Cant install Handlebars?

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Aug 18, 2008 | 05:51 PM

spaniardguy102

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Cant install Handlebars?

I just bought a new set of handlebars, the keystone bars from biltwell inc. (www.biltwellinc.com) Anyway, I forgot the fact that they were werent drilled or dimpled for controls, like an idiot, and when I took them to my local HD dealership, they said they cant install them because of this. Does anybody have any ideas or experience in fitting stock controls to bars without dimples or drilled? Obviously I know the bars have to be "adjusted" but just how is beyond me, and evidently beyond the "qualified" mechanics at my dealer.

Aug 18, 2008 | 06:02 PM

papadop88

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you or they can drill them...no big deal. OR you can shave a little off yoru housing to fit the wires through since there are no dimples.

Aug 18, 2008 | 06:17 PM

Ragtop

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I would send them back, and get a set that fits your bike.
Or Ebay them off, and start over again.
Or, do like I do, and throw them in the pile of crap that I collect.
Peace
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Aug 18, 2008 | 07:19 PM

hardhead

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Originally Posted by spaniardguy102

Obviously I know the bars have to be "adjusted" but just how is beyond me, and evidently beyond the "qualified" mechanics at my dealer.

By the time you jerry rig em to where they work you will have spent more time and money than you would by returning the bars and getting the correct bars for your bike. Maybe you should just return the bars for a refund. Since your gonna have em installed for you anyways, just tell the dealer what you want, let them get the right parts for you.