Handlebar Swap
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Road Master
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Handlebar Swap
Hey boys and girls...I'm swappin out my stock RKC bars for heritage bars tomorrow.
Heard it's no big deal with the internal wiring, if you take your time.
I'm thinkin, I can just slide off each side of my hand controls and slide em back on the new bars. (clutch side grip moves with housing).Seems to me
if I baby the controls back on, I won't even have to adjust the throttle.
Am I right or wrong?
Heard it's no big deal with the internal wiring, if you take your time.
I'm thinkin, I can just slide off each side of my hand controls and slide em back on the new bars. (clutch side grip moves with housing).Seems to me
if I baby the controls back on, I won't even have to adjust the throttle.
Am I right or wrong?
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Heard it's no big deal with the internal wiring, if you take your time.........
I'm thinkin, I can just slide off each side of my hand controls and slide em back on the new bars. (clutch side grip moves with housing).Seems to me
if I baby the controls back on, I won't even have to adjust the throttle.
Am I right or wrong?
I'm thinkin, I can just slide off each side of my hand controls and slide em back on the new bars. (clutch side grip moves with housing).Seems to me
if I baby the controls back on, I won't even have to adjust the throttle.
Am I right or wrong?
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Road Master
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Would'nt I just take the wires out of the plugs in the headlamp, snake em thru the new bars and set the plugs up again?
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Good luck
I like to wrench but I won't touch the tbw. I just had the heritage bars put on my 09 RK No wire nor cable or hose issues. All OEM stuff will fit but it took a progfessional techie 2 hrs.
Road Captain
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If your going to do this your self, get a service manual. I installed Heritage style bars 56902-08 on my 08 RK last spring and didn't have any problems. The TBW was not an issue, and it took me (a backyard mechanic) about 3 hours using a service manual.
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