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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 12:37 PM
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Hey there all, so this is my first bike, I recently bought a 2006 Street Bob and I'm now hooked. I'm thinking of changing out the handlebars on it, it has 10in mini apes now, to either 14 or 16in apes (I'm 6ft tall). With going to 14-16 apes, how hard is it to install them myself, and will the current wiring and cables work, or will I have to get longer ones? Is there any bars of that height that work with stock wiring or cables? Thanks for the help guys, semper fi.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 02:12 PM
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I can tell you that my stock wiring was long enough but I had to replace cables with 16" apes.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 05:23 PM
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14's on mine. All stock wiring and cables.
 
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 06:15 PM
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I went with 16's and i used the Burly wiring an cable kit
 
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I went with 14" fat apes and had to change the cables

 
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 06:57 PM
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14" apes, stock wiring, 14" Burly cable kit
 
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 06:59 PM
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Your are going to have to replace them for the 16s.........
 
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 09:02 PM
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If you are close to St Louis, I could probably help you out.
 
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I would suggest getting the manual. I have never wrenched on a motorcycle and am not even a mechanic but found it quite easy to do with the manual and saved a lot of money....
 
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I used stock cables and wiring on my 14's but I had to re-route the clutch cable.
 
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