is there sumthing wrong with this?
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is there sumthing wrong with this?
i just left stealers and asked for a qoute on adding mini apes to my 07 fxd.....1300 bucks ...what the hell. guess i made a bad choice when i bought this bike 3 weeks ago but got a good deal. if i cant have it the way i want it. wish i woulda got the street bob now...guess im screwed...lol 1300 holy shiot, tell me thats not right people.
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From: NC
RE: is there sumthing wrong with this?
That's about right for HD...which is totally wrong...
You can get them done for you alot cheaper by going to an independent bike shop.
Or you can take on the challenge of doing them yourself and save even more moolah.There's alot of how-to help in here.
and yep,ya shoulda got the SB
You can get them done for you alot cheaper by going to an independent bike shop.
Or you can take on the challenge of doing them yourself and save even more moolah.There's alot of how-to help in here.
and yep,ya shoulda got the SB
Road Captain
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From: Vancouver Wa.
RE: is there sumthing wrong with this?
Just put them on yourself. The only hard part is running the wires internally but you don’t have to do that if you don’t want to. Also shop around for bars like Gimps, or some cool Z bars, even if you want the HD mini apes the black ones are only $60 or $70 then all you have to do is cables, brake line, and wiring extenders. Should be able to do it of under 500 easy and have the exact bars you want.
Cruiser
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From: Nova Scotia, Canada
RE: is there sumthing wrong with this?
I don't know what dealers charge, but the bars themselves are only 50 or 60 bucks. You could do the whole thing for between 200-300 yourself, and that's assuming you have to change everything. For the 300 you should be able to get the best (braided lines and cables etc) and if you're going through all that, maybe you want to look at aftermarket bars like gimps? The price you got was certainly craaaaaazzzzzzy!
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From: Bellville, Tx
RE: is there sumthing wrong with this?
If you're mechanically challenged, buy the bars and take it to a local Indy and have them make the switch. Yeh, you may need longer wires and cables, but it certainly isn't a $1300 job. In a word "that's not right"!
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RE: is there sumthing wrong with this?
I GUARENTEE U CAN GET BARS AND CABLES HERE OFF OF THE FORUMS FOR CHEAP BRUDDA... I HAVE SOME BARS BUT I DONATED THE CABLES TO A FRIEND
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Tourer
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From: Illinois
RE: is there sumthing wrong with this?
I just did mine - if I could do it, a monkey could. By the way, you could probably pick up a set of mini-apes for close to free (+cost of shipping) on this forum - check out the parts for the cost of shipping thread. Cables are only as expensive as your tastes - you could go stock-like with the extra length for pretty cheap, or braided, which is not so cheap. Or, even better, you may be able to get someone that has a street bob that put on taller apes to give you their stock cables (heck, I may be one of them - I'll have to decide if I want to keep my stock cables for 'backup'). You could probably scrounge up the entire setup for less than 15 bucks!
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RE: is there sumthing wrong with this?
...before anybody flames me....I'm not saying that monkeys are stupid. I wouldn't want to tick off any monkeys. I'm sure that they are just as intelligent as the next species. Heck, I've heard that if you put a few of them in a room with a few typewriters, you'll eventually get some Shakespeare. Now cavemen, on the other hand...