G'day 

I have a new softy that has Weston bars which has internally fed wiring but I'm putting on some pullback t-bars  instead . The wiring situation has been driving nuts on how to trace the wire to the underside off the tank and trying not to let the tank scratch but I think I've got it covered now after reading a few blogs on this forum . If I need to cut a wire to extend or shorten the lengthen a wire, do I need to disconnect the battery to do so or can I do it with the battery connected without tripping out the computer ? 

I'm not really mechanically minded when it comes to bikes and especially a new harley but I didn't wanna get raped by a bike mechanic in cost and I'd rather do as much technical work as I can to the bike to learn more about it  . 

Thanks again

Play it safe with any of this new fangled electronic shit,,, disconnect the battery, or Murphy will get ya.

And if it's an Ozzie bike with the security fitted, I think ya gotta turn the ignition on to disable the alarm, then disconnect the battery.

Turn the ign back off after the battery is disconnected.

All ya hafta do is disconnect the negative ( earth ) lead to make it safe.

Have fun !

Where abouts are you? I may be able to help as I have just removed a set of apes from my 2012 fatboy and the the plug and play extenders are easy to deal with. You do have to remove the tank which is easy.

I paid a guy to do this exact job - I didn't need the aggravation....and I have someone to blame if it went pear shaped (and a warranty too!)

Drac re your 14 inch apes, what is the dimensions in thickness, colour and are they setup for internal wiring?

They are chrome Wild1 chubby bars.

part number WO572

14" high 36.5" wide  9" center  12.5pullback  42deg wrist angle 1.25 thick

You can see them on my fatboy in my pics.

I also have the wild1 riser and top clamp

Harley diamond black stainless cables and abs brakeline kit

and plug and play wire extenders.

Have to dig out the receipt but i'm pretty sure the whole lot cost about $1200

would sell the lot for $450

cheers 

 

The risers are part WO525 1.5" tall

The top clamp is part WO506

Checkem out at wild1inc.com

cheers

Cheers lads