Riders gather to head out on various group rides throughout southern Arizona during a motorcycle safety rally at Davis Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, AZ. Photo taken Friday, March 27, 2015. Photo by Ron Medvescek / Arizona Daily Star.

Raised handlebars on motorcycles are legal, but handrails are not required

Lawmakers got rid of an antiquated and unenforced provision of law that requires motorcycles be equipped with handrails for passengers. And the same law finally makes β€œape hangers” β€” those raised handlebars that are above the shoulders of the operators β€” legal.


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