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Old Sep 19, 2014 | 03:48 PM
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hey guys

i was thinking of putting a set of 14" burley bars on my 2014 iron but i was at las vegas harley a few weeks ago and the guy there was saying the cable kit from burly is junk and said go with the la choppers kit with the burly bars


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Old Sep 19, 2014 | 04:01 PM
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I heard same thing about the burly kits so when I put 12" apes on mine I bought some wire for extensions and got the extended clutch cable and brake line from ebay and it was bit cheaper that burly kit
 
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Old Sep 19, 2014 | 10:46 PM
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I've heard a lot of people say the burly kits are too long and you should buy the next size smaller. But never heard anything about poor quality. I think someone is selling 14" burly bars in the classifieds section.
 
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Old Sep 19, 2014 | 10:47 PM
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LA choppers worked for me.. The chrome on the brake lines in shitty tho.. Started to rust after a few days.. It's pretty moist in TX tho
 
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Originally Posted by Ployd4
I've heard a lot of people say the burly kits are too long and you should buy the next size smaller. But never heard anything about poor quality.
Same here.
 
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Old Sep 20, 2014 | 07:21 PM
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I have installed the 14 Burly apes on mine (really nice). The burly cables are long!!!! I install the 12in cable with my 14 bars and they fit great. Quality is not that great. I Broke a throttle cable and tried to get a replacement and burly said they don't sell replacement cables. Quality is not as good as stock. But they work. For Now!
 
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