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Old Jan 9, 2019 | 04:48 PM
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I was thinking about changing bars and was wondering at what length is it usually necessary to lengthen your cables?

Is it mostly a concern for Apes, i am looking a non Ape bars by the way. Something like the Wild 1 550 Beach Bar.

i ride a 2018 Road King with stock bars right now

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Old Jan 12, 2019 | 07:46 PM
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Anyone?
 
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Old Jan 13, 2019 | 12:48 AM
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May want to post your question in the touring section.... Gets more traffic than this one....
 
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this might help you a bit

https://www.hdforums.com/forum/softa...le-length.html
 
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Old Jan 27, 2019 | 08:17 PM
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With beach bars you probably won't have to get longer cables. They are not hard to change if you need longer ones.

Worst part for me was bleeding the abs system.
 
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Old Jan 28, 2019 | 05:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Gearhead_573
With beach bars you probably won't have to get longer cables. They are not hard to change if you need longer ones.

Worst part for me was bleeding the abs system.
I bet it was. My father got Digital Tech to do this stuff on his Road Glide Ultra. It might look pricy at first but it makes you save a lot in the long run. We did it a couple of months ago and it was a piece of cake: Once you are done doing the usual bleeding, run the program and boom. work done. We bought a lil hand pump: if done in two is kind of a fast work and a bonding occasion
 
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