Was wondering if anyone knows how long my clutch cable needs to be for a Road King Classic with 14” ape hangers.

 

Just spoke to a friend of mine who told me he went 6" over stock on his . You'll get more responses to verify this . Good luck !

 

Call Barnett. Those guys will know and they make nice cables.

carl

 

Barnett make nice stuff and so does Motion Pro. Both offer their stealth cable that have black fitting, if that’s something your might want....that’s why I did when I need to replace my cable.

 

I would not use anything Motion-Pro or any of the other rebranded cables that generally come from Drag Specialties. Nothing wrong with Drag but I had a lot of trouble with those lower priced off brand clutch cables (one was Motion-Pro) on my bike as they leak oil out of the housing, at the crimped end at the transmission side cover. Takes about a year for it to show up and when it does you can't stop it without replacing the cable entirely, which is not a simple job on most Touring bikes. The housing inside fills with oil from the transmission then soaks through the housing braid and gets forced out of the crimped end. This was on braided stainless cables with the clear plastic coating, not sure about the black cables but would not trust it.

After going through 2 cables I switched to Magnum Shielding and have had no trouble since. They use seals inside the housing to prevent the problem. Just make sure you use a lot of spray silicone inside the housing before you assemble it on the bike to make it work easier. On their site it will list the length of cable you need. These are high quality cables and I ended up switching out my brake line and throttle cables to Magnum so they would all match. I ended up getting far better cables and got rid of an annoying fit and adjustment problem with one of the off brand throttle cables at the same time.

 

FYI, HD specifies clutch cable part #38926-09A (or #38983-10B for black) for 16" Fat Ape Kit on 2003-2016 Road King and RK Classic. Not sure about actual length, but should work fine w/14" bars. May be cheaper options though.

 

Hello, this is a 72" cable. Came off a 10 road King. Is in excellent condition.
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