lawling Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Around Pattaya - but indeed everywhere - I see increasingly guys riding motorbikes with those extreme, raised, Peter Fonda/Easy Rider- type handlebars. There's probably a name for them but I don't know it. As I'm obviously not a biker, I'm maybe missing something but it seems to me that that raised-arm position must become very tiring, that it must add considerably to the wind drag and that the rider must have less control of his bike than someone in the position I would associate with, say, a Valentio Rossi. But are there advantages or is it just something that some folk like to do for effect? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_boo Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 They're called 'ape hangers'.....other than looking cool don't really do anything other than slow down your bike; hence you'll only find them on cruisers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LivinLOS Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 In tropical climes.. Keeps the pits ventilated.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vato Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 saw a cbr150 with them last week. i was confused... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 saw a cbr150 with them last week.i was confused... I've got a pic somewhere of a little scooter that has been modified, and the guy has these monster ape-hangars that he can barely grip when he's sitting down on the seat ! My buddy put a set of medium height ape-hangars on his Softail for a few months, then got rid of them. I used to bug him about having them just so he could air out his pits while he was riding (and the smell helped convince his wife not to ride with him) ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RusticCharm Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 other than looking coolWhich is open to debate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotcom Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Looking goofy & providing a very tiring & unsafe driving position. I think I'll stick with stock. But I do want a WW2 Nazi helmet though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 other than looking coolWhich is open to debate. Looking goofy & providing a very tiring & unsafe driving position.I think I'll stick with stock. But I do want a WW2 Nazi helmet though. Very good point Rustic. DOTCOM is spot on they can be very dangerous & make motorcycle control difficult. OMCG fellows will disagree. Many countries have strict guidelines in relation to these handlebars and the heights they can go to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FatherF Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Looking goofy & providing a very tiring & unsafe driving position.I think I'll stick with stock. But I do want a WW2 Nazi helmet though. You can get the WW2 Nazi helmets on-line, I dont know if they are legal in LOS though? FF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Looking goofy & providing a very tiring & unsafe driving position.I think I'll stick with stock. But I do want a WW2 Nazi helmet though. You can get the WW2 Nazi helmets on-line, I dont know if they are legal in LOS though? FF I know in some countries they have helmet standards that must be met. After viewing whats available here in Thailand (at Lotus etc) I think anything is excepted. I picture an ice-cream bucket with a chin strap as okay! The old saying $2 head, $2 helmet springs to mind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsKnight Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Around Pattaya - but indeed everywhere - I see increasingly guys riding motorbikes with those extreme, raised, Peter Fonda/Easy Rider- type handlebars. There's probably a name for them but I don't know it.As I'm obviously not a biker, I'm maybe missing something but it seems to me that that raised-arm position must become very tiring, that it must add considerably to the wind drag and that the rider must have less control of his bike than someone in the position I would associate with, say, a Valentio Rossi. But are there advantages or is it just something that some folk like to do for effect? Dude, I'm a sports tourer biker and I often think the same thing. I don't see the appeal with the humongous bars either, but then as my father once said - If you buy a Harley, you like to pose. I think the hard-ship goes with the image, if nothing else it'll toughen up your arms and give you a work-out If you have a chopper then you really are an exhibitionist. Which is why, when you go to the biker festivals and the super-choppers turn up everyone marvels, cause they are an extreme spectacle. I was in the no1 bar in Chiang Mai a few years ago. A Harley Rider rolls past, nothing too unusual, except he is lit up like a fcking xmas tree!! I'm not joking he and the bike were lit up like the bad guy off the Running Man! Blue leds and all sorts flashing and blinking! He came to the bar and was talking to the 'fans', I couldn't make out all what he said but I gathered he'd had the work done in the states and shipped her over here. Total geek-dude but for sure an enthusiast on the custom HD scene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netfan Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 other than looking coolWhich is open to debate. C'mon Terry, they would look so good on the 848 We should bring a couple of sets into Thong Lor and say we want them put on. Ape hangers go back to the 50's and 60's. They were used to make the early choppers more outrageous. California has a law that says your hands can't be above your shoulders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basjke Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Around Pattaya - but indeed everywhere - I see increasingly guys riding motorbikes with those extreme, raised, Peter Fonda/Easy Rider- type handlebars. There's probably a name for them but I don't know it.As I'm obviously not a biker, I'm maybe missing something but it seems to me that that raised-arm position must become very tiring, that it must add considerably to the wind drag and that the rider must have less control of his bike than someone in the position I would associate with, say, a Valentio Rossi. But are there advantages or is it just something that some folk like to do for effect? Dude, I'm a sports tourer biker and I often think the same thing. I don't see the appeal with the humongous bars either, but then as my father once said - If you buy a Harley, you like to pose. I think the hard-ship goes with the image, if nothing else it'll toughen up your arms and give you a work-out If you have a chopper then you really are an exhibitionist. Which is why, when you go to the biker festivals and the super-choppers turn up everyone marvels, cause they are an extreme