You have to pull the tank off if your going to run the wires in your bars or two.... if you have to extend the wiring out to accomodate the longer bars. No way around that.

YES. it is a big pain. I have new bars and cables and wire extention sitting in my garage right now waiting to be put on my heritage and it's not getting done cuz it is a pain in the ****..... prolly wait till winter when I have lot's of time.

 

I'm swapping FROM HD streetslammers (which I liked and now no longer like the look of) toa set of Carlini freeway bars. Is this a real easy job or should I take it to my Stealer? What is involved and roughly how much labour? Also is it likely that I will need to buy new lines, cables etc?

DeanO

 

My other question is... can you get the HD flamed grip off the left side of the bar without trashing it, or do you pretty much have to get new grips each time you change bars?

DeanO

 

When I put the Street Slammers on my bike it took me three hours to dis-assemble everything and about 2 hours to put it all back together and that included cleaning up the shop.

The left grip should come off fairly easy & is reuseable. [sm=smiley20.gif]

 

When I fitted the street slammer bars on my Glide,first thing I did after removing the old barswas to put the kettle on and make a cup of tea(I'm a Brit!) then I put the left over, almost boiling, water from the kettle into a suitable, deep container and stuck the left hand grip from the old barsinto it for 5mins or so....pulled off smooth as silk.

 

If the grip doesn't twist off, you might need to tap it to get it started or to break the glue if it is glued.

 

Changing bars is a pretty easy job if you have basic skills and some patience. Runing internal wiring is a bit more tricky and requires more patience, especially of you need extensions.

Check the specs for your Carlini bar, then cross those with HDbar specs onpage 618 in the '08 P&A catalog, calculate the differences. From there, you canestimate your line requirements. Also reference pages 637 - 646. Those same number should guide you to your wiring length requirements as well.

Have fun with it.

dabere

'07 FXST

 

Bars should arrive tomorrow. I think I will take pics throughout the project to maybe assist others in the future, seems like it may be useful for others to have pics of what to do, or what not to do.

Thanks for alll the help, ill let you know how it goes and pics after they are on!

 

the project only took about 6 hours and a few moments of frustration

 

If you have an air compressor and a blow nozzle you can cover the throttle end of the bar with a piece of rubber or your hand for that matter, hit the bale and blow that sucker off. I did it for years on dirt bike grips and it works equally on a Harley.