putting on ape hangers, where can i get the longer cables

i am putting 16in ape hangers on my xj650. does anyone know where i can get the longer throttle cable, clutch cable, and brake line?

 

I went to my local bike shop which had lots of old bike parts as well and went through their used cables (some were new) and found the replacements I needed. I had originally bought generic cables from JC Penney and cut them to length, but found they were too flimsy and broke often. As you are increasing the lengths significantly, heavy duty cables (especially the clutch cable) will be important. I have a Harley clutch cable now which you could use to tie up the Enterprise...no difference in pull that I can tell. As far as the brake line goes, my stainless lines came with my raked triple tree. Any hydraulic shop or speed shop might have them. I have 12" apes with 4" risers and they are more comfortable than the stock bars, even on long rides. Good luck.

 

thanks man that gives me a good place to start

 

Let me know how you make out.

 

motionpro.com

 

+1 on motion pro. Measure the length cables you need and shoot them an email and they'll respond with a question or two and then send you an invoice. After they make them and they are ready to ship they'll send another invoice just for the shipping. It really doesn't take them long at all and they do great work.

 

By the way koolaid you still got those cables that were long but not enough for your 15s... I may be able to take em off your hands

 

I do

 

Re: putting on ape hangers, where can i get the longer cable

How long r ur cables I would b interested in them for mini apes.

 

CP is first in line. They are stock plus 4-6" I can get you the exact measurements later.

 

Yeah back up son! Koolaid can ya message me a price you want and I'll get up with ya. I'm camping till Sunday I'll try and keep and eye out for the message

 

Sure... I'll look at what I paid for them tonight from work and shoot it to you. Which cables do you want? They're brand spankin new, so I'm not going to let them go for nothing. How does 75% off sound to you and I'll cover shipping?

Where are you camping? I want to make a trip up to URE with the Jeep here in a few weeks.

 

How bout ya pm me and I can maybe pick em up this week? I'm local enough. And if ya got throttle and clutch I'll take em both. They should work for 12" apes right? You had trouble with the 15s?

 

yeah, they should work. I was able to route both of them and get them connected, but they were just too tight. When I turned the bars to the left I engaged the clutch

I still have them on the bike, so I'll try and get them off today and look up how much I want for them and I'll let you know.

Feel free to email me... matthew.smith5@gmail.com or text 301-755-3956

Matt

 

Oh, and I realized that I said 75% OFF above when I meant 75% of what I paid for them or 25% off. Is that a problem? Sorry about that... my brain doesn't work sometimes.

 

I paid $75 for the pair of cables from chacal. How does $50 total sound? I can bring them to you, you can pick them up, or I can drop them in the mail and I'll pay for shipping. Let me know. I work 7pm-7am and have off Wednesday and Thursday this week.

 

They are a bit longer than stock right? That's a fine price sir. And I'll call you wed I should be off as long as there is no overtime. Maybe meet up somewhere in the ville? I'll just need a way to get up with ya, and a name lol it'd be weird calling and asking for mr. Koolaid

 

hahahaha....yeah, look at page one in this thread and I put my name, phone # and email address.

and hold on... I'll go back and look at how long they are. You should be fine using them with 12" apes though. That's only like 7" over stock, right?

 

Throttle cable is 46" and the clutch is 54", that's +6" from stock on both cables. They should fit great for you.

I get off of work at 7am on Wednesday and I work on Bragg. Would that be too early for you to meet? If it's too early I wouldn't be able to do it until Wednesday evening or Thursday sometime.

Matt

 

if this didnt go through, Im still interested in buying them cables.

 

I actually emailed him and thought we were going to do the deal this week, but didn't hear back from him. Cassidy-patrick... if I don't hear from you by Monday night I'm going to go ahead and send them to Cmccully04...

 

I can pay right away if he cant, no offense bro, I just need to change my bars to higher ones so it clears my Suicide Shifter. hahahaha!

 

I can't ship them out until Tuesday either way, so I'll give him until Monday night. Is that cool with you?

 

yup. that works

 

Patrick came by the house this morning and picked up the cables.

 

awww shucks Cmccukky04.... sorry man. Koolaid thanks for the cables, Ill post pics when I get the bars in. Then fisish one of your many projects so we can ride.

 

Yeah, I need to get back out there and get to work right now. I've been on the phone with Time Warner and Direct TV ever since you left trying to figure out all the ##'s and justify to the wife why we need to switch to Direct TV, so that I can get Sunday ticket.

They're having a hell of a deal right now that you basically get tv for free and just pay the $$ for Sunday ticket for the first 5 months. I think we're going to switch.

All done with it for now, so back out to the garage I go.....