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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 05:51 PM
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Redd so its possible to extend the wires instead of completely rewiring new wires? And what did Taco mean by Pullback. As for that pic and the rolled back would his longer sing arm be causing that?

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I internally wired them so I had to extend the wires a little. I didn't have to buy anything to make them work though.
 
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Old Oct 28, 2014 | 10:40 PM
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Redd so its possible to extend the wires instead of completely rewiring new wires? And what did Taco mean by Pullback. As for that pic and the rolled back would his longer sing arm be causing that?
Yeah man. They're just wires. I didn't extend them much.



They're color coded. I just did one plug at a time and slid on some old school cloth wire covering over the wires before I repinned the plugs.

You have to unpin the plugs to wire them...just fit em & see how long you need em to be. I did her bike a long long time ago so I'm not 100% sure if they even needed extended but I made a whole new harness for that bike so I don't know if I have the opposing plugs in their factory location. Her bike was a mess when I picked it up.







"pull back" is the angle the bars have from straight across. Imagine holding a straight piece of tube with grips. That is zero pull back. Any angle added for reach or comfort or looks or whatever is the amount of pull back or "backsweep".

 

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Old Oct 29, 2014 | 06:26 PM
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Thanks Reed. Do you have a facebook?

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Yeah man. They're just wires. I didn't extend them much.



They're color coded. I just did one plug at a time and slid on some old school cloth wire covering over the wires before I repinned the plugs.

You have to unpin the plugs to wire them...just fit em & see how long you need em to be. I did her bike a long long time ago so I'm not 100% sure if they even needed extended but I made a whole new harness for that bike so I don't know if I have the opposing plugs in their factory location. Her bike was a mess when I picked it up.







"pull back" is the angle the bars have from straight across. Imagine holding a straight piece of tube with grips. That is zero pull back. Any angle added for reach or comfort or looks or whatever is the amount of pull back or "backsweep".

 
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Old Oct 29, 2014 | 06:30 PM
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Yeah, "Mike Reed" but I post most of my moto senselessness on instagram. @chopnweld
 
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Old Oct 29, 2014 | 06:50 PM
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Im going to have to get that. I must be an old **** now.

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Yeah, "Mike Reed" but I post most of my moto senselessness on instagram. @chopnweld
 
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Old Oct 29, 2014 | 07:41 PM
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I have the LA Choppers Bourban bars which are very similar, but 12' on my sporty. I always thought they were comfortable. I am looking for new bars for my Road King, wish I could find some that straight across, i.e. pullback. but to each their own.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2014 | 06:22 PM
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do you think i will need new wiring? the guy at bitwell thought probably not maybe just the brake line. Has anyone else out there put the Frisco bar on your 48?
 
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Old Oct 30, 2014 | 08:21 PM
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Are you going to internal or external wire them?
 
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Old Nov 3, 2014 | 06:17 PM
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it has drag bars on it now and is external wiring. I will probably stick with that. Should I internal?
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Are you going to internal or external wire them?
 
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