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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 08:34 AM
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Question Cable Length for 14" Bagger Help

Hi all.
Just put the Wild 1 14" Bagger Apes on my FLHT.
Should I be looking at +6 or+8 in cabe length?
Also any sugestions of nice Stainless cables.I was considering barnett Stainless.
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 08:36 AM
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Get a buddy or your wife/gf to help, hold up the factory cables and measure how much more you need, problem solved.

You will get a million different answers and they might or might not work for you. If I told you "X" amount of inches, but you don't route your cables in the same way, same place, it may or may not work for you.

I like the barnette's/goodridge myself, because they are clear coated but the lines are SS like what you see in the hot rods.

Just my $0.02
 
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Old Mar 19, 2011 | 09:03 AM
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Thanks . I measured and get +8 but I notice alot of cats like J&P only got to +6. This is why Im a bit stumped. Id rather got +8 and have a bit extra than be tight.
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+8 is my answer.
 
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I did 12.5 Wild1s on mine and +6 was perfect with the factory routing so I'd say +8 on the 14s
 
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Yeah, when I sell 12"'s it is always +6", 14"'s are +8, unless they are Carlini's which run a bit tall.

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