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Old 08-04-2009, 06:27 PM
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Originally Posted by tommarbru
Just bought a Road King with ABS and after touring for 2 weeks wound up with severe back pain as a result of the crappy short bars. Dealer won't replace the stock bars with the reduced reach bars because the ABS line is too short for the new bars. They claim that extending the ABS line will make the brakes inoperative because of the change in line pressure to the ABS module, and they won't accept the liability. Has anyone added lenght to their ABS line to do a bar change?
Try the Road King Heritage style bars. They were a straight swap on my '09 ABS bike, and have 3" more pullback. All day comfort!

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Old 08-04-2009, 06:47 PM
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Put on beach bars on my 08 RKC w/ ABS. Needed a 4"+ brake line. No issues, ABS works just fine.
 
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