Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Handlebars Expense

Bros,
I bought a new set of handlebars for the bike. They were about $80 and are 1 1/4” in diameter so I can run my wiring through them. The original bars are 34.5 inches wide and my new bars are 36 inches wide, and the rise and pull-back are very similar to the original. I picked up a 42” brake line, to banjo ends and three new clips for $66. I have plenty of play in the throttle cables and clutch cable so no replacement there. I may even have enough slack in the wiring but since I have to rewire it to thread it through the bars, I will buy a wiring extension kit to do it right which costs about $30. I took them to the Harley dealership and they estimated that it would cost about $600 to install. Two other bike shops estimated $325 to $450 to install. All said it is at least a 5 hour job because they have to remove the gas tank. Man, that's a lot of money to me so I'm going to install them myself. I think it will be fun anyway because I like to do my own work but I just can see it taking five hours! I'll let y'all know how I make out...

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