We Have A Talk About Drag Handlebars

They serve a very specific purpose when driving. Basically, they help you steer to where you want to go so you at least have some form of control when driving. Important, are they not? Yes, of course, they are. Without them, how are you going to control your direction? Your sense of safety could be compromised too if they will be built in a very poor way. Hopefully, they would not be. They also come in different kinds. Like those Drag Handlebars.

This type is longer than the normal and average kind of handlebars. Most of it are just for fashion, to make the rider look cool and badass, though not nearly as those in biker gangs. Admittedly, over time those bikes and their bikers kind of got lame and obnoxious. Especially since they are so freaking loud all the time.

Like ape hangers. No, they do not look anything like apes, unfortunately. But they actually ARE mostly found on choppers. They have such an exaggerated height that its driver has to reach up just to reach them and drive. That is where it got its name, apparently, because apes have long arms and have to swing from point A to B.

Our point of topic needs to be ridden in a way that you are hugging it face down. It is needed to drive while crouching. This type of motorcycle is specialized for speed. You will see them riding them this in those relays where the driver is needed to hug and maybe do a bit of planking while they are at it.

But when that person who is skydiving positions his body straight and let his head go first, tucking his arms at his side, then, of course, he will go down faster. Another example is a toothpick. Throwing it down while it is in a horizontal way will let it fall slightly slower than doing it in a vertical position.

There are also clip ons that are actually popular for those into this stuff. Sports bikes usually wear them because they got these short handles that clamp directly into those fork tubes. They can also be adjustable or the opposite. Another feature is that they may fit below or above the triple tree.

Another is basically the same but with a different object. Test it out on something that has more length than width. Drop two items at the same time but in different positions. The one being dropped vertically is going to win that race to the ground, naturally. Of course, that is what they teach you in grade school science.

The same is applied to riding that bike. Because you are going at certain speed, how you sit on that mode of transportation determines the speed of which you are going. If you sit up straight, expect to go slower than you were expecting. Doing the crouching thing will get you better results, obviously.

And finally the drag bars, the point of this topic. These guys are almost straight and across to make a forward type of leaning and some kind of aerodynamic riding kind of position. These fellas are best for speed.