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Old Oct 30, 2014 | 10:55 AM
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Getting rid of the heritage bars and going with 18's. Going to swap the forks out to black and swap out the cowbells too. Waiting on my throttle and brake cables





 
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Old Oct 30, 2014 | 07:40 PM
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That's going to look good. I'd like to do a black front end this winter,but decided to do cams.
 
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Old Oct 30, 2014 | 09:17 PM
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What pArt of West TN are you in?
 
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Old Oct 31, 2014 | 12:46 AM
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Nice! I added 16's to my '00 King and everyone advised on the plug-and-play wiring extensions but I decided to solder them, ad heat shrink tubing to each wire and then shrink wrap the whole thing. Some would call it overkill, but after reading several posts on wiring issues due to wires coming loose during the "pull thru" the handlebars method, I played it safe. Enjoy the install (I did), its looking great! Subscribed.

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Old Oct 31, 2014 | 08:12 AM
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Im in Paris. And we are going the soldering way too. Nothing like getting everything ran thru the bars and then having something come loose... Cables wont be here til next week so hopefully itll be back together by next weekend.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2014 | 08:20 AM
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looking good so far, I am in the middle of an ape install as well. Started mine last night, 16" CycleSmiths on my SG. I plan to solder as well, don't want to chance it.
 
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Old Oct 31, 2014 | 10:04 AM
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Lookin' good man!! Can't wait to see it finished!!
 
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Looks like my bike earlier this month. I had more alittle more off than that being i added heated grips
 
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I took off a set of heated grips. Still needing to pull the tank so we can run the brake line.
 
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Just did mine this passed weekend. What a bitch! But, it's done now and looks badass.






 
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