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[Bowman1836]

I installed my 10" monkey bars last December.... What a huge pita. The worst thing is not knowing everything you learn, before you start. After doing one set, you learn quite a bit.

Bowman, I'm going to be home this weekend and would be more than glad to help over the phone. If you pm me your number, I can call and help you through it. I know I certainly wish I had someone to call for firsthand advice when I did mine. It's kinda lengthy to type and just easier on the phone.

Thanks but I'm Gona let someone else have the fun.

[krypto2011]

Cool they are on back order for like 6 weeks

That's fine winter project anyway. The season is winding down quickly here in NH!!

[Bowman1836]

That's fine winter project anyway. The season is winding down quickly here in NH!!

I hear that. I prob should of just waited and did them myself. It's Ben one bad experience. The one good thing is I emailed yaffe and sent them pics and let them know the situation so they can do a better job of quality control. They actually cared and understood and are sending md a free set of power mirrors. I thought that was pretty good of them. Any ways good luck with the bars.

[dayne66]

That's fine winter project anyway. The season is winding down quickly here in NH!!

Yes....a fine rainy winter day project!   And there won't be any stripped wires like when the stealership did my wife's handlebar swap....on an externally wired Sporty!!! I can only imagine the issues on an internally wired SG.

[HogHvn]

Dealer done my install of 10" monkey bars. They only had to extend some of the wiring. Did not have to change any cables.

[krypto2011]

My bars arrived today, and I am thinking about doing heat demons at the same time. Has anyone done this with the 10" monkey bars? Do the standard 1" demons work with these things?  Thanks!!

[krypto2011]

So I finished my bars today. Did the 10" yaffe monkey bars. I started last Saturday. The inside of the bars had a fair amount of slag inside them. I had to do some work to clean them up before I could even pull wires through. It's kind of frustrating for what you pay for these things and I have to finish the job for them before I could even begin. Pulling the wires through was more than a little frustrating. That first bend is a b#tch. I ended up ruining a few of the pins on the end of the wires. I decided to order extensions this week rather than trying to put new pins on the existing wiring. I bought the extensions from Namz. I ordered a 12" switch kit and a 12" throttle by wire kit. I cleanly cut the existing wiring and soldiered on the extensions. The switch kit was good, however the throttle by wire kit was off on all colors except 2.  There are only 6 throttle by wire wires so it was easy to substitute the 4 wrong color wires. I am glad I added the extensions, when I got the bars on the bike the wires ran in the exact place they were without any unnecessary tension on them. I have to believe that without the extensions I would have had to run the wires in a different place or they would have had a quite a bit of tension on them. Once all together everything works perfectly. I am very happy with the finished product. I am gonna ride it a while before I decide on mirror options and see if different ones are necessary, however that will be a few months as we received 10" of snow yesterday and getting hit with another 6" tonight!!  Gotta love New England

[CVO Brian]

Congrats on the bars brother. I installed mine on my street glide and they were a PITA..ANd didnt need anything as far as wires or cables. I just installed Wild One 578 on my CVO Ultra and same thing nothing needed and these were so easy wires puled through in less than 10 minutes with heat shrink and silicone spray. Yaffe bars look so cool and are great bars.

[LovemyCVOgirl]

I knew a mechanic that could change out bars in just a few hours not days.  His secret was that he invested in a bicycle chain and would attach the end of the cable to the chain.  He then dropped the chain through the bar.  The bicycle chain is long enough that it always drops out the end.  He gently pulls on the bicycle chain and the wires come right out the end still attached to the chain.  . it would take him longer to attach the cables to the chain than it took him to get the wires through the bars.   

[dayne66]

I knew a mechanic that could change out bars in just a few hours not days.  His secret was that he invested in a bicycle chain and would attach the end of the cable to the chain.  He then dropped the chain through the bar.  The bicycle chain is long enough that it always drops out the end.  He gently pulls on the bicycle chain and the wires come right out the end still attached to the chain.  . it would take him longer to attach the cables to the chain than it took him to get the wires through the bars.   

Heck of an idea!...going by the shop I bought my mountain bike at to see if he's got an old chain he'll part with.

[LovemyCVOgirl]

Heck of an idea!...going by the shop I bought my mountain bike at to see if he's got an old chain he'll part with.

From one Ruby SG to another Dayne, happy to help you out. 

[CVO Brian]

Use a ceiling fan light pull. You know the brass ones with all the little bee-bee's attatched. Thats what I always use. Electrical tape the wires to the chain after you have dropped the chain through the bars and slowly work both ends pushing at one end and pulling from the other and it will come through very easy. Yaffe bars are only hard at that point.

[Cat Eye]

BR Customs has a number of instructional video showing how easy it is to wire your new bars

http://www.brcustomcycles.com/HOW_TO_VIDEOS_FROM_BR.php