Handlebar Question
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Handlebar Question
I decided to put 16 inch apes on my Springer a few weeks ago. I paid a local indie shop to do the work while I went out of town. When I picked the bike up, the guy didn't run the wires internally even though I had told him that was what I wanted. To make a long story short, I am not happy. I am now finding out that my options are pretty limited because I have a Springer. It looks like I could order the Wild 1 Chubby Springer 16 inch apes, but my concern is that the cables won't fit. I spent a good bit of money to get the braided cables and looking at the specs, the Chubby bars have much more pull back than the ones I currently have. So here is my question.......Has anyone drilled 1 inch bars and done the internal wiring themselves on a set of bars that wasn't pre drilled? I am having a tough time finding pre drilled 1 inch bars, and I am guessing it's because it's just not a good idea to drill into a bar that thin?
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I drilled a set of 1" Flanders bars for my '96 Softail, ran the wire internal for over 60k miles never had a problem with the bars or wiring.
Just take your time and debur all sharp edges and double up on the shrink tubing were the wires exit the bars.
Just take your time and debur all sharp edges and double up on the shrink tubing were the wires exit the bars.
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