what size cables for 16" apes
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what size cables for 16" apes
im installin 16" apes on my wide glide. what length cables do i use? i want to run the wires inside the bars. no clue at the length...HELP!!
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Here's some info on a guy doing 17" apes for a Street Bob. https://www.hdforums.com/forum/dyna-...le-length.html
Look at my entry and use the tables on HD's website to determine your stock length, then go about +6. Stock Street Bob mini-apes are 10.25" rise, I believe Wide Glide apes are the same. Good luck.
Look at my entry and use the tables on HD's website to determine your stock length, then go about +6. Stock Street Bob mini-apes are 10.25" rise, I believe Wide Glide apes are the same. Good luck.
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Here's what I'd do. Take a piece of string and tape one end at the center of the handlebar clamp. Run the string up along the handlebar up to the grip on your current setup and mark it. Now remove the string and tape it to the center point of your new apes and run it up the bars. Mark it where the grip would be. The difference in the two marks should give you a good idea how much over stock length everything should be.
FWIW...When I converted to apes on my FXR, the cables were a snap. It was extending the freakin' WIRING inside the bars that gave me fits.
FWIW...When I converted to apes on my FXR, the cables were a snap. It was extending the freakin' WIRING inside the bars that gave me fits.
Last edited by Sharknose; Jan 2, 2009 at 09:17 AM.
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Here is a good link. http://www.magnumshielding.com/store/app_search.php
You enter your bike info, and they will show the stock lengths. I have T-bars and wanted shorter lengths, so I got everything -2" from stock.
You enter your bike info, and they will show the stock lengths. I have T-bars and wanted shorter lengths, so I got everything -2" from stock.
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