Just for Ken, I was going to title this 'AJ's Chubby' but thought better.
If I drop enough hints maybe someone will know what I want for Christmas this year. But, I don't know for sure which p/n I want. I have tried these on Don & Terry's bikes and like the feel alot. Since I added the Corbin, I ride a little higher up in the saddle causing my arms to go numb. My only problem is that I want to retain the stock setup i.e. grips & internal wiring. I believe that the 575's are a larger diameter so that would not work.
Can anyone shed some light on this subject? TIA, AJ
AJ, the bars are a larger diameter in all viewable areas. Where the grips and clamps attach they are standard diameter though.
All your stock wiring and grips will go through or attach to the 575 bars. The only extra hassle you might run in to would be one that I believe Terry and I have both dealt with a little.
He replaced one of the switch housing front clamps with a unit that combined the clamp and a new switch for his Legends air shocks. If memory serves he had to do a little body and fender work on that new clamp half because the area of it that contained the new switch extended farther out over the handlebars than the stock clamp did. It extended far enough to go out over the wider diameter part of the handlebars.
I had to do the same thing with the replacement clamp that now contains the switch for the heated grips. I think I remember reading that later versions of Wild 1's handlebars actually taper out a bit making even this problem less of an issue. So you might not have to deal with it now even with the larger clamp parts that we had to mess with. With only original parts attached to the bars it'll be fine as is though.
The only other caveat to changing the bars is that Wild 1 will recommend changing not the clamps that hold the switch housings to the bar but the handlebar clamps themselves (beneath the radio). The stock parts are two separate smaller parts. Wild 1 prefers using a beefed up one piece upper clamp. It's a 20-ish dollar part. You'll also need a longer brake line.