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I said earlier that I have their Mayhem bars on my Road King and like them enough that I went with their Renegades this time. Never had an issue with the Road King but more at stake with the new Road Glide. I would consider buying from them again as I like the width. Looked hard at Factory 47 but never found the specs I was looking for. Perhaps I should have done an inquiry.
This is precisely why I started the thread, to help folks going forward. Problem is not many folks have an endoscope. You would be hard pressed to find this with just a flashlight, actually nearly impossible with the style of these particular bars. I lust happen to like the style as opposed to the smooth bend types.
They are pretty much the same style as Yaffe bars, at least close. Yaffe are just wider than I prefer. My Indy will be actually cleaning the inner roughness away to a smooth finish as such a bar should have. Issues down the road are not going to be a problem for me because AGAIN he is very thorough. Here is exactly what the bars look like.
Almost exactly as the Yaffee's bars. Got to tell you getting the wire harness to go past that peak, is not easy, and there are two on each side. The best thing I found in running the wires in any type of bar, is use the inside of an old speedometer cable from a car. stiff, yet very flexible, and strong enough to really grab on to. Tip for the day!
Almost exactly as the Yaffee's bars. Got to tell you getting the wire harness to go past that peak, is not easy, and there are two on each side. The best thing I found in running the wires in any type of bar, is use the inside of an old speedometer cable from a car. stiff, yet very flexible, and strong enough to really grab on to. Tip for the day!
Good tip Charlie but my Indy uses another approach that takes any pulling or feeding issues out of the equation. Simply use compressed air to blow a strong string through. This guy has been working on Harley's exclusively for well over 30 years so to say I trust him is an understatement. I am pretty sure (?) mine may be the first M8 he has taken on with as much as I gave him to install, a BUNCH. That being said I saw he picked up a service manual for the new bikes. Just glad that over the years we have become friends.
The difference in a welder and a dobber.
Worked for a GAS company welding pipe for a few years. Got called one day to help pull a road crossing, so I welded a pull plug to the end of four joints already welded by someone else. My crew started pulling and I heard a thud - MY pull plug and the first joint was pulling and the rest stopped.
Needless to say I welded a pull plug on the other end, pulled the pipe out, and dug up all the pipe that person welded.
You're concerned about pulling wires. You realize your life depends on those bars not breaking when you accelerate, corner, or brake hard.
Good tip Charlie but my Indy uses another approach that takes any pulling or feeding issues out of the equation. Simply use compressed air to blow a strong string through. This guy has been working on Harley's exclusively for well over 30 years so to say I trust him is an understatement. I am pretty sure (?) mine may be the first M8 he has taken on with as much as I gave him to install, a BUNCH. That being said I saw he picked up a service manual for the new bikes. Just glad that over the years we have become friends.
i wasnt having any success pulling the wires through the outlawz i got right at the sharp bend until i took a cable and wrapped it around the wires then taped the **** out of it. That and some WD40 sprayed into the bars. I even went down and bought a length of chain and tried that...nope chain broke off. Cable and WD40 for the win. I had a brief moment in the beginning of panic when the chain i was using broke off with them stuck halfway up that bend...visions of me not being able to pull them through, or pull them out. I think my biggest mistake was soldering the connections all in one place, i figured ahhh...whatever those bars are 1 1/2" it will make it through no problem...if i did it again i would def stagger the solders.
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