Novello wire extension
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Road Master
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Novello wire extension
I'm confused about the use of the Novello wiring extension kits. My boy is gong to put 16" apes on his sportster. Looking at the Novello kits... the ongest they come in is a 15" kit. Here is my confusion. I've seen posts where someone showed pics of their bars all wired with the extension kit. Controls housings on, etc.The bars were off the bike and the wires from the extension were coming out of the hole at the center bottom of the bars. Looked like they were ready to connect elsewhere. If my kid's bars are 16" then they won't do the same (exit the hole) as the extension is only 15" long and the run of the bars is longer with the bends included. Does he have to wire these in reverse? In other words, start from the bottom and connect the extension kit and then run the wires up and out to the controls and connect? Also the purpose of the kit is for no splicing and soldering as I understand it. But won't he have to cut the original wires at some point in order to connect them to the wire extension? I mean, if the extension was replacing the stock harness then you wouldn't, but since it isn't long enough ????.
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Let me try at this..the 15" extension should be more than enough to internally wire the apes cosidering your original harness is for a 4" or 6" setup already. There is no soldering at all with this kit ( unless you cut one accidentally)...You have to take apart the Deutsch connector and pull the wires out....I make a diagram of the connector first so I get the wires in the right spot...connect the extensions, heat shrink, and put connector back together
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Let me try at this..the 15" extension should be more than enough to internally wire the apes cosidering your original harness is for a 4" or 6" setup already. There is no soldering at all with this kit ( unless you cut one accidentally)...You have to take apart the Deutsch connector and pull the wires out....I make a diagram of the connector first so I get the wires in the right spot...connect the extensions, heat shrink, and put connector back together
Tourer
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I went with the Novello wire extension. Seemed pricey at first until you breeze through the project. One thing gave me pause and that was that using the Deutch pins as solderless connections don't make for a very secure joint. There's not enough friction so you're relying on the heat shrink for extra holding strength.
The benefit is the original harness is left intact. Good idea in case you wish to change bar lengths in the future.
The benefit is the original harness is left intact. Good idea in case you wish to change bar lengths in the future.
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I went with the Novello wire extension. Seemed pricey at first until you breeze through the project. One thing gave me pause and that was that using the Deutch pins as solderless connections don't make for a very secure joint. There's not enough friction so you're relying on the heat shrink for extra holding strength.
The benefit is the original harness is left intact. Good idea in case you wish to change bar lengths in the future.
The benefit is the original harness is left intact. Good idea in case you wish to change bar lengths in the future.
I was thinking the same thing about the wire to wire connection not being secure. The last thing I wanted was for one of those wires to come apart when I was running them through the bars. So, I went ahead and put a bit of solder on the connections before I shrink wrapped them, just to make sure. Gave me peace of mind.
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