This video is a classic example of why your channel is so well loved. Great job, John.

Great video John. Love your install tips and your humor. Really makes my day.

Great tip on the electrical connector terminals, and running the wires. I believe no matter how much you know there is always something to learn.

Loved the "Yeah that's right. I know it's awesome" grin after the air hose string trick while you were casually moving on with instructions.

I am a mechanic and motorcycle enthusiast, and although I don't own one of Milwaukee's products (although I ride with several folks who do), I subscribed to your channel because of the common-sense instructions, humor, and excellent production quality. Your vids are simply enjoyable to watch...thanks, John!

Wow what an improvement John! We could tell in your voice how exited you were to get this long awaited job done! Great upgrade to a beautiful bike! .... what could possibly be next? Thanks John for bringing this to all of us!

In the process of putting 14s on my road king as we speak! I cant wait to get this thing back on the road!

Great looking bars, thanks for the content! Can’t wait to see further upgrades and mods!

Those bars are SWEET brother! (and your videos just keep getting better and better.)

Thanks for the vid John. I am putting some 12" Paul Yaffe's on my '17 Ultra Limited today. Also changing the riser bushings from the stock rubber to polyurethane.

Good tip on the connector pin problems that crop up at times. I ran into those kinda issues at a boat factory job I had years ago.

8:40 John you saved me a massive load of headache by watching you use compressed air to send the string through the bars. You get a dirty thumbs up

Many people don't know what it takes to edit a video like this, but you put the work in. Awesome...

@merianmaxwell2567

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! He worked a long time on it! Late nights!

@ThisIsxSc0pE

5 жыл бұрын

Oh! Mrs.Maxwell! Hello! John’s hands-down the best Harley KZreadr! 😄

The bars look good John. Great video. It’s always interesting seeing people’s method of the internal wiring job. One of the most commonly asked questions is cable lengths. Your clutch cable looks just fine.

I love new ape's I installed the big Burly's on my RoadKing big difference in riding and easy on my shoulder. Its a fun job too. Great job love your new handle bars.Thanks for your honest calculations, I had 3 of my friends watching me and I took 8 hours with the laughs should have been 6 hour's.

Because of you I will be replacing my bars on my 2018 Heritage! I hope I can count on you for help!

Love your videos John. Ready to get back to riding this summer

Great video! I wish I would have seen it before I had my local dealer do my bars. They did not just replace the upper clutch cable half, but ordered a whole new "old" cable without the 2018 adjuster, so I had to pay for that plus a quart of Syn3 because they had to breech the transmission to install it, not to mention having to remove the lower half of the old one and reroute the new one! This seemed odd to me at the time because I thought the new cable was supposed to simplify handlebar jobs. I could have directed them to your video to see how it's supposed to be done. There were other problems with the job, too. If I lived near Chattahoochee, you would be doing all my work, that's for damned sure! Quality is such a very rare thing nowadays. I'm so glad to see it still survives in Columbus.

Those bars look great on the Heritage. Thanks

Great vid! Quick "pro" tip for ya: When you blow your para-cord/ string through the bar (I only use para-cord because it's tough AF), if you tape off the holes at the opposite end (30 seconds of work), the string will blow right out of the centre hole and you won't have to fish for it. You might even be able to use the cheap electric tape for that! Keep the awesomeness coming!

John thanks for posting you are a real pro wish I lived closer to you about handlebars to each his own I could imagine riding 600 miles in the rain with those bars just my opinion

I am very grateful for your videos John!!

Great video John, the new bars are BA. The speaker is cool too

Bars look awesome man

those bars look sick! nice job

Nice bars John ,great video as usual .

Looks loads better. Good work bro. Quality video as always. 🤙🏾

Good looking bars!

Really like your humor John! Great video too!

Solid video and walkthrough, I have a Softail standard I want to put bars on. Fortunately they are the same height so I shouldn’t have too much cable hassle

Hey John,way cool vlog,those new bars look fantastic 😎😃👍

Great channel man ! Like the no nonsense straight to the point info and excellent instructions. Just bought a FLHRXS and looking at audio options.. One would be to add paint matched fairing lowers with speaker pods and saddlebag speakers with amp or a handlebar option. Looking forward to your review of the speaker you have !

Those Carlinis looks awesome buddy. Keep up the good work. Great filming quality also!! When I get my carlinis hopefully you can do the install.

Looks sick man. Keep up the great work!

