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#1006212 gharper356 (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 5 How to find and buy extended cable kit . . . 11 Months ago   Hey everyone, I'm new around here and to Road Stars. I put apes on an HD I used to have and loved it. Now I'd like to put a set of 14's with 2 in. risers on my RS. The trouble I'm having is finding a cable kit, and finding the length I need. Mine has stock cables now with a 4in. drag bar (I think). Has anyone added 14 in. apes with an extended cable kit? If so, how much longer than stock. Or if you've added 16s, what cables did you get. Also, what's the best cable kit for RS? Thanks in advance.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #1006213 HotRodStar (User) Midnight Rider RRRRRRRR Platinum Boarder Posts: 2669 Re:How to find and buy extended cable kit . . . 11 Months ago   Barnett for cables. You probably want to consider 12" to 14" plus inches for your length. Your bars are aprx. 10" taller and your risers are aprx. 2 inches taller. If you want them snug go 12" a little loose and some room to play with them go 14". Just my opinion, others may have different ones. Rod   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #1006214 MaiRoadie (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 847 Re:How to find and buy extended cable kit . . . 11 Months ago   Welcome. Look up Cables on here. Pacific Coast Star does kits. The wiring you have to extend yourself. I am currently looking to get Blue Stainless Brake, Throttle and Clutch cables. I think APEX makes them, but I need to measure first. I have buck horns that I want to put on. So if you find someone that does R* bolt on cables, maybe +2 in blue let me know. Thanks.   Logged     LEARN TO SWIM, LEARN TO SWIM, LEARN TO SWIM   The administrator has disabled public write access. #1006215 gharper356 (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 5 Re:How to find and buy extended cable kit . . . 11 Months ago   Thanks Rod, I'll check out the Barnett cables now. Do you know if they have wire extensions included? I really would like to skip out on the soldering if possible.   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #1006216 gharper356 (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 5 Re:How to find and buy extended cable kit . . . 11 Months ago   Thanks MaiRoadie. I'll check those out and if I come across any blue ones I'll let you know. I really was hoping to do the wiring the easy way. I used a Burley set on my HD and it had wire extensions, which were nice. I'd like to find something like that for the R*   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #1006223 MaiRoadie (User) Gold Boarder Posts: 847 Re:How to find and buy extended cable kit . . . 11 Months ago   gharper356 wrote: Thanks MaiRoadie. I'll check those out and if I come across any blue ones I'll let you know. I really was hoping to do the wiring the easy way. I used a Burley set on my HD and it had wire extensions, which were nice. I'd like to find something like that for the R* Everything I read on here states that you have to solder.   Logged     LEARN TO SWIM, LEARN TO SWIM, LEARN TO SWIM   The administrator has disabled public write access. #1006422 thefrazdogg (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 281 Re:How to find and buy extended cable kit . . . 10 Months, 4 Weeks ago   gharper356 wrote: Thanks Rod, I'll check out the Barnett cables now. Do you know if they have wire extensions included? I really would like to skip out on the soldering if possible. I just did mine. Got the cables from MetricMagic. Got the wires from Amazon. Worked great. But was way more work than I expected. Anyway, turned out fantastic.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #1006564 gharper356 (User) Fresh Boarder Posts: 5 Re:How to find and buy extended cable kit . . . 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Thanks, it looks good! I think I was putting the cart before the horse . . . a little over confident. I've done bars before, but I don't even have a service manual for this bike yet. I know that will save a lot of headaches. I guess my main trouble is finding all the stuff that I can verify WILL work together before I order parts. Just going to have to be patient I guess. I'll definitely check MetricMagic. Did you order a wiring kit specifically for Roadstars from Amazon?   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access. #1006648 thefrazdogg (User) Senior Boarder Posts: 281 Re:How to find and buy extended cable kit . . . 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago   gharper356 wrote: Thanks, it looks good! I think I was putting the cart before the horse . . . a little over confident. I've done bars before, but I don't even have a service manual for this bike yet. I know that will save a lot of headaches. I guess my main trouble is finding all the stuff that I can verify WILL work together before I order parts. Just going to have to be patient I guess. I'll definitely check MetricMagic. Did you order a wiring kit specifically for Roadstars from Amazon? Sorry I wasn't clear. I bought a large roll of black wire from Amazon, and spliced and soldered the wires myself. I could find a kit. Metric Magic will know what to send you if you tell him the size bars and the year of your bike. Ordering the parts was easy. The work was not easy. But, I learned a lot in the process. I thought I'd get it done in a weekend, but it took my about a month. I didn't work on it constantly, just a few hours each Saturday. Then, sometimes, I'd stop because I needed a tool or something. It was a wild adventure for me. Lol.   Logged       The administrator has disabled public write access. #1006672 valkyguy (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 2792 Re:How to find and buy extended cable kit . . . 10 Months, 3 Weeks ago   Also if you are going to do any soldering, invest is some heat shrink tubing. It makes the job look a lot neater. John   Logged     The administrator has disabled public write access.

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