how hard would it be to put miniapes on a superglide myself. considering having to change the wires and cables.

 

Here ya go, this was given to me by CALTEX(?) awhile ago Not to much of a PITA, but i think it was cheaper than 160 bucks also. Go through Zanotti, the steeler will be over 200 something.
Just a word of caution, was told by a tech at the dealer about a tech tip concerning using a popsickle stick or whatever you have for disassembly of the throttle grip. Before you take it apart pull on the brake lever and jam a popsickle stick in the opening so the lever will not close. Something about if you don't it could brake the nipple off in the brake switch when the brake is applied the first time after reassembly. I didn't do it but I had no problems. Not covered under warranty if you have still. I went to get the ecm recal done and told the tech about the bar change and he said, "Rear brake light doesn't work with front brake lever huh.". I said, "Hell I don't know, have to go check.". Here are the part #s and a quote from Zannotti's:

$41.76 Stock Street Bob bars 56079-93
$49.52 Bob front brake line 42728-06
$25.31 Bob clutch cable 38789-06A
$14.12 Bob throttle cable 56355-96A
$14.12 Bob idle cable 56356-96A
$16.73 Shipping
$161.56 Total

There is enough wiring tucked up in the frame to pull out but you may have to take that plastic cover off the bottom side to turn a plug around. I did pull the right blinker harness apart but just plugged it back in again. Good luck.

 

First time doing it will probably take 4 - 5 hours. Or the better part of a 12 pack.

 

One of a couple of reasons I went with
the bob is I love the mini apes very comfortable on a long ride.
I think the would look great on a super glide.
Should be an easy install just alittle time consuming.
good luck.

 

Yep, time consuming it is when you are as green at working on these things as I am. It is a fairly simple install, just read the manual on how to adjust the throttle and idle cables. There is a tech tip about putting a popsicle stick in the brake lever or you might break the little switch, I didn't know of it and nothing happened to mine. If you don't have them you will need a ft/lb and in/lb torque wrench and various other metric tools but you will need them for working on other things too.

 

This is exactly the next project I was going to take on, I just didn't realize all of the cables needed to be replaces with new. There's that much of a difference in height?
Thanks for the parts list and the advice on Zannotti's.

 

On my '03 FXD, I installed the mini apes that are stock on the Wide Glide. Used clutch cable and brake line from wide glide. Throttle and idle cables did not need to be replaced, but just rerouted so they don't pass through the tripple trees. All the wiring was fine and did not need to be lengthened.

 

At first I didn't change out the throttle and idle cables but found out pretty quick I wasn't gonna be able to turn left because the old ones were so short.