Great job I wished I was highly trained, I have the unprofessional down but I really want to be highly trained, guess I just need to keep watching.

5 Star All the way my man

Super appreciate you showing the electrical tape and lube you used to pull the wires. I was a noob trying to pull it all through Yaffe bars and pretty much wanted to life deleted during that process.

Great video John, if only I had seen it before ordering the parts for my Sport Glide fiasco. Still in the middle of getting it straight, I ran into the the same issue with clutch cable you did. Looking up the parts, HD only gives part numbers for the 12-14" bars, nothing less than that. Plus their measuring system is faulty, as you discovered, the correct way to measure is the jacket length only. When I went to the local dealer to order the cable, I asked them if they had a chart with cable lengths and part numbers. They did not..... They claimed they did not have that info, yet the sheet with that info actually comes with each cable you order. Too bad it was way too long.. I actually believe the exact cable I need is the stock one for the Heritage, since they already come with taller bars than the SG. Then, on top of all that. I got the brake line, and it will not work because the connector is the opposite of what is actually needed.. WTF? I noticed you mentioned a brake line adapter, is that also needed? Naturally, the dealer had no clue, why do they do it that way? Why not just supply it with the correct fitting instead of making us buy a separate adapter? Wait, never mind, the answer is obvious.... Keep the very informative videos coming, we all greatly appreciate it!

Been waiting for a video like this, thanks!

Bars look great man!!! Love the video. A lot of good info.

Great bars man thanks

Nice handlebar install video, John. They look awesome too. I did notice that you struggled a little with pulling up the tag end of the electrical tape after pulling the wires through the bars. I am a retired commercial electrician and I have a tip for you that will make that part of the job much easier. When you wrap the tape the last thing you do is spin the tape roll two or three times to put a couple of twists in the tape before you break the tape from the roll. This gives you a small tail to grab onto to help with the unwrapping. Love your videos man.

@TheHarleyTech

5 жыл бұрын

Nice!

Thanks a ton doing a 01. Heritage and def want cruise thanks for the advice also goin. 1 1/2. Heritage like u mentioned glad I came across your video thanks bro. ✌️

John, you should have a party when hit 100K subscribers! Keep up the great and useful content. I'm looking into changing the handlebars on my RKS so this is very useful video. Thanks, man!

The cup holder...brilliant!!!

Style , fit , and performance of the bike . As a noob , this never occurred to me . But then again , I'm only in the planning stage of getting a Softail Slim . So much to consider . I have a migraine . ( Sigh )

Great video Brother.

Heated grips are a must IMHO . You never know when you might need them.

Looking great👍👍

Love the content man keep it up!

ohhhhhhh man gotta wait for the speaker install

@8:32, what a slick trick! You rock! Love the videos 👍

Did a 18 street glide with those bars + heated grips. Those bars suck to pull the wire and make the bend! Finally baby powder’d the shit out of harness. Worked great 👍🏻

Looks great.

Your handlebars looks great! Enjoy John... 👊🏼😎

So close to 100k! 👏🏻

Tidy job John 👊👍

Much cooler John, I like it! My next mods are the torque cam and some bars. Get rid of that windshield John! I have a 21" Freedom Shield on my 2018 FLHC and at 6'3" it made a huge difference eliminating all the buffeting and making the bike a much more capable tourer.....not to mention it looks a lot better IMHO.

All I want to say is I appreciate your work. I'm a highly trained professional/unprofessional as a governenment contractor working for the special operations forces weapons progam. I love to ride , I love to work on specialized weapons. Unfortunately I cannot ride as much as I'd love to but I really love your channel and as soon as I can I will stop by your shop just to say hey. I won't waste your time, I graduated from airborne school at Ft. Benning in 2010 prior to my combat deployment in early 2011. My first bike was a 79 iron head that was crap, I went to a 99 Yamaha 1800cc to a 2005 sportier 1200c to a brand new 17 street glide special through the military proram. Now it's 2019 and I have roughly 1200 miles on my bike due to my commitment to the SOF Forces.

@TheHarleyTech

5 жыл бұрын

You better swing by and say hello!

@bizarregoose0780

5 жыл бұрын

I definitely plan to! I'm from the Orlando area and next time I'm home I would love to make a road trip to swing in.

Another great video thanks

Another great video. Thanks for all the what not to do.

I need bars and these look great. I need to hit a bike night to see if somebody has bars I can feel before I buy.

