I bought a set of Santee 14" bars with the 13" burly wiring and cable extension kit. My question is to I need to extend the throttle by wire? it was not included in the kit, and Burly says with their 13" bars it is not needed. Below are both bar specs. I would really hate to waste money on something I don't need. it would be even worse to have to pull wires through bars twice!!



Bike:2012 street glide

Santee Bars: 14" high, 37 wide, 8.5 pullback, 15.75 center


Burly Bars: 13 high, 38.25 wide, 5.5 pullback, 11.5 center

 

I didn't have to extend them on my 14 king and i went with 16" bars

 

It seems with the Rushmore updates, they included longer wiring than previous models.

OP, only one true way to find out. You have to pull the old bars and wiring so just measure it up when you get the new bars if no one here can get you a definitive answer. You can always order the extension to be safe and return it if it's not needed.

 

instead of an extension, get the SE TGS with longer wires, it eliminates the 'green plug' that is prone to failure. they also say it's better made, my stock TGS failed at about 15-20k miles

 

thanks for that. I wasn't aware of the green plug issue. After doing a little research this will be the route I go.

 

I just put 13's on my '12 Ultra. The SE TGS is plenty long enough for what you are doing.
Pull your stock wires through the bars before you do any soldering. What you have are plug and play. I soldered my extensions on first, it was painful trying to pull them through with the soldered - heat shrink areas. If I was to do another, I think I'd just plug in the extensions and heat shrink on them and call it good.