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Old 10-25-2008, 12:07 AM
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My wife wants her Nightster back to mid controls. After putting on her new 10inch shocks from licks she can now flat foot the ground but she has a longer reach to the forward controls now. She bought the bike used and it came with forward controls. What do I need to change it back to mid controls, just the linkage for the shifter and the brake, right.
 
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Old 10-25-2008, 12:42 AM
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Yeah that should be all you need is the shorter linkage for both sides.
 
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Old 10-25-2008, 05:21 AM
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The Mid controls have different mounting brackets. Try are clasifieds or Ebay. or a dealer for take offs. or trade some one. they be comming out ahead as forwards cost $350-$400 dependind on finish. Also Get a HD service Manual for your bike you will see the difference in the Mid and Forwards. Plus what you have to do to change them out. Best book I bought helped me from F--ing up things.
 

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I've seen whole sets of black mid-controls, pegs, etc. go cheap on Ebay. A lot of people take them off, put on forwards, and then sell the mids. Looking just now, they seem to have current prices from $0.99 (several days remaining) to $103 (buy it now for a set of 2009 nightster controls). I see a set of chrome mids for buy-it-now of $49 and another set of nightster mids at $25 with no BIN.
 

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If you will be selling the forward controls, PM me. I will buy them from you.
 
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If you will be selling the forward controls, PM me. I will buy them from you.
Thats the first thing she said, we be keeping the forward controls. Sorry
 
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