Ready to order Magnum cables but have some last minute questions?
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Road Warrior
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From: Sedalia,Missouri
Ready to order Magnum cables but have some last minute questions?
Just got off the phone with Maria at Magnum, super nice lady. She gave me prices for plus 6 inches longer than stock cables. The clutch is 73 11/16" the throttle and idle is 36 5/8" each. I have 3 choices on the brake line. There is a two piece option which is the designer upper 25" and a designer lower 20 1/4" or a single front one piece 54" or a swivel one piece 54" I'm thinking the swivel one piece sounds good because she said it allows you to position it a little better.If someone could give me some input on those brake cable options that would be great. I would really like to hear from some of you that have already made these choices. I have also decided to go with the Wild 1 Chubby 14' Apes and 1 1/2 inch Chubby Risers. I will order the Novello wiring extensions if someone could just confirm what length. Also if someone could confirm my cable lengths that would be great. I would rather have a little to much than not enough. Someone suggested a couple Polly Bushings are they really necessary? I have decided not to relocate my front turn signals. I want to thank all of you that have helped me with my research and decisions. An extra big thanks to Longhair.
Road Warrior
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From: San Antonio, TX
I can only address the poly bushings. I highly recommend them.
The poly bushings seriously reduced my handle bar flex. I am completely satisfied with the swap. Cleans up the front end as the poly bushings should have a chrome ring/cap where the stock is the ugly cheap grey steel color.
Cheers,
Tom
The poly bushings seriously reduced my handle bar flex. I am completely satisfied with the swap. Cleans up the front end as the poly bushings should have a chrome ring/cap where the stock is the ugly cheap grey steel color.
Cheers,
Tom
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umm what bike do you have?
I am glad I got the poly bushings. It removed all the slop in the stock rubber bushings and like said above it cleaned up the riser area.
I've got 13.5 apes on my Street Bob and there was more than enough wiring to do it without having to get extensions. I could have went with 16 inch apes and still not needed extensions I am betting.
My clutch cable length was just right I think. The throttle/idle cables were a little short but bending the L shaped metal at the end helped. I will need a new brake line though mainly becuase the stock one looks stretched tight and ugly. I am curious if the swivel one piece is the way to go over the regular one piece line.
I am glad I got the poly bushings. It removed all the slop in the stock rubber bushings and like said above it cleaned up the riser area.
I've got 13.5 apes on my Street Bob and there was more than enough wiring to do it without having to get extensions. I could have went with 16 inch apes and still not needed extensions I am betting.
My clutch cable length was just right I think. The throttle/idle cables were a little short but bending the L shaped metal at the end helped. I will need a new brake line though mainly becuase the stock one looks stretched tight and ugly. I am curious if the swivel one piece is the way to go over the regular one piece line.
Last edited by PigInaBlanket; Jun 4, 2010 at 09:11 AM.
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When I had my Wild1 14" apes I also had +6" on all cables and extended my wires. The Wild1's tend to be much wider than the stock bars which adds to length. Too bad i don't have my new cables yet, (just ordered from Magnum) I will have some spare +6 laying around.
As you can see in my sig pic my clutch cable is too long for my current bars.
I would go with the swivel so you can position them as you like.
As you can see in my sig pic my clutch cable is too long for my current bars.
I would go with the swivel so you can position them as you like.
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From: Passaic County, NJ
Yes, buy the poly bushings. The stock rubber bushings will allow for too much play in the bars. The poly are much stiffer. The poly will transfer just a small percentage more vibes through the bars though. It's a necessary trade-off.
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