B&R bars are here !!!!!
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 10,058
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From: MEXICO
to be honest with you man, i'm not really sure. i'm assuming i'm gonna have to cut the wires and solder them to the new wires in the new bars.
the wiring is what's scaring me off from doing this project myself.
anyone have any helpful pointers for dealing with all this wiring?
the wiring is what's scaring me off from doing this project myself.
anyone have any helpful pointers for dealing with all this wiring?
Mimo.
Tourer
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 442
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From: Warren, Ohio
Your bike looked great before, but those bars and air intake together are radical! Hate to bring it up with the cash you've already laid out, but ya got some kind of tribal paint scheme or something to replace factory custom?? (if that's what that is) =) Just noticed your rear fender treatment. Lookin' good!
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Joined: Sep 2005
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From: Aledo, Texas
Bring the bike and bars on down...... we'll get it together this weekend for ya! I've done mine twice now.... The fun part is when you change hand controls and switches and have to figure out the new wiring..... 
Stage II
Joined: Jan 2010
Posts: 2
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From: Terre Haute, IN
When I internally wired my handle bars I cut my wiring harness inside the headlight bucket, pulled the wires through the bars, then soldered and used heat shrink tubing to reattach. Its really not hard nor a big deal as long as you match up the colors. If I were you, I would pull out as much slack as I could from the wires running in the bars, and cut your original wiring harness about 8" from your hand controls. You may want to cut each individual wire a different length so you don't end up with a fat spot that you have difficulty pulling back into the bar. After you cut by your hand controls match up the wiring to the color code that came with your bars, solder and heat shrink, pull the wires back into the bars, and repeat the process inside your headlight or disconnect the plug and install the plug on your new wires. It takes about 8 beers depending on how fast you drink, but nothing is better than doing that kinda stuff yourself. By the way I have a heritage, not sure if the wiring harness goes into the headlight bucket on a rocker.
Last edited by FistToTheWind; Jan 15, 2010 at 03:13 PM.
Extreme HDF Member
Joined: Jul 2006
Posts: 10,058
Likes: 8
From: MEXICO
When I internally wired my handle bars I cut my wiring harness inside the headlight bucket, pulled the wires through the bars, then soldered and used heat shrink tubing to reattach. Its really not hard nor a big deal as long as you match up the colors. If I were you, I would pull out as much slack as I could from the wires running in the bars, and cut your original wiring harness about 8" from your hand controls. You may want to cut each individual wire a different length so you don't end up with a fat spot that you have difficulty pulling back into the bar. After you cut by your hand controls match up the wiring to the color code that came with your bars, solder and heat shrink, pull the wires back into the bars, and repeat the process inside your headlight or disconnect the plug and install the plug on your new wires. It takes about 8 beers depending on how fast you drink, but nothing is better than doing that kinda stuff yourself. By the way I have a heritage, not sure if the wiring harness goes into the headlight bucket.
Mimo.
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Joined: Jan 2008
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From: Northern UTARD
Three pages and no mock up pics? WTF? Wiring sounds more scary than it actually is. And when its all done and works you can say hell ya I did if myself.
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For the wiring, get the "missing" parts from HD all the tabs, ends, connectors etc you can order from the parts counter. All these things have part numbers so that should be OK.
Connectors are easy to use, again find the right connector at the end, and solder all the tabs.
Use a FSM with wiring diagrams to make sure everything goes in the right place. This will make for a much neater solution than cutting and splicing, and if you need to remove and re-install the original ones, its much quicker.
0.02$
Robert
Connectors are easy to use, again find the right connector at the end, and solder all the tabs.
Use a FSM with wiring diagrams to make sure everything goes in the right place. This will make for a much neater solution than cutting and splicing, and if you need to remove and re-install the original ones, its much quicker.
0.02$
Robert
