Those of you that have changed bars with internal wiring on your batwing bikes, what have you been paying in labor to get this done? My indy wants 8 hours which seems excessive but I'm not sure. Labor would be $480.

 

I paid $375 for my apes install from my personal mechanic.

 

I bought a case of beer and a few tools, so i paid about 40 bucks and had a good time with my Father. Cant beat that time!

 

h.i if you make more than 50.00 a hour have them do it. 10.00 is for beer for you and i body. mrfuji

 

its 30 minutes for me just to pull the outer and move the inner to access the clamp.
an hour to pull bars, grips, controls, and wiring
an hour to 1.5 to reinstall everything
30 to reinstall.

if i have to do longer cables, it adds an hour to install and bleed brakes, install and adjust clutch
if extra wires, an hour to solder extensions and reinstall factory plug

so for normal bars, (10" or less) i charge 5 hours
apes are a 6 hour minimum

 

And for that he isn't even using a gun. LOL

 

Do it your self and put all that money in more bling.

 

For 8hrs of labor?
That sounds like a great deal. Really, I'm not kidding.
My dealer charges close to $100.00hr for labor.
I mean, I personally would do it myself no matter what someone else would charge but that sounds like a good deal.
From what I understand changing bars is a pretty big job with lots of little things that could go wrong. If your not really the "handy" kind of guy, it sounds worth it.
Good luck!

GSF

 

My father inlaw, a buddy and I did mine. We have done 4 sets of apes so it wasn't to bad. If u haven't ever done anything like it befor it will take a little longer but if u are handy at all get a service manual and do it yourself.

 

For the 10" Yaffe bars, will all my OEM cables work or will I need a clutch cable?