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[Fired00d]

Or maybe not.  Mine have been on (and off and on and off and on and off and on and off) since the bike was new.  They are not even close to my favorite part in the world.  But they look better than the cables do without them.

I've seen them on yours and Brian's (103tHunDer) and was waiting to hear what you and others had thought of them. Question do you cut the rubber off to put these on? Just wondering what you do if I were to end up having problems like Brian (Hogasm) stated.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[Twolanerider]

I've seen them on yours and Brian's (103tHunDer) and was waiting to hear what you and others had thought of them. Question do you cut the rubber off to put these on? Just wondering what you do if I were to end up having problems like Brian (Hogasm) stated.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

Yes, the rubbers get cut off.  I've really not had any problem them.  Not actually that wild about the look.  But it is better with them than without.  Still liable to change cables some day if I'm feeling very energetic.

[Midnight Rider]

I've seen them on yours and Brian's (103tHunDer) and was waiting to hear what you and others had thought of them. Question do you cut the rubber off to put these on? Just wondering what you do if I were to end up having problems like Brian (Hogasm) stated.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

Gary...I've had those covers on mine for a while now, and though they are also not my favorite thing on the bike, they do hide the dog's a$$ rubber covers that come stock.  The little clamps are a POS though.  A small piece of picture hanging braided wire, placed strategically and twisted with a pair of needle-eye nosed pliers works wonders though.

[Eqcons]

Hmmm, you may have just saved me $59.95. Thanks.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

I have them, and the way to make them good is to dispense with the little "C" clips that they come with, which are useless, and close them with a little chrome cable tie at each end. Works great, looks great.

Jim

[Eqcons]

Yes, the rubbers get cut off.  I've really not had any problem them.  Not actually that wild about the look.  But it is better with them than without.  Still liable to change cables some day if I'm feeling very energetic.

On the 07, they go happily OVER the rubbers, so you don't have to cut them off.

[Eqcons]

This task is certainly fighting you.  When my bars went on there was no issue.  Later when the throttle body was changed that took a bit more length.  Had to move the cables to the same hole the brake line and bars went through.  That move actually gains a fair bit of slack.

Fighting me all the way, Don.    Just had an entertaining half hour trying to get the ignition switch to go back in and line up.

Looked at taking the cables through the bar hole, but I doubt it would help - length per se is not the problem, it's the bend being too tight due to them being short.

Jim

[Chief]

If I had the bike in one piece now I would show you. It is not so I can not show you.  I believe they are the capsule you are talking about.

The ones I don't like are the same ones Gary linked to. I took your comment to mean you had something different.... I hope.  

[hogasm]

Gary if you want mine you can have them. Find some chrome cable ties to make the ends a little cleaner.

[Fired00d]

Gary if you want mine you can have them. Find some chrome cable ties to make the ends a little cleaner.

Thanks, hold on to them for now. I'm still not completely sold on them yet though. We can have a drink of Crown next time we see each other and discuss them more. It's obviously not one of the things that was high on my priority list and the fact that I'm hearing some that aren't happy w/the clips doesn't help. Since I wouldn't be adjusting the cables in the first place and the likelyhood of the tech that would having chrome cable ties to replace when he cuts old ones off. It just seems there may be more trouble w/them then w/o.

 
Ride Safe,
Fired00d
 

[straightshoooter]

I've been working on the bike for the past week after returning from our Florida trip.  I ordered a set of Wild 1 Chubby's from Jim (hd-dude) and they had come while we were gone, so the next weekend I started on this project and adding a couple of additional bits of chrome to the bike.  These bars are up and back about 1.5" from stock, and are 1 1/4" bars, so they are a little fatter looking.  Actually, they are 1 inch bars covered by another 1 1/4" inch tube, so they will fit the riser clamps and all the grips, etc will fit.

Let me tell you, this is NOT a fun job to do!!  To get the old bars out and the new ones in, the entire radio system must come out, the lower inner fairing has to come off, and of course all the wires inside the bars have to be pulled out and installed in the Chubbys.  Of course the connectors for the switches, grips, etc will not pull through the holes in the bars, so all the wire pins must be removed from the connectors, wires pulled out, pulled into the new bars, then all pins inserted back into their proper places in the connectors.  The is not really difficult, but it is necessary to be very careful about being certain that all wires go back to the proper place.  I drew a wiring diagram of the pin holes with the color wire that goes into that particular pin hole...you could insert the wires back into the pin holes when the bars are mounted on the bike with the wiring schematics, but it is tight in there, so I opted to do it on the workbench.  I also took this opportunity to internally wire the Legend Shock Switch.  The Legend Switch is made for 1 inch bars, so some modification with a Dremel tool was necessary to make everything fit properly on the new bars, plus a channel had to be cut into the switch so the wires for it could go back into the hole for the rest of the wiring that is internal on our bikes.  This modification of the legend switch turned out well, but took some time to get right.  A couple of hours or more...

The hardest part is getting the rear bolts out of the risers, at least on my bike.  You MUST have a ball end allen wrench to do this.  My inner fairing must have also been mounted as far to the rear as is possible, as I ended up having to loosen the lower inner fairing by removing the Aux spot light/turn signal brackets on both sides to gain a little extra room to get the bolts out.  The bottom of the radio opening is sitting right on top of the bolts for the clamps...when the bolts come up, they actuall hit the bottom of the radio opening, so some movement of that area is necessary to get them out.

I really like the look of the new bars, and the riding position is much better for me.  I have not given it a true test yet, but I feel certain the riding position will alleviate the shoulder neck pain I got after riding a few hours with the stock bars...I was having to reach too far forward and down to reach things.  We'll see...

If I had someone I REALLY trusted, I would have let them do this job, cause it's a beautch...but at least I know it was done right, though it took some time for me to complete.

Here's some pics of parts of the process...

First, outer fairing off, radio unplugged ready to begin pulling...

17 hours of labor on my 2008 SE Ultra by a trained tech!!  Worth it though, much better riding position.

[Eqcons]

17 hours of labor on my 2008 SE Ultra by a trained tech!!  Worth it though, much better riding position.

At our local dealer, that would have cost you $2,427.00! 

Jim

[MUFFMAN]

At our local dealer, that would have cost you $2,427.00! 

Jim

$140.00 per hour.Are they nuts?

[Eqcons]

$140.00 per hour.Are they nuts?

Going rate in dealers around here.  Probably why the little independents do well, at $90 an hour.   

Just glad I do all my own work! 

Jim

[porthole]

17 hours of labor by a trained tech

Either you got hosed or the tech wasn't trained, in which case you got hosed.

Most of the guys here that have never tackled a project like that can do it under 6-8 hours, and that is with reading the book.

It shouldn't take 17 hours to overhaul the engine.

[iski]

Going rate in dealers around here.  Probably why the little independents do well, at $90 an hour.   

Just glad I do all my own work! 

Jim

    
£71 GBP by my calculations.

Smart to do your own work Jim.

Mike