I'm trying to piece together some cables for my ape hanger install. I'm wanting some info on the lengths of the cables I will need. I'm looking at a set of 15" bars. I've read somewhere that stock bars are 7" rise??? Is this correct?? Should I just add the +8 for cables?? Do all cables need to be + the same length. Any info will help. Thanks

 

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The easiest way to get the cable length right is to install your bars and then measure for cable length. I did my bar swap during winter down time so I wasn't worried about the extra time it took to do this.

 

What he said...most "cable kits" have extra long cables

 

I went with +6 on my 13" and +9 on my 16". That should give some idea where to go.

 

Went +6 on my 10" so I could change to 12" without a problem. 15"'s might be at the 9"-10" range.

 

Thanks for replies, I pulled the fairing off tonight and seen there was a good bit of play in the stock cables, so I think a +8 should work out.

 

If the bars you are looking at are true 15s then the +8 will work fine. If they are actually taller like a lot of them are your +8 will be too short.

2010 Limited with some stuff!!

 

SBates is right, My bars measure 16" from bend to bend and I went with +9.

 

Be sure to compensate for both the additional height and any additional width too.
Simple to do just place both sets of bars on a table, stand them up together and measure the differences in grip height off the table and note the width difference by measuring bar end to bar end.