high sided( couldn’t tell it was too fast coming to a stop in the rain) was a very happy slightly forced mid control upgrade

Rad buddy!!

We enjoy meeting you! Be safe out there!

I dont like apes. Haven had ape scince my bicycle with a banana seat in the 70s I like drag bars shortened forks and raked . But you do your thing. I feel a bike isnt yours until YOU customize it. I also like stripped down, shotgun pipes, and fat bob tanks. Thin tires spoke rims. Blacked out or chromed out. Oh and as low as you can get it. But front always like you just popped the clutch.

Anytime my family were out riding and saw guys with ape hangers, my uncle would lock the throttle on his Valkyrie and speed past them with his hands up in the air off his bars. It was frickin hilarious.

Anyone remember the old rams horn bars ?

Looks like you had a great ride! Nice weather too

It is a different experience with apes , been riding my whole life, at 16 I built a ridged 69 bonnie put a set of 14 inch apes on and never looked back now im 63 and all 9 bikes I've owned have all had apes, love them

I've never heard them called Meat Hangers. I've heard them referred to as Meat Hooks but that is only referring to a specific style of bar.

I love ape hangers and in particular the meat hook style ape hangers, but when I got my Low Rider ST I decided to go a little more performance oriented with it but I still like meat hooks so I got some 16" Dominator Evil T Bars so they've got the performance based narrow T Bars, but they still have the meat hook styling

Being raised in San Bernardino, Calif. Nearly next door to the Original Hells Angels Clubhouse! Was told the reason , there called ape hangers , because , Red Necks called bikers apes , and the bars were raised , to keep from being decapitated , when someone would , string cable , robe across the road , street , e t c. The bars would catch ,the lethal obstruction , before their neck did ! Bottom line , that's fact ! Studs !

If your handlebars work on a mile dirt track bike, they are correct.

We called bikes that had zero custom parts or straight stock "baggers." Walk in the store, and out, with your goodies in a "bag" baggers.

Maximum armpit air conditioning. 🤘🏻😂

over the years I have road stock, mini apes, 6 inch risers with drag bars , and now i have 12 inch apes on my 2020 softail , the ride and the look is what fits me, and yes bike looks pretty FN cool, ride safe brother

And 60’s- 70’s- all through the 80’s and into the 90’s. Tall bars, no cars.

Willie G STOLE the design from Craig Vetter. Look at the Vetter Liberator and a 79 FLT.

I have 122,000 and still touring all stock

Arm pit dryers...😊

Never liked them much, dumb looking to me. Some bikes stock bars are way too low and non-adjustable so I get not wanting your hands in ur lap. I've got a '23 Chieftain and those could be 4" higher than stock, that would be ok, but sticking up past the fairing- no...

I loved the 16" apes on my Softail Slim! But after a minor accident trashed my bars, I decided to take the opportunity to do something different. So I went with some custom made 1.25" Buckhorn bars! Maybe not as comfortable for long hauls as my apes were, but god damn they're great for tight control and they look sick as fuck.