Handlebars/Risers Recommendation
Does 6-7 hours sound reasonable as far as labor time?
If I was paying a "pro" to do it, I would think that your risers/bar thing could be done in 1-2 hours.
Maybe I'm completely missing the boat here tho - it's happened before
Road Master
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Do it yourself...takes about 1 hour total.
By the way...I think night train bars are pretty narrow.
I went to my setup with ALL original wires and cables. You might wanna move the Directionals down to the Forks though.
By the way...I think night train bars are pretty narrow.
I went to my setup with ALL original wires and cables. You might wanna move the Directionals down to the Forks though.
Road Master
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: T-City, Wa.
16" apes internal wired in about 6 hours. So for a shop that should have done this sort of thing before to say it would take this long, hmmm sounds like something is a bit fishy here.
Have you thought about doing the work yourself and saveing alot of cash? I assume that even if you are not real experienced with mechanical work that you should know someone that could help you do this. Just a thought, it really is not too hard to do, and with all the great ladies and gents here throwing you help, you could do this.
Either way, changing your bars out and maybe even installing forward controls you may be more comfortable. Just a note, I am 6'1" and I have 16" apes with forward controls and floorboards, very comfortable.
Wish you best of luck!
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Pacific Northwest
Try just risers first, they are not expensive and you can install them in about 15 min., the only thing you might have to do is slightly bend the brake line. If you keep the stock bar 4-4.5" risers are about as high as you can go without changing the cables. If you use drags you can put on higher risers since they are flat. Good luck.
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2007
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From: Pacific Northwest
Well, with stock bars on mine, 4.5' was easy but a little tight for brake line, I had to take it off the clip and bend it slightly and reattach it differently, don't think I could have gone much higher without +2" on the brake line. The rest would probably be OK.
Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Brunswick, OH
I decided I wanted my stock buckhorns (which I do like) a little closer, especially now that I have a driver's backrest, so I just ordered some Drag Specialties 2.5" pullback risers from Phat Performance Parts. $57 to my door, figured it was worth a try.
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