Apehangers

[PrincessBandit]

Looking at that pic above, if you digitally removed the image of the bike you'd think he was strung up on a torture rack! I often look at people's body position when on their bikes in that kind of position and wonder whether they ever feel "exposed" in any sort of way....... Imagine being spread eagled like that and discovering your fly was open (Then again it's not like anyone would have much time to perve as they hooned past!)

[KiwiRat]

I took some helmet camera footage of the Parapara about a year ago.

The Paraparas are (is?) a cool set of twisties to finish off a trip from Aucks to see my folks in Liverpool St. We grew up in Gonville as kids. I grew up on a diet of Cemetary Circuit in the Hansford - Crosbie era. Man it was fun.

[Motu]

I found apehangers to be as good as clip-ons - just another set of handlebars on a bike.Gravel roads on street tyres were ok....they were ok with clip-ons too.Only real problem I had was hitting some chick standing on the footpath as I went around a corner - on full lean my hands were right over the curb.Good leverage with front wheel washouts in the wet.The lower frame of a shopping trundler made a good set of medium 6 bends....ready chromed.

[GaZBur]

Remember the 70's when the thing to put on your Trupey or old BSA was a set of 6 benders? They went up and over in a big bend and came back together about chest height. Haven't seen them for years, not surprising really they were stupid even back then and designed to rip your codlings off if you binned. Perhaps thats what happened - the breeding ability was removed from the gene pool.

[Skyryder]

The most comftable place for your hands is level with ya dick.
Anywhere else is just not natural


Skyryder

[Motu]

Perhaps thats what happened - the breeding ability was removed from the gene pool.

Sorry to upset your life - but 6 bends didn't impair my breeding ability - I managed to produce 4 offspring,and the next generation are already here.You are outnumbered already - 6 BENDS RULE!!!

[davebullet]

Imagine being spread eagled like that and discovering your fly was open (Then again it's not like anyone would have much time to perve as they hooned past!)

Maybe that is a good countermeasure. I mean if your hands are numb, then by making your neatherregions numb as well, it takes your mind off your upper body pain.

An open fly can assist with reducing braking distance by acting as a mini parachute.

[GaZBur]

Sorry to upset your life - but 6 bends didn't impair my breeding ability - I managed to produce 4 offspring,and the next generation are already here.You are outnumbered already - 6 BENDS RULE!!!

Ha ha!! Not upset my life at all. The 70's were wild and wonderful times and 6 benders were the opposite end of the spectrum to me as I sometimes used ace bars with my chin on the steering crown. Glad to see a few of us made it through those years as I know a few who didn't.

[MarkH]

Yea mate, about as cool as a Helen C. & John K. Porno flick!

You arsehole! Luckily I can't imagine such a thing or I would need therapy! Some mental images are best avoided!

[scumdog]

those exhausts look like half a crash barrier got shoved down the side.

They're not exhausts.

They're push-handles - the giant that's pushing that bike is just off to the right of the pic.

[MSTRS:Me]

- 6 BENDS RULE!!!

First thing I put on my old Saint...

[pete376403]

While working part time in a local bike shop in the early 70s I fitted some of these to the bikes used by the local boys. The standard rubber bar mounts meant the bars would arc back and forth about 300 -400 mm at the top of the bars. The hot fix was to install solid mounts, but we never told the boyos that the mounts were sourced from T500 Suzukis. If they'd known there were "jap crap" parts installed...

[Motu]

Earlier Triumphs used U bolts,they would just crush the tube.The trick was to put some really tall mirrors on some lower bars - then it looked like the bike had higher bars coming towards you.