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Old Jan 4, 2015 | 01:54 PM
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Question Fat Bob Max Cable Length for Apes

Hey guys.

Did some searching and couldn't find concrete answers. Im asking for a buddy of mine who wants taller bars on his 2012 Fat Bob.

What's the max height that you can go before you need to change clutch, brake, electrical extension, and throttle cables?

He is debating either 11" or 14" setup(what will need changing).

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I have a 2010 Fatbob and on mine, I could only go up about 7" with the stock cables. There was plenty of wiring, but the cables wouldn't go any higher. The reason I know that is because I went with Street Slammers as my first handlebar swap and they were a total of 7" of rise. My current bar setup has a total of 12" of rise. I was still able to use stock wiring with no splicing or extending needed. The cables I went with were +5" over stock. Good luck!
 
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Perfect man thats what I was looking for. Did you go +5 for brake line too?
 
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Well, for the break line, Magnum uses a 2-piece design, it's not that straight forward. The lower section is standard and then the single line upper piece is where the height changes. I'm thinking that I went with a 21 inch upper line. They also measure that one kinda funky so it's not an overall length measurement. Here is a picture of the exact part numbers I bought.




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Appreciate the info. I will let my buddy know.

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