Touring Models Road King, Road King Custom, Road King Classic, Road Glide, Street Glide, Electra Glide, Electra Glide Classic, and Electra Glide Ultra Classic bikes.
Sponsored by:
Sponsored by:

Chubby WO508 cable lengths?

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
  #1  
Old 11-25-2009, 05:05 PM
TheBagger's Avatar
TheBagger
TheBagger is offline
Road Master
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Oregon
Posts: 782
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default Chubby WO508 cable lengths?

I have Chubby 508's on my RK with stock cables. I'm finally going to change the throttle cables, brake and clutch cable to stainless. I did some reading and it looks like +4" for throttle and brake but I'm not sure about the clutch. My stock clutch cable gets pretty tight when I turn it full lock, maybe +2"? What cable lengths did you use for these bars? Where did you buy your cables?
 
  #2  
Old 11-25-2009, 06:09 PM
badjustbad's Avatar
badjustbad
badjustbad is offline
Tourer
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Alberta, Canada
Posts: 435
Likes: 0
Received 1 Like on 1 Post
Default

Originally Posted by TheBagger
I have Chubby 508's on my RK with stock cables. I'm finally going to change the throttle cables, brake and clutch cable to stainless. I did some reading and it looks like +4" for throttle and brake but I'm not sure about the clutch. My stock clutch cable gets pretty tight when I turn it full lock, maybe +2"? What cable lengths did you use for these bars? Where did you buy your cables?
When I installed my 508s I went with +4 on the brake cable and +2 on the clutch cable. The clutch cable was plenty long so I routed it through the hole under the handle bars, similar to how the stock brake cable is run on the other side. It looks much more "clean" compared to the stock bolted-to-the-windshield-mount location.

I bought mine at http://hdbikeparts.com because I have ABS and when I bought mine there weren't many options. Not saying I didn't get a good deal but you still might want to shop around a bit.
 
  #3  
Old 11-26-2009, 07:55 AM
Pastor John's Avatar
Pastor John
Pastor John is offline
Outstanding HDF Member
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 2,380
Received 14 Likes on 7 Posts
Default

I went with the stock length clutch cable and +2" on the throttle cables and brake lines. I think they were all a little tight, and if I could do it over again, would have gone with +2" clutch cable and +4" on the throttle cables and brake lines.

 
  #4  
Old 11-26-2009, 01:11 PM
TheBagger's Avatar
TheBagger
TheBagger is offline
Road Master
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Central Oregon
Posts: 782
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts
Default

Thanks for the comments. Looks like +4 on the throttle and brake and +2 on the clutch. Now I just need to find a good place to buy them. I emailed hdbikeparts but now response yet.
 
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
FYRE1UP
Touring Models
2
01-08-2014 09:03 AM
oinker02
Touring Models
28
05-30-2013 05:51 AM
barkster99
Touring Models
1
07-12-2009 10:31 AM
rhoppe
Touring Models
2
09-13-2008 10:00 AM
Tucker99
Softail Models
3
03-02-2007 07:47 PM



Quick Reply: Chubby WO508 cable lengths?



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:50 AM.