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Old Feb 23, 2014 | 08:34 PM
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Can someone tell me how long the cables would be for a 2008 fatboy with 12" apes? Thanks for any help.
 
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Old Feb 23, 2014 | 09:36 PM
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Depends on your risers. Just to give an idea I went 14" Carlini's with a 1.5" riser and used +6" throttle and idle. If you use a short riser you can probably get away with +4" cables.
 
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Just for reference. For my Rocker I got 13" Todd Cycle bars with stock Fatboy Lo risers and I went with +4 cables
 

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Old Feb 24, 2014 | 07:01 AM
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39"-40" should be safe as long as you don't have super tall risers.
 
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Old Feb 24, 2014 | 04:13 PM
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Food for thought, go all internal wiring. It's a few more dollars but well worth the look.
 
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Thanks guys this helped a lot.
 
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