To qualify for "ape-hangers" the person has to reach up almost as high as his arms can go to hold onto the handlebars. There is a fellow here who rides a Harley and every time I see him go by with those high bars, I have to ask myself, Self, what is he thinking? Is he afraid that he will get BO in his pits, so he keeps them out in the air goin' by?? It looks like steering would be a problem as well. Maybe one gets used to it. To me it looks quite uncomfortable; but then, so does riding a crotch rocket, bent so far over like that for hours. I have seen guys flying by with their legs just hanging out the back end, in the wind...
Stanley ________________________________ From: Kyle K.K. <not.chr...@gmail.com> To: nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2009 4:45:22 AM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: went down today No rash. None at all. I guess that's one of the few 'good' things about wiping out on snow. What classifies as apes anyway (height wise)? I prefer a little higher bars (http://members.uplogon.com/kyle/cycle/55.jpg) but I don't think these would classify as apes. And I will say this. That bike is a LOT more comfortable for long rang trips since I put the giant crash bar o' doom and the higher handlebars on it. -Kyle KK On Sat, Mar 21, 2009 at 11:56 PM, Tree Doc <tree...@charter.net> wrote: > > Glad you and the 'hawk are OK! > > While you were slippin' and slidin' in ice and snow, I was running the > Horse Thief Mile track at Willow Springs Raceway in the high desert of > California. I spent from 7:30 till 4:00 today doing a Precision > Cornering school with StreetMasters. A real kick in the arse out > riding that track. Didn't do it on the Nighthawk, though. I ran my > "toured out" SV650S. Boy that bike LOVES those tight twisties and > decreasing radius turns on that mountain road simulator course. Myself > and a nOOb on a new Yami FZ1 were the having a field day against all > the BMW 1150RT's and big, noisy dresser Harley's! I saw first hand > today why Ape Hangars are just absolutely useless! Talk about no > control on a motorcycle! > > Hope you can buff that crash rash out! > > ~Tim > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nighthawk_lovers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
