Ape Hangers on the doodlebug

[snowb1133]

Hey guys,

Just thinking about doing something to put my db30 out there, different from the rest..... and it came to me..... APE HANGERS!

I am thinking about welding 20 inch bars on each side, i will have to get a much longer throttle cable, but if I go to the junk yard and get the steel bars, and have my friend weld them on I will be in business. Now i will have to have a suicide brake with the brake above the engine and below the rider, but other than that, i will have a doodlebug with apes! haha
i will let you guys know what up. and any ideas are welcomed! it was because of all of you I got this idea!

 

[dillon11494]

sounds like a cool and fun idea r u g?onna paint them and make them look purty haha?

 

[snowb1133]

haha yup i was planning on painting them. hopefully just spraypaint works!

 

[Bananas for Bonanzas]

why dont you hack off your bars, and add risers instead of welding bars to the tree. that way you can change them out for trail riding and such.

 

[snowb1133]

would the setup process go any different? other than connecting risers and bars?

 

[Bananas for Bonanzas]

depending on the risers you use, you would drill 2 or 4 holes to mount them. aside from that, longer cables. that also allows you to fold the bars down for easy transport if you dont have an open bed pick-up.

 

[snowb1133]

Sounds simple enough
I will try it
see how it works

 

[1970Gizmo]

I am thinking of doing the same thing. Please post pics! I wanna see how it looks:smile:

 

[rmzrider151]

O, I gotta see this!!!!

 

[dutch4541]

36" bars with a 14" stretch on the frame and rear wheel recounted on tabs welded to the backside of frame. Gy6 highway rated wheels and tires gc160 engine with governor bypass tops out around 45mph weather depending.

 

[RobertC]

Hello @dutch4541 ...welcome to the Oldminibikes.com forum !

Talk about ape hangers...those are up there.

It looks good though.

Be careful with that governor bypass...without a billet connecting rod , and billet flywheel, it won't go for long before the cast ones implode.