Rocker stripped down
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Road Master
Joined: May 2009
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From: Fredericksburg, Va
Today's Update- expectation management
Well, I thought I would be done today and on the road Sunday but a wiring fiasco it has been. Took me fricking 2 hours to pull the wires through on the clutch side! I ended up making some home grown coat hanger thing that helped. Not much to look at but it has been slow and tedious. Forgot to mention, as I was tooling around with the hundreds of wires- no kidding glanced up at my front left turn signal and out of know where the damn ground wire just falls out the back?!! Good news is that I wont need new cables.....just had to extend wires by 3-4"s
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I dont feel so bad now. My bike is stripped down like yours getting a face lift. Liking the chrome oil tank.
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Road Master
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From: Fredericksburg, Va
Got some more electrical done today, got the right side hand control and brake lever perch on. I squeezed the brake lever (for some stupid reason) and I heard a snap...Im hoping its not that brake sensor tit (are they hard to replace?). Front brake line is about 2"'s short and pretty tight but connected, rest of the cables fit but could use +2"'s on everything, for now I will use what I have until it breaks or I replace whichever comes first. I have some black housing Xbones turn signals I was saving for the rear but now will probably either gut them or stick'em in the front. I am not going to attempt to repair the stock ones for I already mutilated the insides. No pics...nothing to much more to look at, for anyone looking at getting those RSD bars, the hand controls fit exactly in one spot allowing room for cables (underneath) to fit into the pre-drilled slot. I will be pushing these bars forward alot, not for looks but rather comfort.
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those look great i feel yer pain w/ the wiring the worst part of the whole install
r u running turn sigs through bars too? must be lots of wiring there
r u running turn sigs through bars too? must be lots of wiring there
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Road Master
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From: Fredericksburg, Va
Yeah...turn signal wiring through the bars too (already ran), I just need to gut the xbones ones and put them in the stock chrome rockre housings (hopefully without screwing it up again!). Theres a rubber coupling inside the turn signals thats a pain in the **** to get out.
Not to mention I lost track of the two sets of purple, blue, black wires that connect into that molex next to the tank so I just took a guess, worst case it snaps a fuse or when I push the Left button the right one blinks..lol..oh well minor issue.
Not to mention I lost track of the two sets of purple, blue, black wires that connect into that molex next to the tank so I just took a guess, worst case it snaps a fuse or when I push the Left button the right one blinks..lol..oh well minor issue.
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Road Master
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From: Fredericksburg, Va
Turn signals are back on and wired. Ordered the 2" over stock cables (if anyone wants to know the measurements PM me) from Hill Country (real good deal on the motion pros). Waiting to receive chrome banjo bolt kit and cables, which is a defintely good deal considering you get all the bolts and the washers in one swoop. Next update will include completed pics, if I can stop adding stuff.