[saw*me]

I'm down to the "wire" on the bar swap thing. I've thought about this for a long time but haven't committed to it yet. I like the Yaffe bars and I think that the 10" ones will do fine . My question is for those of you that have swapped bars. Is the wires a PITA to change ? Thanks for any advice it looks like a winter project this year.

Tom

 

[FunkyNova66]

Do it. They were not easy to change but remember....pimpin ain't easy.

 

[saw*me]

Hey FN,
My RG's not tricked out enough for those bars but they look sweet on your's. I'm glad to see you went with them. I'm looking for some more comfort and I like the looks of the Yaffe bars. I need the bars to be about 4" higher and back about 1" from where they are. How long does it take to do Cables , wire and the rest?

Tom

 

[Guest]

I've ridden FunkyNova's bike and I'm 6'4". It's very comfortable. Changing the wires may be a pita but you only need to do it once. I should receive my bars wednesday. I went with Todd's Custom Cycle 17" Stripper Bars. I've been experience some very bad back pain lately and I'm hoping this will relieve that.

 

[rigidthumper]

If you need a small amount of change, 55864-09 (Black Heritage style) or 56902-08 (Chrome) fit without having to change any cables. I put the Black bars on mine, and it was comfy enought for a cross country trip.That job can be done in a couple of hours. If you go more than that, cables, & brake lines have to be sourced, and wire harnesses extended. That can take all day.
Robin

 

[joke]

If you need a small amount of change, 55864-09 (Black Heritage style) or 56902-08 (Chrome) fit without having to change any cables. I put the Black bars on mine, and it was comfy enought for a cross country trip.That job can be done in a couple of hours. If you go more than that, cables, & brake lines have to be sourced, and wire harnesses extended. That can take all day.
Robin

How did you determine what the right rise and pull back was for your size? Did you just extend from the stock bars up and out?

 

[FunkyNova66]

Hey FN,
My RG's not tricked out enough for those bars but they look sweet on your's. I'm glad to see you went with them. I'm looking for some more comfort and I like the looks of the Yaffe bars. I need the bars to be about 4" higher and back about 1" from where they are. How long does it take to do Cables , wire and the rest?

Tom

I actually used my original clutch cable and brake line.It's close but I got away with it. If you went with the Yaffe bars then you will need to extend the wires which takes hours....it's a very time consuming process. Internally wiring bars with sharp curves is a PITA! The Yaffe bars look awesome IMO.

If you just wanted to add a set of heritage bars and keep the wiring extenral then it would only take about an hour at most to change the bars.

RippedGlide will vouch for my set up as he has ridden my bike a lot.

 

[saw*me]

When the cables have to be extended what kind of splice did you use or did you re-do the connectors and pins? Yaffe claims that they sell a kit for this is it just longer wires? Thanks for all the help. I don't want to screw this up.

Tom

 

[Guest]

You can do a few things saw*me, you can get the Yaffe kit, the Novello kit (this kit is color coded just like the oem cables), or go to the auto store and get the correct gauge and use that. When you solder the additional length of wire make sure you cut the wires at different lengths so you don't have a huge bundle to fish through. FunkyNova posted a good post when he did his. When I did the 16's on my crossbones I bought the Novello. This time I will save the money and just get the correct gauge from the auto store. Good luck

 

[Guest]

I actually used my original clutch cable and brake line.It's close but I got away with it. If you went with the Yaffe bars then you will need to extend the wires which takes hours....it's a very time consuming process. Internally wiring bars with sharp curves is a PITA! The Yaffe bars look awesome IMO.

If you just wanted to add a set of heritage bars and keep the wiring extenral then it would only take about an hour at most to change the bars.

RippedGlide will vouch for my set up as he has ridden my bike a lot.

Except for the seat -

 

[FunkyNova66]

You can do a few things saw*me, you can get the Yaffe kit, the Novello kit (this kit is color coded just like the oem cables), or go to the auto store and get the correct gauge and use that. When you solder the additional length of wire make sure you cut the wires at different lengths so you don't have a huge bundle to fish through. FunkyNova posted a good post when he did his. When I did the 16's on my crossbones I bought the Novello. This time I will save the money and just get the correct gauge from the auto store. Good luck

It doesn't have to be the same exact gauge wire. The stock wires are really tiny gauge and I used 18. I would definitely use smaller gauge wires but you may have to go to radioshack to get the smaller wire as most auto part stores only sell 18 gauge and thicker. Smaller wires would have made the job somewhat easier.

I soldered and heat shrunk wrapped each wire one by one....it was very time consuming but in the end it was fine. Like rippedglide said, you want to stagger cut the wires so all the splices are not bundled together which would make it really thick and nearly impossible to pull through the bars.

There were (I think) 13 wires on the clutch side and 20 wires on throttle side. I would suggest bundling the wires in fours or fives...this will make it easier to pull through the bars.

you can PM me and I'll shoot you my number and walk you through it if needed.

 

[FunkyNova66]

Except for the seat -

True. LOL

 

[saw*me]

Thanks for the info to all. I'll let you know when I dive in. You'll know by the screaming.

Tom

 

[Guest]

Thanks for the info to all. I'll let you know when I dive in. You'll know by the screaming.

Tom

Good luck Tom! It may be beneficial to pick up a manual also. I was killing some time the other night just messing around and decided to take the iginition switch off - took less than 2 minutes to take it off and put it back on going by the manual and I didn't have to worry about alignment. The manual, once one gets used to the way they put it together, can be very handy. All electrical schematics are in it also. Looking forward to pics.

 

[saw*me]

Good luck Tom! It may be beneficial to pick up a manual also. I was killing some time the other night just messing around and decided to take the iginition switch off - took less than 2 minutes to take it off and put it back on going by the manual and I didn't have to worry about alignment. The manual, once one gets used to the way they put it together, can be very handy. All electrical schematics are in it also. Looking forward to pics.

I have the serivce manual and it has been helpful. The job did look alot easier on my friends Sportster when he put apes on. I guess I'm just thinking to much again. It will be awhile before I round up the parts and get my mind set on doing it

 

[Sonar_Chris]

I put the black Heritage bars on my bike. It took me longer than I expected because my TBW plug was inside my faring instead of under the spedo and tach (techs put it there after my accident rebuild for some reason) Anyway, for someone who has no idea how to do this, with a shop manual, I would say a good morning of work. The hardest part is the ignitions stuff and getting the damn off/run/on plate to come off without breaking or bending it. I'm very happy I went with the Heritage bars especially the black ones as I plan on blacking out my bike and keeping the stock inner faring.