Congrats brother! You will enjoy the bike. I have been! The handlebars are Biltwell Frisco's. They are pretty much a straight ub T-Bar. They harldy have any backswing at all. They arent the most comfy, but damn they look good. I did have to extend the wires, and cut off the OEM connectors and add my own after the fact. because i wired the bars internally. you could do it without wiring internally, but My goal is to have the bars cleaned up with no wires on the outside except clutch and throttle
Sorry ran out of space....You need to move the blinkers. they are on a pivot bolt. So if you are looking at the front of the hand controls, take a allen wrench (cant rember the size) and loosen the set screw that holds the pivot bolt tight. you can then tilt the blinkers out of the way to fit the mirrors. My eventual goal is to also move the blinkers down to the forks. Just haven't got around to buying clamps yet. Let me know if you have any more questions.
As far as cable length goes, for drag bars you should have plenty of slack to make the stock cables work. The throttle cable is a little tricky. You have to remove the cables from the grip. they are held in with a little cylinder and the end of the cable is in the cylinder. Its hard to explain, but you will see when you get it off. (also search youtube for a video for replacing grips. there is a good one out there) Good luck feel free to send direct message instead of just responding here.
Hiya fondupot, I just got my Iron the other day, Gratz on yours too bud. good vid man, still have a coupla questions for ya though, I notice your new handlebars, did you have to change the cables or did the stock one fit? Looks great BTW. AND...how did you get the mirror on the throttle side to fit, my blinker is in the way, but only by like a tiny bit, looks like yours are bent inward a little...thanks for any advice and responding if you don't mind, I just can't afford to have HD do it all.
Thanks Bro, lol, since you volunteered,one big question, I just want a regular ol' drag bar, and right at the same height as the stock, I should be able to use the same cables? If worse came to worse I could just use the stock risers, but like 3" would be perfect. the main question I need to ask, the throttle, is it really that easy to take off and put back on? just loosen the bolts and gently slide it off then slide back on? Won't screw anything up? I am used to old style and it was a nightmare
+Harley & Me Here you go! www.amazon.com/Performance-Machine-Contour-Harley-Davidson-Touring/dp/B017DSK4MU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455559284&sr=8-1&keywords=performance+machine+contour
Crap, hate so little space, anyhoo, u can see I have been passed up by modern technology, I just want it simple. From all that I have said, and if u can understand my rambling, do i need extended cables and I can feel cool about removing and re-installing the throttle? I also would like the front blinkers on the forks. Well, take care bud, and take care of your Iron, and I know u will.
Congrats brother! You will enjoy the bike. I have been!
The handlebars are Biltwell Frisco's. They are pretty much a straight ub T-Bar. They harldy have any backswing at all. They arent the most comfy, but damn they look good. I did have to extend the wires, and cut off the OEM connectors and add my own after the fact. because i wired the bars internally. you could do it without wiring internally, but My goal is to have the bars cleaned up with no wires on the outside except clutch and throttle
Sorry ran out of space....You need to move the blinkers. they are on a pivot bolt. So if you are looking at the front of the hand controls, take a allen wrench (cant rember the size) and loosen the set screw that holds the pivot bolt tight. you can then tilt the blinkers out of the way to fit the mirrors.
My eventual goal is to also move the blinkers down to the forks. Just haven't got around to buying clamps yet. Let me know if you have any more questions.
As far as cable length goes, for drag bars you should have plenty of slack to make the stock cables work.
The throttle cable is a little tricky. You have to remove the cables from the grip. they are held in with a little cylinder and the end of the cable is in the cylinder. Its hard to explain, but you will see when you get it off. (also search youtube for a video for replacing grips. there is a good one out there)
Good luck feel free to send direct message instead of just responding here.
Hiya fondupot, I just got my Iron the other day, Gratz on yours too bud. good vid man, still have a coupla questions for ya though, I notice your new handlebars, did you have to change the cables or did the stock one fit? Looks great BTW. AND...how did you get the mirror on the throttle side to fit, my blinker is in the way, but only by like a tiny bit, looks like yours are bent inward a little...thanks for any advice and responding if you don't mind, I just can't afford to have HD do it all.
Thanks Bro, lol, since you volunteered,one big question, I just want a regular ol' drag bar, and right at the same height as the stock, I should be able to use the same cables? If worse came to worse I could just use the stock risers, but like 3" would be perfect. the main question I need to ask, the throttle, is it really that easy to take off and put back on? just loosen the bolts and gently slide it off then slide back on? Won't screw anything up? I am used to old style and it was a nightmare
It would have been awesome to see you actually installing them, instead of just showing us before and after.
Sorry, It's a relatively straight forward procedure.
Then why make a video? Sorry. I'm not trying to be an ass, i just thought you were going to show us how and you didn't.
hi could you give a link where you got the grips. Thanks ian.
+Harley & Me Here you go! www.amazon.com/Performance-Machine-Contour-Harley-Davidson-Touring/dp/B017DSK4MU/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1455559284&sr=8-1&keywords=performance+machine+contour
+fondupot cheers mate they don't ship to England. never mind
Harley & Me
I'm sure you can find them elsewhere. Just google search Performance Machine Contour grips and look for a seller who will. Good luck
+fondupot cheers mate. video showing how to fit them was great. thanks again.
+fondupot found them for £53.00 cheers
Crap, hate so little space, anyhoo, u can see I have been passed up by modern technology, I just want it simple. From all that I have said, and if u can understand my rambling, do i need extended cables and I can feel cool about removing and re-installing the throttle? I also would like the front blinkers on the forks. Well, take care bud, and take care of your Iron, and I know u will.