Great vid brother !

Love your bars. I put 10” KST Mayhems on my Ultra Ltd and love them.

@James-hh7hp

5 жыл бұрын

theChestnutMtnTinman was gonna ask if KST are one of the companies John was talking about not being great. How did you find running the cables? I’m close to buying 12 in mayhems for my SGS

@theChestnutMtnTinman

5 жыл бұрын

KST is the company that makes Harley-Davidson’s factory bars. I didn’t install them but Brian who owns Crossroads Custom uses them exclusively.

Great videos man! One of the few on yt who manages to teach somwthing while still promoting their stuff. One quick question, I ride a 2012 883 myself and was wondering about differences in installing apes on that model (wiring ect) don't know if you've already done a video on that topic. Anyways thumbs up from switzerland and ride on!

Great video. You have given me the confidence to change the bars on my Road Glide. I’m glad I’ve got a hydraulic clutch thought 👍🏻 PS The bars look great on your Heritage.

Just ordered the exact same (well almost, I’m getting the solid 1-1/4” nonstepped to work with the risers on my FLSB. Although I’m probably gonna replace the risers anyway. Trying to get rid of a lot of the chrome and polished stuff

this video was a huge help. ill have to come visit columbus.

John Idea for a vid. Differences and characteristics between high profile and low profile tires. And why Harley puts low-pros on say the Road Glide Special but high-pros on the Road Glide Ultra.

I also recently started following Blockhead because I'd love to ride with you guys and I do not live far from Orlando, just west toward Clermont. Not pine Hills!!

Awesome vid!

I just put heritage bars and avon grips on my 05 king custom. Was easy cause didnt have to change any cables or wires

I bought a set of cables not too long ago to do my bar swap. The bonus is I can put on 3” taller bars on the bike if I want to.

@TheHarleyTech

5 жыл бұрын

That’s how I feel. I’m trying to convince a buddy to get 16s so I can just give him this cable!

Love the videos. Makes me want to ride my Harley every time I watch.......... One thing I notice though your always out of fuel lol..... Keep up the good work my man.

Killed it agian bro

Bike is looking sswwweeeeettt!!!

7:06 best second in the whole video 😂 looks absolutely great!!

I was hoping you would have said something about bleeding the breaks specifically on ABS models. Maybe I have to go search through your vids to see if you have something on it. I am getting ready to change bars on a 16 Road Glide and I am curious about the abs break system and if I am going to run into trouble bleeding it after I change lines and the abs unit. Bars look good

@YogisCycleService

5 жыл бұрын

S Triplehorn That was my assumption also. I just haven’t messed with very many with ABS systems

I installed mine myself. I couldn’t see paying $800 for the dealer to install them. I even installed longer brake and clutch hoses. 4 hours...

@missouribrickie5010

4 жыл бұрын

Where did you get the clutch cable and brake line extensions?

@hannibalkintanajr7745

4 жыл бұрын

I need helping finding brakes, clutch and wire extensions also. What all did you get?

@missouribrickie5010

4 жыл бұрын

@@hannibalkintanajr7745 I got all of my wires on eBay and got the clutch cable extension and brake line from HD

AWESOME bars John!! I am sure it drove you crazy to have all that extra cable!! LOLZ I am pretty ADD about anything I do on my bikes so I would have been losing my stuff!!!

I came to see you yesterday. They said you was at lunch. I see to next time when I come that way again. Have a great weekend

@TheHarleyTech

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry I missed ya!

Max. We miss you

That handlebar job on your bike looks like a lot of labor I have a 2017 road glide and I have 14 in bars on mines nice work

I have a 2018 Heritage softail classic 114 also I see y you changed the handle bars harley put cheap junk for bars on there bike am going to change mine to and get some different ones with less vibration. Thanks you John

Hey John. Could you recommend the Tallest Size Evil APES I can go, and still keep Stock Wiring? 2018 Heritage Classic.Thanks.

It's been a challenge to find tall(ish)apes with a shorter pullback. Checked Carlini, great looking stuff, but the shortest pullback i saw was 7 inches. I'm a little on the tall side, and looking for 5-6 inch max. Looks like i'll have a set made for me by a local fab shop. Love those bars though!

I need some bars for my 2012 Road Glide with very little grip angle. More like a dirt bike grip angle but this type of bars.

