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Old 15th July 2012
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Hey I just joined. I have an 06 1200 low and was thinking about putting some apes on either 10 or 12 inch. any thoughts out there?
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Well I went from 8" buckhorn bars on my 07 1200L, they hurt my wrist after about 30 min of riding. Then I went to 8" mini apes from Road6customs, they've been great and I didn't have to change out cables either. But I just came across a set of burly 12" mini apes with cables so I jumped on it. When I get them In I'll post a picture of them. I do highly recommend the road6 bars.

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Hey I just joined. I have an 06 1200 low and was thinking about putting some apes on either 10 or 12 inch. any thoughts out there?
i have a 1200xl low and went with the 10s, i really should have went with the 12s. make sure you get the narrow apes they look better with the narrow front end. IMO
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depends how tall you are. As a rough guide, if you're longer in the body than the leg, go the 12's, vice versa, go the 10's. just get ones for a narrow glide, unless you're running a springer front end, overwide bases on apes look wrong to me. Welcome to the forum, prepare to spend many hours reading.
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I've been actually debating this as well. I've been eyeballing the mini apes from Harley. They're pretty cheap and seem to be good. I just don't know if you'd really need to change the cables or if there is enough slack.
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The grips sit at 12" the peak of the bars sit at 14" 1" risers. Lepera bare bones seat


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When i got my 74 the guy had 20" apes on them. He was 6'3"and I'm 5'10". I was gonna change them to shorter ones but I have grown to love them. Now i wouldn't change them for anything.

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Check out this thread, hope it helps.

http://xlforum.net/vbportal/forums/s...d.php?t=272344
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