The Hill Country bar kit comes with extended brake lines for the longer bar. Reroute the brake lines back to the ABS brake unit located under the side cover.
With the necessary removal of the front fairing and brake and cable swap that came with our Hill Country Kit, it still required almost a full day from start to finish with the meticulous and extremely skilled mechanic Kazoo from Freedom Performance behind the wrench. Gaining access to the bolts is an extensive process, and a good portion of the bike must be disassembled to reach that point. Don’t be surprised if your local shop quotes you with a large labor cost. This job could be done at home with basic tools if you have the patience and time to carefully disassemble everything and put it back without missing any steps along the way. For that reason also, this is a quick overview of the process, and a proper shop manual is necessary to accomplish each portion.
For our 2012 Ultra Classic, we wanted to improve the look and style of the bars with a small increase in height. The owner, John DiMassa, is a tall guy and wanted the extra height, so he chose 12-inch Hill Country apes to better fit his size with chrome accessories. He didn’t want to go overly tall because that defeats the purpose of the protection of the fairing if your knuckles are up and sticking out.
Replace the front brake line on the ABS with the new line supplied in the kit.
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Use the pre-existing line mounts to run the cable back to the fairing
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Remove the chrome exhaust cover to access the transmission cover bolts more easily.
Drain the oil from the transmission and take off the cover. Loosen all the clutch cable play from the cable. Remove the clutch cable from the ball and ramp assembly.
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We have reached the halfway point on the swap process. This picture illustrates to what extent the bike must be disassembled to do a bar swap.
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Replace the old clutch cable with the new cable, and reassemble the ball and ramp assembly.
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Route the new cable to the front of the fairing, and leave for attachment to the new clutch master.
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Refill the transmission with oil and fill to factory specifications.
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Grab a buddy and have him hold the new bars while you clamp the new bars in place. Don’t tighten just yet.
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