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Old Jun 5, 2010 | 06:18 AM
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I am 5' 8" on an electra glide thinking of changing to pulback bars for a more comfortable ride. Do I need all new cables as the dealer said or can I use exsisting cables? wanting to keep cost down
 

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Old Jun 5, 2010 | 11:27 AM
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I need pullback bars as well and the dealer told me I would need new wires only because I was going 3 inches longer than what is one there. If you only go an inch I don't think you will need to change your cables because I did that to my old sporty and we didn't need to change the cables. However, if you are going longer than 1 inch I would think changing the cables would have to be done.
 
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