I meant this picture, you can see behind his finger that the clamp cover has a hole with no slot for the bolt. Which is why he removed it all the way.
I used this exact post when I removed mine and had almost removed the entire bolt/nut when I noticed that I could push up and slide the bolt out on mine.
I loosend the nut and left the bolt in the clamp cover and lifted up on the cover and slid it back sliding the bolt in the slot in the nacelle.
Question?
Did anybody ever try 56623-99, according to the parts book, they are the exact same size as 56569-86 and 56902-08 but are chrome. Wondering if they are notched. BTW, excellent write-up.
I know this is an old thread, but I just picked up my '09 RKC and drove it home to Pine, CO from Wichita, KS. Knew within 100 miles the stock bars would have to go. Found this thread, and I know it has saved me a bunch of pain and frustration....I'm going to have Paul's Cycles do the install.
I have been fretting over bars on my 2013 road king as long as I have had it. with over 12000 touring miles and a pain in my neck and back, i had to do something before my my southeast trip. After deciding that i wasn't up for the brake line and wiring yet, i went the Heritage Route from this very pictorial.
I started this morning at a little after 10 am, took my time, filmed it, chased my dog around the yard and took my finished product for a ride at 11:45. The advice of not removing the inner most nut on the chrome trim helped. No problems, running the wire back ward up the bar for the throttle sensor was a snap once i realize how to gently unplug the green and black cables. Laid a blanket out for the parts, put the bike up on the jack and wiped all the bugs off of things as I went.
Finished product places my arms at between should and elbow height. My bars follow the same plane as the forks as far as roll back. I am 6 ft, relative good shape and able to sit with my spine neutral instead of rolled. Much more comfortable. I am not sue if I wanted to go taller for touring but for 102 bucks out the door and an hour and a half of labor(mine) i am willing to give this a shot before jumping into the big project of internal wires and changing the abs brake line! I am doing a 2000 mile ride in 10 days memorial week so i will be much more in tune with how the bars perform. as for the ride to work today, i loved them...
thank you so much for this perfect thread. just did mine on my 2011 king. it was so easy. very slight differences in wrenches. use a 3/16 allen wrench instead of t27 i think used on the switches. didnt have a t40 torx but my t30 worked. took me about 2 1/2 hours taking it slowly. my grips fell right off easily. thank god.
This thread should be pinned. I just replaced the stock bars on my '13 with the Heritage style bars today. This thread and my shop Manual allowed me to successfully swap the bars in less than 2 hrs.
Great work OP for a clear and concise pictorial in "how to"
The green connector wasn't too hard if you take your time. I picked up a pull chain from a ceiling light (from my local hardware store) to chase the wire through the bars
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Thank you a million times over for this write up. I successfully installed bars on my '09 Road King and your write up was perfect.
I own you a beer(s) , but for now please have a virtual beer on me sir !
03-08-2015, 05:51 PM
a awesome thread for doing the handlebars
