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Has anyone pulled the center pin on the handlebars to roll the bars back a bit. My understanding you can remove handlebar clamp, pull dowel pin which will allow you to roll the bars back a bit. Anyone done it on the M8 Road glide? Curious as I am thinking about some shorter apes but would like to look at this option first.
I've done it. There are actually 3. 2 for the hand controls and one where you mentioned - at the bar clamp.
The bar clamp one is easy. Grab it with a pair of vice grips or some people just punch it down.
Some don't bother with the hand control ones if the controls are at "ok" angles after; however, if you do need to turn them, the pins need to be ground off. Careful hands... .
Well I am wanting to roll them back a inch or so..on the pins for grips/hand controls how did you cut them or did you grind them down? Just wondering about heat etc. I would guess first thing would be to roll the bars down and see how the controls feel?
Hack saw goes through like butter and hit it quick with a file to clean up if you don't have a grinder.
I pulled the handle bar pin with vice grips, just in case I wanted to put the stock bars back on.
I just put 13 inch Road 6 Customs standard Apes on mine and love them but the controls are not angled where I want them and the perch pin limits them. Is the perch pin only to keep them lined up so the wires don't get cut, or is it there to keep the controls from sliding off if they become loose?
Did you actually cut yours off? If so, any issues? I'm leaning that way and this is the only post I could find where it sound like somebody did it. I was afraid grinding may build up heat and ruin the outside finish but if I can get a dremel or hacksaw blade in there I may try it.
I pulled the handle bar pin with vice grips, just in case I wanted to put the stock bars back on.
I just put 13 inch Road 6 Customs standard Apes on mine and love them but the controls are not angled where I want them and the perch pin limits them. Is the perch pin only to keep them lined up so the wires don't get cut, or is it there to keep the controls from sliding off if they become loose?
Did you actually cut yours off? If so, any issues? I'm leaning that way and this is the only post I could find where it sound like somebody did it. I was afraid grinding may build up heat and ruin the outside finish but if I can get a dremel or hacksaw blade in there I may try it.
No, no issues so far. The pins do little, just for alignment, and there is plenty of clamping force so you don't even know they are gone.
I used a cutoff wheel so the whole thing was a little violent but it didn't hurt the paint (coating).
A dremel would give you more control. You'll be fine. Go slow.
I ended up adjusting my bars but still wasn't enough to make it comfortable when riding for long distances. Ended up changing over to 10" Monkey bars on the glide and am in need of some warm weather to see how they work out!
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Pulled pin on handlebars?
