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Need some info on Changing bars on my 18 breakout

  • Brno62
    Brno62
    3 years ago
    Hi after some info or videos on changing my bars to apes how big a job is it. Cheers 
  • B0nes
    B0nes
    3 years ago
    Quoting Brno62 on 22 Aug 2020 09:31 AMedited: 22 Aug 2020 09:39 AM

    Hi after some info or videos on changing my bars to apes how big a job is it. Cheers 

    Piece of piss. Changed mine to 16 inch apes. Measured the length required for cables, extended the wiring. Removed tank, exhaust. Had mine done in a few hours. The hardest part for me was getting the wiring to go through the bars, that was a pain in the arse and took up most of the time. Just take your time and you should have no problems.
  • Brno62
    Brno62
    3 years ago
    Bones thanks for the advice taking it easy has never been my strong point cheers 
  • Breakingbricks
    Breakingbricks
    3 years ago
    Saw a video with a guy using compressed air to blow a shoelace through the bars from handle to hole, then used the shoelace for a piece of flexible wire back to the handle and used it to pull all the cables through. Tool him a couple of minutes for both sides. 
    Some looms come with plugs at each end for fly by wire models so it's plug and play (fbw models have smaller plugs which feed through bars fairly easily). 

    If you're using compressed air and string at the start and wire your bars before installing the longest part should be disassembling everything and bolting it back together. 
  • Brno62
    Brno62
    3 years ago
    Yeah I’ve seen that myself top idea just gotta get the coconuts up to do it cheers
  • Birtyyy
    Birtyyy
    3 years ago
    Quoting Brno62 on 22 Aug 2020 09:31 AMedited: 22 Aug 2020 09:39 AM

    Hi after some info or videos on changing my bars to apes how big a job is it. Cheers 

    Quoting B0nes on 22 Aug 2020 11:48 PM

    Piece of piss. Changed mine to 16 inch apes. Measured the length required for cables, extended the wiring. Removed tank, exhaust. Had mine done in a few hours. The hardest part for me was getting the wiring to go through the bars, that was a pain in the arse and took up most of the time. Just take your time and you should have no problems.

    You had to remove your exhaust to change handlebars?!?!
    I used welding wire instead of a shoelace, throttle side was time consuming because there's more wires but wasn't too bad.
  • B0nes
    B0nes
    3 years ago
    Quoting Brno62 on 22 Aug 2020 09:31 AMedited: 22 Aug 2020 09:39 AM

    Hi after some info or videos on changing my bars to apes how big a job is it. Cheers 

    Quoting B0nes on 22 Aug 2020 11:48 PM

    Piece of piss. Changed mine to 16 inch apes. Measured the length required for cables, extended the wiring. Removed tank, exhaust. Had mine done in a few hours. The hardest part for me was getting the wiring to go through the bars, that was a pain in the arse and took up most of the time. Just take your time and you should have no problems.

    Quoting Birtyyy on 23 Aug 2020 11:50 PM

    You had to remove your exhaust to change handlebars?!?!

    I used welding wire instead of a shoelace, throttle side was time consuming because there's more wires but wasn't too bad.

    Exhaust blocked access to the transmission cover so it needed to be removed so the clutch cable could be installed. Was hoping I wouldn't have to but it blocked 2 of the bolts that hold the cover on, so was a good time to install new exhaust gaskets at the same time.
  • Birtyyy
    Birtyyy
    3 years ago
    Ah ok then. On the 2018 and up models the clutch cable is two pieces so you just swap the 'upper' part so you don't need to go anywhere near the transmission.
  • Brno62
    Brno62
    3 years ago
    Quoting Birtyyy on 24 Aug 2020 02:55 AM

    Ah ok then. On the 2018 and up models the clutch cable is two pieces so you just swap the 'upper' part so you don't need to go anywhere near the transmission.

    Thanks Birtyyy
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