Purchased pauls monkey bars for my road king, long story short, went to dealer for installation and was turned down because of chaffing problems on the fly by wire internal wiring these bars have had in past, now what? $400 bars and no help. wth? legacy harley midland odessa said they may do it for $800 with no guarantee I wouldn't be stranded. I thought about foam filling bars with great stuff to keep wires from chaffing if this IS a major problem, any better way to do this? pls help

 

yaffes bars....made in china= poor quality. I would send them back and buy something made in the usa!

 

any suggestions bagger?

 

They're doable but are a pain. There are other people to go to though, Torch Industries, BR Custom, Ballistic Cycles just to name a few. You can also look up the Wild 1 bars, my last set of Wild 1 bars were the easiest I have ever put wires through. The guys wiring for those dealers shouldn't be working there if they can't get the job done, it's difficult and time consuming but not at all impossible.

Just wire the bars yourself, or send them to Yaffe with your stock bars and controls and they will wire them up for you for like $200 last time I checked. If you can take it apart and put it back together this will save you money and you can keep the bars you already bought.

FM

 

Keep searching - you'll find someone who has experience installing the Yaffe's. They are one of the more popular bars out there (with plenty of complaints about install issues) - but somebody out there can do this right.

I would look into purchasing the CVO TBW harness. It eliminates the "green connector" issue. This is HD part # 32310-08

http://www.surdyke.com/AdvPartInfo.a...umber=32310-08

 

la choppers prime apes if you like that style..cheaper, better quality, and made in america!!

 

You definately need this. A friend and I installed 12" MB in ten hours without this plug. It was a pain. Take a look at the install videos on Youtube from LA Copper. Longest part of the job is extending the wires. Use a little hand lotion to help feed the wires through. I installed 14" Santees and it was a breeze to wire compared to the MB. Good luck.

 

14" br customs here. Have patience and definitely get the cvo throttle sensor. The design of the yaffe bars automatically hinders pulling wires. I seem to remember reading that br smooths the joints inside his bars to facilitate easier wire pulling, but I may be confusing with someone else. I have had a beer or two since I installed mine.

 

yeah, what he said.... take your bars off and send them and your new bars to Yaffe... you have a Road King so you don't even have a fairing to deal with... if Yaffe pulls the wires for you the rest is pretty simple... if you are at all handy with a wrench...get a service manual..very helpfull....
I did mine..everything BUT pulling the wires, tried and failed, i'm not big on patience though... i did an inner fairing swap at the same time so in the big picture i was still WAY ahead on labor cost..
LOVE my Monkey Bars...

 

Another one for torch industries, had them on mine loved them.
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