Pre-Wired Apes?
Cruiser
Joined: Dec 2005
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From: Amelia, Ohio
I use a ball chain about 3 ft long, feed it thru the hole at the grip end and it will fall out the hole it the risers. Tape the end of the cain to the wires and push the wires in the bars whyle pulling on the chain at the riser end.
Some people use a little baby power, some WD-40 to lube the wires (It helps).
Some people use a little baby power, some WD-40 to lube the wires (It helps).
Road Captain
Joined: Jun 2012
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From: NM
If you do not order the bars with new controls then they come prewired with just the switches on the end either chrome or black for you to install into your switch housings. If you order them with chrome controls then the switches are already installed in the switch housings and mounted on the bars. So, no there is no cutting and soldering.
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Joined: Mar 2006
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From: Utah
Got my 16" apes from HCC. Full controls, pre-wired, etc. It was a great help. Just had to learn how to remove the pins from the connectors in order to run the wires through the triple trees. Quick research, paper clip, small needle nose, pen/paper and a little patience it was relatively easy.
The thing about extensions isn't just about being able to solder. Apes get moisture inside and so it would be advisable to use shrinkwrap also. So you cut each wire at a different location so that the shrinkwrap doesn't overlap the next wire. You pull the wires and check for continuity and no shorts before you finish up praying you made no mistakes and have to re-do everything and that you didn't pull a solder joint apart.
And that doesn't even count the number of times that you hit your head on the end of the bars and the levers!!!
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From: Republic of Texas
Nothing wrong with extensions if you can buy them with the factory plugs on both ends "you never mentioned the year of the bike" for a plug and play setup. $350.00 for the bars, wired switches, chrome controls, cables and brake line?
Road Captain
Joined: Jun 2012
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From: NM
Yeah... sounds good! Some aren't getting the point in my view. This is for a buddy's bike that we are going to do as quickly as possible since he's paying us in beer and buying the parts. If your bike doesn't already have apes, the only thing you are buying extra is the hand controls. Since Harley uses lousy chrome and their brake fluid ruins the right control anyway you aren't buying that much extra, if anything. New cables, new chrome on the conrtrols, new switches, proper length wire with the connectors already built in... sounds like a good idea to me. If you're doing a newer bike then you could do without the controls. 700 bucks for everything vs. what... $350 if you buy all the pieces that you have to have at a minimum?
The thing about extensions isn't just about being able to solder. Apes get moisture inside and so it would be advisable to use shrinkwrap also. So you cut each wire at a different location so that the shrinkwrap doesn't overlap the next wire. You pull the wires and check for continuity and no shorts before you finish up praying you made no mistakes and have to re-do everything and that you didn't pull a solder joint apart.
And that doesn't even count the number of times that you hit your head on the end of the bars and the levers!!!
C#
The thing about extensions isn't just about being able to solder. Apes get moisture inside and so it would be advisable to use shrinkwrap also. So you cut each wire at a different location so that the shrinkwrap doesn't overlap the next wire. You pull the wires and check for continuity and no shorts before you finish up praying you made no mistakes and have to re-do everything and that you didn't pull a solder joint apart.
And that doesn't even count the number of times that you hit your head on the end of the bars and the levers!!!
C#
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