Well, it’s been a bit of a hiatus while we moved to the new house. The wife has been keeping me busy getting things in order here. Hell, I still haven’t been able to set up my workshop quite like I wanted too, but it’s workable for the time being.
Today I decided to spend a couple hours on the bike while the wife and kids were out. I previously installed a set of cb750 bars as they were predrilled for internal wiring. They just didn’t feel real comfortable though. So today I swapped out the bars for a set of no.10 tracker bend bars. They are low and wide and I find them quite comfortable. The only issue is they aren’t drilled for internal wiring like the stock 75 bars are. So that was my task for this afternoon.
Once I had the old bars off and pulled the wires out, I marked the location for the entrance holes under the controls. I started with a small pilot and the switched to a uni-bit to get to a size I was happy with. I tried to keep a small as I could as I don’t want to create too much of a weak point. Then in the center I did the same, but drilled 3 holes and filed them down to a nice oblong hole so both sides would fit through.
Next I filed down all the holes so you don’t tear the sheathing. Then I used an old piece of wire and taped it up nice and tight to my wire bundle. I don’t pull too hard but rather rely on push feeding it through and pulling out the slack with the lead wire. Don’t forget to put your clutch perch on first though! It’s got to go on before you feed the wires through unless you have the clamp on style instead of the pinch bolt. It takes some work to get them through. You can use some spray lube if you want, but it usually just hinders my grip. Not my first time doing this, actually this is about my fifth set of bars I’ve internally wired. It really just make a clean looking setup
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I still have to finish hooking up the wiring, but that’s another day. I threw on my xs2 gauges just to see what it will look like mocked up. I’m quite happy so far.
still to come, installing fork gaiters, the xs2 mufflers, and of course finishing up the gauges and ignition switch.