hopefully your bars are pre drilled and slotted. Otherwise youre going to have a hell of a time drilling them yourself w/o the proper gear.

 

Thats alot of money for a bar swap! I have 10" Z bars on my 48 with 1" risers and only had to change my brake line. The rest of my cables are stock and have enough length to them after cuting a few zip ties. I bought a "build your own" brake line kit from magnum shielding. $55. total cost of $70 for the bars and $55 for the cable. $125 total and a few hours of my time. I can see if you went to a 12" or larger bar, you would need a full cable extention kit like the ones from burley.

 

Another question for DK, when ordering a new brake line, what size did you get? Do I need to buy any other fittings?

 

The line I got was for my 17" apes, which I have since replaced with the HD Mini apes and 3" riser extensions.

I generally buy my brakelines from J&P. You can call them, ask for their technical support-tell them what bike you have, and what bars you are putting on, they will fix you up with the right length line and all the compression fittings etc. that you will need for the install. Just tell them what you are doing and that you want all the parts needed for the install...they have always done me right.

 

oh ****! wtf really? $700???

 

Depends. Labor ALONE, you are right. Brake, Clutch and Throttle run about $400 and then if the extensions for the lights are needed, it could be more. $400 for labor doesn't seem outlandish to me.

 

it is better for you to buy the parts and Do it yourself!
i have the same problem with my xl1200c and i have 10" mini apes so i got a cable kit for 250$ and i have done it myself better than doing it with the stealer who will charge me 780$ for parts and 240$ for labor

 

It is easier on the wallet to DIY as long as you have the facilities to do it. That was the route I went and I had the manual, tools and the heated garage. OTOH, if you don't have the facilities or the abilities, it might be better to farm it out or at least most of it. When I did my bars, it was easier to farm out the removal of the connecting plug so I could thread it and then put it back together, and set up the connector. This was before I had the manual and the pin removal tools.