Installing drag bars, wires chaffing?

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Sep 4, 2010 | 04:12 AM

Garcia85

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Installing drag bars, wires chaffing?

So I installed the drag bar tonight, and I notice that the brake line seems to be rubbing, my main question is, are there any lines that I should watch out for? I've seen some pictures of a few people who had the brake line bent pretty hard, I assume this doesn't affect it all that much? I guess I'm just worried that now that I have this bar installed, its going to interfere with some of the lines.

Heres a few pics to see what I'm talking about

Sep 4, 2010 | 12:30 PM

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Alright so after messing around with the bike again this morning, heres my setup.

Sep 4, 2010 | 12:31 PM

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I guess I'm just asking for someone to be like "Hey! having those lines like that will cause your bike to explode!" aha ok nothin crazy like that but you get what I'm saying..

Sep 4, 2010 | 05:34 PM

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Dude, my line is bent ridiculously! Been like this for over a year. Saw your pics. It's fine!

Sep 4, 2010 | 09:57 PM

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hey dude how hard is it yo replace the handle bars , iam getting a 30inch 4 pull back chrome works drag bar, my questuions is can you use the same grips ? and everybody says watch out whit the backe switch?

Sep 5, 2010 | 02:22 PM

SDKyle

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My Line had a serious turn in it as well when I installed drag bars and never felt a difference but recently removed the line and tubing and installed a braided cable and felt alot more break response and looks better.

Sep 5, 2010 | 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by tjyosh

Well I dont know what the backe switch is but it was pretty easy. You just loosen up the screws holding the grips, then loosen the handle bar riser top clamp, the hardest part was re routing those line so they weren't too bent but, once I figured it out it was pretty easy. It took me a little bit over an hour to do all this.