Yes Mine has factory heated grips. done it christmas day.

 

1/2" is what is recommended by the video.

 

That is actually cheap. I was quoted closer to $2K without the bars themselves. Hourly rate is higher than $98 here too. Just do them yourself. My 14s took about 6 hours and it was my first time doing it. Take your time, do a ton of research, ask for help here when you get stuck. Then think of other ways to spend that $1K you saved by turning the wrench yourself.

 

Thats not unreasonable for what it takes to do especially for a novice or less mechanic which makes up about 99% of all Harley riders. For the Arm chair mechanic/bikers 6 hours would be a great time if you were skilled or proficient at preforming the task. Watching a how to video and actually do it are two different things. The dealer can charge what the book says like what the book said when i was a certified ASE auto tech. That book actually screws mechanics with time standards on alot of jobs that can't be completed in the listed time. There are probably less than 1 out of 10 members here can can disassemble an electrical connector on our bikes. To the person that said they can do it in two hours i say BS especially if your not a HD tech that has done it over 100 times before.

 

Having done this job about 20 times I could do them in under 3 hours easy. That's with new hydraulic lines...
So much easier now with CANBUS too. "Back in the day" it was a mess getting 10-15 wires through the bars. Now it's like 2 or 6 with heated grips.

Not a hard job. Dealers are out to make money. Hard to blame them for charging so much. Keeps the doors open I guess.

 

20 times?? Wow! You either go through bikes like I go through socks or your garage is full of beer from helping out all your buddies.

 

I put WO 578's on my Ultra in about 3-3.5 hours, including new urethane bushings and that was taking my time to do it. Taking the wire connectors apart isn't hard at all. I watched a you tube video of a guy doing it on a Streetglide a few times where the guy showed how to take the connectors apart and it was really pretty easy. Just draw a pic of the plug, label each hole on the drawing with the corresponding wire color. take it apart and the wires pull through easy. I think it's more intimidating for a 1st timer than it is hard to do. Now on some bars I could see it being a PITA.

 

Do you happen to have a couple photos of your bars? I am thinking of same setup on my bike.

 

Simple fact is that they charge that much because people will pay that much. Even though I do my own bars, it is time consuming. There are a lot of Harley riders out there with the money to pay just to not have to be bothered with it. Also, there is a lot that can go wrong. A 6 hour job can quickly turn into a 10 hour job when you have to pull everything back apart because a wire is crimped somewhere, or a connection isn't seated properly.

 

Do it yourself and save over 50% of that. I still used my stock clutch and brake on my 2015 when I did my 14" KST Mayhem Bagger Bars.