$2025 for handlebar install
Tourer
Joined: Sep 2010
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From: Portland, Oregon
I just did mine, I just took my time and went slow. I didn't order my cables until the bars were mocked up. I wanted them the perfect length and it paid off. You may have trouble getting all the air out of the ABS unit without cycling it with the Digital Technician, but a lot of guys have had success bleeding backwards too. Carlini bars are very smooth inside so I had no problems running the wires at all. When you run your strings to pull wires, anchor the string to the wires sleeve, not the plug. That way you don't stress the wires and try and push more than pull. Do it yourself and save yourself 1k, it's actually a fun job.
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From: San Diego, CA
If no air gets into the ABS module, there is no need to cycle the ABS module.... If you are sloppy and allow air to get into the ABS module, then the only way to bleed the air out of the module is to cycle it...
Try to minimize the air in the lines, and don't activate the ABS module until you bleed any air out of the lines, and you're good......
That's why there's a big debate about cycling the ABS when flushing the brake fluid.... it is possible to totally flush and bleed the system without activating the ABS module, but then a small amount of old fluid will remain in the module, and not be flushed out....
I am also of the opinion that that the warning about not turning on the ignition, until the lines are bleed is overkill.... When the ABS system is checked, when the ignition is turned on, it is just an electrical system check, the ABS valves are NOT cycled... If the ABS module cycled whenever the ignition was turned on, there would be no need to use the dealer tech tool or buy aftermarket equipment, to cycle the ABS, you could just turn the ignition on/off...
But then again, playing it safe by not turning on the ignition until the lines are properly bled can't hurt anything....
Road Master
Joined: Mar 2015
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From: Danburg, Georgia
There is a difference between bleeding the brakes and flushing the brake fluid.....
If no air gets into the ABS module, there is no need to cycle the ABS module.... If you are sloppy and allow air to get into the ABS module, then the only way to bleed the air out of the module is to cycle it...
Try to minimize the air in the lines, and don't activate the ABS module until you bleed any air out of the lines, and you're good......
That's why there's a big debate about cycling the ABS when flushing the brake fluid.... it is possible to totally flush and bleed the system without activating the ABS module, but then a small amount of old fluid will remain in the module, and not be flushed out....
I am also of the opinion that that the warning about not turning on the ignition, until the lines are bleed is overkill.... When the ABS system is checked, when the ignition is turned on, it is just an electrical system check, the ABS valves are NOT cycled... If the ABS module cycled whenever the ignition was turned on, there would be no need to use the dealer tech tool or buy aftermarket equipment, to cycle the ABS, you could just turn the ignition on/off...
But then again, playing it safe by not turning on the ignition until the lines are properly bled can't hurt anything....
If no air gets into the ABS module, there is no need to cycle the ABS module.... If you are sloppy and allow air to get into the ABS module, then the only way to bleed the air out of the module is to cycle it...
Try to minimize the air in the lines, and don't activate the ABS module until you bleed any air out of the lines, and you're good......
That's why there's a big debate about cycling the ABS when flushing the brake fluid.... it is possible to totally flush and bleed the system without activating the ABS module, but then a small amount of old fluid will remain in the module, and not be flushed out....
I am also of the opinion that that the warning about not turning on the ignition, until the lines are bleed is overkill.... When the ABS system is checked, when the ignition is turned on, it is just an electrical system check, the ABS valves are NOT cycled... If the ABS module cycled whenever the ignition was turned on, there would be no need to use the dealer tech tool or buy aftermarket equipment, to cycle the ABS, you could just turn the ignition on/off...
But then again, playing it safe by not turning on the ignition until the lines are properly bled can't hurt anything....
Last edited by Dalt10; Aug 1, 2019 at 01:54 PM.
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From: Georgia
I'm glad you said it. Yet we see this everyday in one forum or another. Insane
Road Warrior
Joined: Sep 2008
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From: G-burg, Penna
very doable folks.
my 10" Yaffee hooks...Easy enough, a caveman can do it!
Last edited by duglaura&flhti; Aug 1, 2019 at 03:41 PM.
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From: East Flanders - Belgium
+1 on that
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Joined: Jun 2019
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From: Pa
Just did the same thing. 67$ for a +6" brake line and a set of J&P mini apes on sale fer 60$. No handlebars are worth 1k,if u don't have the intestinal fortitude to do it yourself have HD throw a jar of KY jelly on the bill also.HD been playin chumps since inception.....lmao.
