I did not do anything special, just slowly inched the cables through the bars.
Internally wiring Z-bars
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Road Master
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From: Marion Ill
Internally wiring Z-bars
Hey guys, getting a set of 12" z-bars for the bob, and I plan to internally wire them, I just wonder, for those of you who have done it, is it extremely difficult to get the wires to pass by the extreme angles? How did you do it?
Road Master
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From: SF BayArea
well i got no advice other than to say that yes it is damn near impossible to get around the extreme angles, I bought a set of z bars and I finally just gave up on them, I tried every method known to man on wireing internally....to many wires, angles to sharp.....
someone who has done it can chime in
good luck.
someone who has done it can chime in
good luck.
Road Warrior
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From: San Antonio, TX
I did it with the low profile "crazy zbars", really really extreme tight hard corners. Do a search on them and you will see what I am talking about. pic below:
COMPLETE PITA to be honest. My advice...Seriously... if you have the cash pay someone (a pro), to do it.
Believe it or not I eventually decided not to mount them DOH! I never finished reassembling the plastic housing with the metal connects. It was a learning experience I tell you. Still not sure I didn't strip a few of the wires in the process to be honest. Maybe someday I will mount them for kicks seeing as how much of a pita it was to do.
Cheers,
Tom
COMPLETE PITA to be honest. My advice...Seriously... if you have the cash pay someone (a pro), to do it.
Believe it or not I eventually decided not to mount them DOH! I never finished reassembling the plastic housing with the metal connects. It was a learning experience I tell you. Still not sure I didn't strip a few of the wires in the process to be honest. Maybe someday I will mount them for kicks seeing as how much of a pita it was to do.
Cheers,
Tom
Road Master
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It isn't that bad if you follow a couple of tips.
First take all the wires out of the bundle so you can run them one at a time.
Get some electricians lube, or dish soap, fishing line, and a spool of weedeater line.
Start by taking about a 3 foot piece of fishing line, and taping one end to the end of the spool of the weadeater line, then start the other end into the hole near the grip on the bars. Cover the other grip hole with tape, then use a vacuum cleaner to suck the fishing line though the hole near the risers. Now pull the fishing line to draw the weedeater line through the bars. Do not cut the weed eater line from the spool, jst let it unwind. Now take the end of your first wire, and tape it to the weedeater line near the grip hole. YOu need to secure it pretty good, so tape up about 4 inches of the wire to the weedeater line. put a litte lube inside the grip hole, and gently pulle the wire through. Once the wire is through the riser hole, cut the tape off the wire you just pulled through, and tape your next wire to the weedeater line and repeat with the rest of your wires.
This process will make it pretty easy to pull them through the angles.
First take all the wires out of the bundle so you can run them one at a time.
Get some electricians lube, or dish soap, fishing line, and a spool of weedeater line.
Start by taking about a 3 foot piece of fishing line, and taping one end to the end of the spool of the weadeater line, then start the other end into the hole near the grip on the bars. Cover the other grip hole with tape, then use a vacuum cleaner to suck the fishing line though the hole near the risers. Now pull the fishing line to draw the weedeater line through the bars. Do not cut the weed eater line from the spool, jst let it unwind. Now take the end of your first wire, and tape it to the weedeater line near the grip hole. YOu need to secure it pretty good, so tape up about 4 inches of the wire to the weedeater line. put a litte lube inside the grip hole, and gently pulle the wire through. Once the wire is through the riser hole, cut the tape off the wire you just pulled through, and tape your next wire to the weedeater line and repeat with the rest of your wires.
This process will make it pretty easy to pull them through the angles.
Tourer
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: FRANCE
I did mine on my old Sporty and although it was a pain to do at the time it was great knowing I did it myself in the end.
I used some Heavy gage Fishing wire to pull each wire through individually.
Just take your time and good luck.
I used some Heavy gage Fishing wire to pull each wire through individually.
Just take your time and good luck.
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Cruiser
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From: Daytona Beach Fl
What brand of bars are you getting? The Road6Customs bars are easy to wire. The ends of each piece of tubing are left open so you can get to each corner and help the wires around the corners. After its done you plug the holes with the caps that come with them.
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Tourer
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From: In the Desert
I wrapped some tape around the wires about 3" form the end. Then I tucked the end of the wires into the wire protection sleave so that the tape was now at the end. Then I pushed a length of welding wire, mig, through the bar and tied it around the taped end. Then I wrapped some more tape to make the end of the wire bundle as tight as possible. Then I fed the bundle through the bar pulling the mig wire and pushing the wire bundle until I worked the bundle through. There was a lot of back and forth motion to get it through. Good luck.