spectacle. I was in the no1 bar in Chiang Mai a few years ago. A Harley Rider rolls past, nothing too unusual, except he is lit up like a fcking xmas tree!! I'm not joking he and the bike were lit up like the bad guy off the Running Man! Blue leds and all sorts flashing and blinking! He came to the bar and was talking to the 'fans', I couldn't make out all what he said but I gathered he'd had the work done in the states and shipped her over here. Total geek-dude but for sure an enthusiast on the custom HD scene. I remember many years ago there was a movie playing about a rider who looked like what you described.I don't recall the name of the movie but I think it had to do something with electra glide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotcom Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 After viewing whats available here in Thailand (at Lotus etc) I think anything is excepted. I picture an ice-cream bucket with a chin strap as okay!The old saying $2 head, $2 helmet springs to mind Got it in 1 !!!!! Go into tesco. Buy a hard hat ; the kind used on construction sites. For the deluxe model drill 2 holes & run a piece of twine for a chin strap!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybike Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 (edited) question sucks..what would valentino rossi be doin with ape hangers come on ...................choppers are choppers .sports bikes are what they say Edited February 3, 2009 by barrybike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBikeBKK Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 How's this for ape hangers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrybike Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 How's this for ape hangers? ha ha ive seen this dude b4...now that is extreme.but he loves the attention lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawling Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 I remember many years ago there was a movie playing about a rider who looked like what you described.I don't recall the name of the movie but I think it had to do something with electra glide. The movie was Electra Glide in Blue. Came out in early 70s. About a very short cop who rode a Harley FL (?) coloured blue! It had a sort of cult following at the time. I don't recall the bike having seriously raised handlebars though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawling Posted February 3, 2009 Author Share Posted February 3, 2009 question sucks..what would valentino rossi be doin with ape hangers come on ...................choppers are choppers .sports bikes are what they say I was simply trying to understand why some people ride bikes like that. And I'm grateful to all those who provided constructive information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CroBiker Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 (edited) edit....never mind. Edited February 3, 2009 by CroBiker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basjke Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I remember many years ago there was a movie playing about a rider who looked like what you described.I don't recall the name of the movie but I think it had to do something with electra glide.[/i] The movie was Electra Glide in Blue. Came out in early 70s. About a very short cop who rode a Harley FL (?) coloured blue! It had a sort of cult following at the time. I don't recall the bike having seriously raised handlebars though. I didn't mean about the raised handlebars but about the the rider covered with led's.Not sure if it was electra glide in blue.Maybe some other member can put me in the right direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBikeBKK Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 But I do want a WW2 Nazi helmet though. Classy, real classy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 But I do want a WW2 Nazi helmet though. Classy, real classy... Perhaps Nazi was the wrong choice of words. The WWII German Style helmet though must have been a good design, as many of our modern Kevlar helmets are very similar in style. In fact, the helmet sitting arms length away from me (on top of my bullet proof vest) is quite similar to the German design. So what say we ditch Nazi references and snarky replies (leave that stuff in the General Forum threads) and get back to Bikes ! Come on, Just over a week to go to Burapa and I've been cooped up in this camp for a long time ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBikeBKK Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 But I do want a WW2 Nazi helmet though. Classy, real classy... Perhaps Nazi was the wrong choice of words. The WWII German Style helmet though must have been a good design, as many of our modern Kevlar helmets are very similar in style. In fact, the helmet sitting arms length away from me (on top of my bullet proof vest) is quite similar to the German design. So what say we ditch Nazi references and snarky replies (leave that stuff in the General Forum threads) and get back to Bikes ! Come on, Just over a week to go to Burapa and I've been cooped up in this camp for a long time ! Ah the voice of reason! Thank you KerryD! Let's get back to BIKES! Happy Trails! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lickey Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Was the Film Easy Rider with Peter Fonda & Dennis Hopper? My thai mrs says these bikes with ape hangars are Monkey Bikes, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zzinged Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 Ok... so these aren't ape hangers, but... <deleted> are they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluto_manibo Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 ^^^Nice shoe laces! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluto_manibo Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 I rode a few friends bikes with Apehangers. They are ok for bar hopping or short runs for me, although I must say as I always used to get stuck behind cars in Bangkok traffic, the guys with Apehangers squeezed through and never hit any cager mirrors. I say the more the variety and customisation the better, why be so critical? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigBikeBKK Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Was the Film Easy Rider with Peter Fonda & Dennis Hopper? My thai mrs says these bikes with ape hangars are Monkey Bikes, Actually, the Monkey Bike is made by Honda: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 How's this for ape hangers? ha ha ive seen this dude b4...now that is extreme.but he loves the attention lol Now you can easily see why they are called 'ape hangers'. He can barely reach the controls. Funny but dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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