Originally Posted by bensonjv

One more note on the wire extensions.

I'm not a big fan of cutting and splicing. I recommend using a semi-permanent extension. Sure some of us have a solder gun, some shrink tube and wire on hand and can knock it out in short time and at little to no cost. But its a one way option. I did this on my 1200C and in hindsight I wish I had not. But I had a couple more opportunities to try out different options.

For my wife's bike I went with some prefab HD extensions. (72150-03 and 72151-03) for left and right controls. These are 8-10" long and come with male and female color-coded deutch connectors attached. This was plug and play. I liked the idea of not having to cut anything and easily remove them should I need or want to. Drawback was an extra set of clunky deutch connectors to stash under the tank.

Last iteration was doing my Springer. For this one I was running internally wired bars so I couldn't use the HD extensions. However, I still didn't want to cut and solder. So I went with Novello extensions (pictured). These are a great option. Kit is complete, wires are color matched, and installation is a snap. Disassemble deutch connectors (2 mins and a small flat head screwdriver), attach extensions to control wires, apply shrink tube, reassemble deutch connectors at new wires ends, and you are done. Splices are male-female deutch pins that won't come free until you want them to. Additionally, you didn't cut or destroy anything. No mess or time with soldering.

Doing them all over again knowing what I know now I would use Novello kits on all of them.


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