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Old Apr 7, 2014 | 11:42 PM
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I'm wanting to swap out my stock bars on my 72 for narrow bottom but can't decide if I should go with 12 inch or 14 inch anyone got an input? Or pics of both?
 
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 06:24 AM
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Subscribing, I'd love to see some comparison pics for this on a 72. One word of input I can give you is, I saw that member Hedley on here put 12's on his and was able to keep/use all his stock cables.
 
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No a 72" but here's 14"

 
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Bad a$$ bike!!
 
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 11:48 AM
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Yeah I saw his bike and it looked cherry that's why I'm undecided on 12 or 14 ' s lol cuz I want the extra hight but not to high and don't want it to look almost stock.
 
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I just put 14" on my 72, I was able to use all the stock cables and wires with a 1.5" tank lift with wire tuck. I don’t have any pics yet because I finished it last night at 10pm. One of the connectors and I had to sit down and have a long conversation before it decided to cooperate with the process.
 
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Old Apr 8, 2014 | 01:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Andy72
I just put 14" on my 72, I was able to use all the stock cables and wires with a 1.5" tank lift with wire tuck. I don’t have any pics yet because I finished it last night at 10pm. One of the connectors and I had to sit down and have a long conversation before it decided to cooperate with the process.
LOL i do that sometimes as well.
 
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14's man. You won't regret it. I just hired an indy today to put 16" Cyclesmiths on my bagger today.
 
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Originally Posted by Andy72
I just put 14" on my 72, I was able to use all the stock cables and wires with a 1.5" tank lift with wire tuck. I don’t have any pics yet because I finished it last night at 10pm. One of the connectors and I had to sit down and have a long conversation before it decided to cooperate with the process.
Sweet! Love to see some pics of it.
 
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Originally Posted by Andy72
I just put 14" on my 72, I was able to use all the stock cables and wires with a 1.5" tank lift with wire tuck. I don’t have any pics yet because I finished it last night at 10pm. One of the connectors and I had to sit down and have a long conversation before it decided to cooperate with the process.
I would love to see it as well and all the stock cables worked with the 14"? I figured they'd be to tight
 
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