INTERNAL WIRE INSTALL
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INTERNAL WIRE INSTALL
ANYONE HAVE GOOD INSTRUCTIONS ON PUTTING WIRES ON THE INSIDE OF THE MINI APES ON MY 07 NIGHTSTER?I AM ALSO LOOKING TO RELOCATE MY TURN SIGNALS.IS THERE CERTAIN SPOTS FOR DRILLING HOLES.
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Like Ryback said, new to the forum...please learn the etiquette and I am sure you will get more help. CAPS in emails and forums signify YELLING.. see how that works?
Now, are the bars you have dimpled? If so, I am not sure if you can still drill them or not. I think I have heard of folks still drilling them out for internal wiring. You drill the logical end of the dimple out and fish the wires through.
I did mine with a wire catch. Kinda looks like a Chinese handcuff. You bunch the ends of the wires together, tape them with electrical tape and fish them through with a piece of heavy nylon fishing line (100lb test) with a small washer on the other end. Get the line through then pull the wires through with the wire catch.
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IMPORTANT: DISCONNECT YOUR BATTERY and MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO BURRS WHERE YOU DRILL. Both of these items will make for a VERY bad day. Burrs will catch your wires and tear the insulation off them. If that happens, when you start the bike you will have all sorts of fireworks.
Mini apes are easy..you should try it on bars like mine or Haggismans.. thats a 2-6packer good buddie.
Now, are the bars you have dimpled? If so, I am not sure if you can still drill them or not. I think I have heard of folks still drilling them out for internal wiring. You drill the logical end of the dimple out and fish the wires through.
I did mine with a wire catch. Kinda looks like a Chinese handcuff. You bunch the ends of the wires together, tape them with electrical tape and fish them through with a piece of heavy nylon fishing line (100lb test) with a small washer on the other end. Get the line through then pull the wires through with the wire catch.
(yelling part)
IMPORTANT: DISCONNECT YOUR BATTERY and MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO BURRS WHERE YOU DRILL. Both of these items will make for a VERY bad day. Burrs will catch your wires and tear the insulation off them. If that happens, when you start the bike you will have all sorts of fireworks.
Mini apes are easy..you should try it on bars like mine or Haggismans.. thats a 2-6packer good buddie.
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Mini apes are easy..you should try it on bars like mine or Haggismans.. thats a 2-6packer good buddie.
Mini apes are easy..you should try it on bars like mine or Haggismans.. thats a 2-6packer good buddie.
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I've never changed out bars before, but I had the option of the place prewiring the bars for me...YES PLEASE! Next weekend will probably be the weekend that I sit down, snip the wires on my hand controls, and get down and dirty w/my trusty 30W soldering iron!
These are the barz Goth was talking about for reference:
These are the barz Goth was talking about for reference:
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Yeah, I wouldn't want to run the wires on those things either. Wish they would have wired mine for me. Sheesh what a hassle!
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