Do it. They were not easy to change but remember....pimpin ain't easy. 
NEW Bars or Not
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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.
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.
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