first time ape buyer ?'s
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Road Master
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From: Batavia, NY
first time ape buyer ?'s
ive decided against drags for my 07 deuce, and im gonna go with apes this winter. ive looked at a lot of pictures on here for ideas, and im left with a few questions. i dont know what size i want for sure yet, but im not going insane with height. ill probably end up with 12" or 14" bars. i know ill have to change my cables. here are my questions:
1) will i have to buy or make some kind of wiring harness extension for my controls?
2) i have 6" (i think) risers on my bike now. is that factory riser height for a deuce, or is it something that was added by the previous owner? I want to get my bars as close to the triple tree as possible, i dont think apes on 6" risers would look very good.
3) how expensive is this fly by wire throttle ive seen? sounds like a neat idea and it beats the hell out of buying throttle cables. anyone got it? good, bad, any opinions?
4) im probably going to go with wild 1 chubby's outlawz apes. will the sharp 90 degree bend cause any problems with running internal wiring? http://www.wild1inc.com/orderWO610.html
5) seeing as how this is gonna be my first bike with apes, are there any other issues i should be aware of encountering that i may not know about currently?
thanks for the help!
1) will i have to buy or make some kind of wiring harness extension for my controls?
2) i have 6" (i think) risers on my bike now. is that factory riser height for a deuce, or is it something that was added by the previous owner? I want to get my bars as close to the triple tree as possible, i dont think apes on 6" risers would look very good.
3) how expensive is this fly by wire throttle ive seen? sounds like a neat idea and it beats the hell out of buying throttle cables. anyone got it? good, bad, any opinions?
4) im probably going to go with wild 1 chubby's outlawz apes. will the sharp 90 degree bend cause any problems with running internal wiring? http://www.wild1inc.com/orderWO610.html
5) seeing as how this is gonna be my first bike with apes, are there any other issues i should be aware of encountering that i may not know about currently?
thanks for the help!
Tourer
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You could just buy some pre-wired handlebars for hill country which would take care of most of your problems. Here's the link,
http://www.hillcountrycustomcycles.c...-Kits-C54.aspx
http://www.hillcountrycustomcycles.c...-Kits-C54.aspx
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Road Master
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From: Batavia, NY
thanks for the links guys. ill start my research soon, hopefully have them ordered within the next month.
Tourer
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Had drags went to 14" chubbys with 1 1/2" risers on my deuce this year.....best mod I've made for comfort and looks..........
Last edited by AzDeuce; Oct 24, 2010 at 06:02 PM.
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Road Master
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Az, your bike is what got me leanin toward apes in the first place. i want to do a sissy bar for when my daughter rides with me, and i came across a post of yours with a pic of your bike with the apes and sissy bar, i love it!
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