$$$ Cost Efficiency?
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Road Warrior
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Might be onto something! I'l llet you know if stuff lines up ha, I could always use a nice ride up North...
Road Warrior
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nice setup
I'm looking to get some apes. I wan't them internally wired and I don't have the gusto to do it myself, so aside from the obvious "do it yourself", what's the most cost effective way to get my desired result?
A) Get JUST handlebars only on eBay and take it to a dealer/indy to hook everything up?
B) Get bars and cables and take them to get installed
c) Order from Hill Country Customs pre-wired, then still probably take them to get installed (I don't trust myself to have everything wired in, straight and tight)
In other words, should I get a cheaper basic product and pay more in labor, or order an almost complete product and pay less labor hours?
I remember not long ago someone saying Harley quoted them at $1100 for apes and install which seems pretty ridiculous.
If I did something like this:
http://www.hillcountrycustomcycles.c...bles-P138.aspx
What kind of labor would be involved? Would it just be a simple 1 hour or so at the dealer or do you thin kit would all come out about even either way?
Thanks in advance for any advice...
A) Get JUST handlebars only on eBay and take it to a dealer/indy to hook everything up?
B) Get bars and cables and take them to get installed
c) Order from Hill Country Customs pre-wired, then still probably take them to get installed (I don't trust myself to have everything wired in, straight and tight)
In other words, should I get a cheaper basic product and pay more in labor, or order an almost complete product and pay less labor hours?
I remember not long ago someone saying Harley quoted them at $1100 for apes and install which seems pretty ridiculous.
If I did something like this:
http://www.hillcountrycustomcycles.c...bles-P138.aspx
What kind of labor would be involved? Would it just be a simple 1 hour or so at the dealer or do you thin kit would all come out about even either way?
Thanks in advance for any advice...
http://www.hillcountrycustomcycles.c...yna--P143.aspx
Also I suggest that you go with the plug and play option so later you can change again if you want. That is an awesome setup. I really wish I had gone this route because I want an ability to change quickly from chrome to black when I do the same on my pipes. I spent a total of $700 on my setup and don't have plug and play nor extra controls. The labor was $180. This is very cool, nice find.
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Road Warrior
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From: San Diego, CA
Geez $180 labor? Not bad at all...I was at the dealer a couple weeks back when I was on a mission to clean up the rear of my bike. Just out of curiosity i asked what they'd charge to put on detachable hardware, an easy job but figured it they could bang it out in 10 minutes might be worth a few bucks. He quoted me at $132 for labor and $50 for the hardware. Almost $200 to put on 4 bolts, I laughed at him and left, then notched my own sideplates.
Road Warrior
Joined: Aug 2011
Posts: 1,335
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From: Ca.
Geez $180 labor? Not bad at all...I was at the dealer a couple weeks back when I was on a mission to clean up the rear of my bike. Just out of curiosity i asked what they'd charge to put on detachable hardware, an easy job but figured it they could bang it out in 10 minutes might be worth a few bucks. He quoted me at $132 for labor and $50 for the hardware. Almost $200 to put on 4 bolts, I laughed at him and left, then notched my own sideplates.
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