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.

Beach bar is another type. They almost are the same as cruisers that slope backward and curve. They are like that so the rider can relax and does not have to reach for anything just to get to freaking somewhere. Although, if they are put on those bikes that make a lot of noise, then is it really worth it?

Jokes and old memes aside, that is usually how those motorcycles are ridden. The reason has something to do with the position making it easier for everything to go as fast as the driver wants. If you want to get technical on how that actually works, we could get a few examples of how it goes.

This has something to do with the point of gravity. So we suppose if the drag bars purpose is to give its rider the increase of speed, then it is doing it right. This makes a point that it might be a little difficult for them to have a second passenger behind them. Would that not force them to crouch too?

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.