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Old May 21, 2008 | 04:38 AM
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How much would getting forward controls on my 07 883L run me? Labor at my local shop is around $80/ hour
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 04:57 AM
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I did mine myself.Took about 1.5 hrs.
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 06:41 AM
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I'm going to guess $500 for parts & labor.
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 09:05 AM
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Nashville had a pretty good guess. When I got my Low it already had dealer intalled forwards on it. The price of them listed on the sales tag hanging from the handlebar was $540.

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Old May 21, 2008 | 11:08 AM
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It would be alot cheaper if you did the work yourself.....
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 11:16 AM
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dude do it yourself......I did mine in about 1.5hrs.....
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 11:55 AM
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Dude, go to Sears or Home depot buy some tools, then stop at your local convenience store and buy a 24 pack of (your choice) of beer, next stop at the market and buy some chips , salsa and stuff of that nature. Be aware the above listed items are a must if your going to install forward controls. Now pick up your phone and call one of your buddys that's not married ( because if he was, his wife probably wouldn't let him come over)BE sure to call someone with some mechanical aptitude. Drink a beer, fire up the BBQ, have some chips and start wrenching. That's the way we do it.


Do it your self. It's way cheaper. If you give it a try you just might succeed.


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Old May 21, 2008 | 11:56 AM
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Its not hard....do it yourself and get some off ebay for $200-$250.....

....and I agree your dealer at those rates i figure would be between $500-$550

Look at it this way...most stuff isn't hard to do on your bike with even meager mechanical abiliy. Save the money for other mods. I've put $1100 into my bike and if I hadn't done it all (except dealer re-map) it woulda cost me at least twice as much!
 
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$414 for polished and $474 for Black, plus2 hours labour. (Canadian prices, but should be about the same as the U.S.)
 
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Old May 21, 2008 | 02:06 PM
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I talked to our local dealer, he quoted 400 parts and labor
 
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