Enjoy the videos

I had the same issues with my clutch cable as well on a 2018 softail slim handle bar install. Ended up having to go and get the cable shorten by a reputable source.

Since you are in a hot riding area are you gong to install a fan assisted oil cooler? The HD part is really well priced. Do you know if the HD fan assisted oil cooler have to be programmed after installed? Thanks for the vids!

Literally just finished installing 14” Z-Bars on my 2010 FXDWG, so now I’m watching a “highly trained, unprofessional” do it so I can see how it should be done. Instead of taking me like a month to do my own

John, the new Carlin Handle Bars look great. Very informative video. Sucks that The Ornery One’s 2015 Road Glide and all their stuff was stolen at Daytona Bike Week.

Hey john love the channel! Just subscribed. The bars look perfect for your bike. I just had a set of apes installed on my 19 slim here at Adamac in Jacksonville. I was wondering if you have and plans for a fan meetup / group ride in the future? Thanks for all you do bud!

John. I have the same bike and I follow your thoughts around pipes and bar, looking forward to see what you do next. You are a big inspiration! Ps! I have the same pipes as you and had the dealer remove the last part of the inside when it was new and before tuning (one screw and easy to remove,' and can be reversed if you want to), it helped a lot and gave a deeper "rumble". Please share if you have any thoughts around it. Safe Ride!

For those wanting to know about the upper clutch cable and part numbers. I contacted several local dealerships and they don’t seem to have this info. The stock 2018+ Heritage Softail upper clutch cable is 35”. I added 14” bars to mine and went with a 40” upper clutch cable (due to national backorder on the 39” cable). The 40” cable fits great and super easy to install. The HD upper clutch cables 2018+ Softails are as follows: 37” - 37200326 38” - 37200380 39” - 37200381 40” - 37200382 41" - 37200327 42" - 37200383 43" - 37200384 44" - 37200385 Hope this info helps

@Norheg.357

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffbruno1605 If he mentioned 44", it may have been the wrong one he ordered in the video. The 40" I installed on my bike looks just right. a 44" cable on 14" bars would be WAY too much. I will try and post a picture of mine later today. Not sure if I can even post a pic.

@Norheg.357

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffbruno1605 I ordered Magnum Shielding handlebar kit for my bars. I did not realize that the clutch cable was a 1 piece replacement. I wanted to keep the 2 piece stock setup. The brake line though worked out great. Here's the link to where I ordered it. You could contact Magnum Shielding to get the exact brake line part number. Magnum Shield handlebar kit #486961. www.denniskirk.com/magnum-shielding/black-xr-handebar-control-cable-kit-for-use-12-14-ape-hangers-w-abs-486961.p1916487.prd/1916487.sku

@Norheg.357

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffbruno1605 I'll try and get one posted or send me an email address to send it to

@Norheg.357

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffbruno1605 Correct. I bought the Magnum kit, then realized it was a 1 piece. I then ordered the upper clutch cable separately from Harley. I did a lot of internet searching to come to a conclusion that the stock cable is 35". Internet pics kept showing up with a Harley page with part numbers. Based on a 35" stock cable and adding 4" taller bars. I figured I needed a 39" cable. Those were on backorder, so I figured it was better to go longer than shorter. Which is why I ordered the 40"

@Norheg.357

3 жыл бұрын

@@jeffbruno1605 I installed KST Double Troubles. When deciding on how much longer cables I needed, I just figured 4" taller bars = 4" longer cables www.kstkustoms.com/collections/softail-dyna/products/double-trouble-1?variant=32225571596

Hey John! Thanks for all the great content! I don't ride yet, but will here in the next year or so...I would love to see a review or comparison on the Daymaker 7in adaptive headlight vs the JW Speaker 7in adaptive. Just an idea for you on content, and I don't see that comparison anywhere on KZread or web! Thanks for the tech stuff! Love it!

@TheHarleyTech

5 жыл бұрын

Soon as I find about $1600 for both the lights, I'm on it!

Great video. Awesome bars. Are you going to find a place to mount the windshield bag?

Dig the bars. Did you switch the riser bushings to polyurethane? If so, does it make your mirrors shake at higher speeds and RPM’s?

John, I’m thinking this or menace apes on my 2020 Fatboy 30th. (First Harley)I’m thinking 1.5 inch cause as you said, fat front, fat bars. Thanks for your tips.

Great vid! May I have the clutch cable part number for 2018+ models? Looks more convenient than replacing entire cable line.