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Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Chicago Illinois
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Location: Chicago Illinois
Sportbike: Triumph Bonneville...the original sportbike!
Years Riding: Since about 11 years after my adult teeth came in
How you found us: I tripped over ya on my way to the can!
There are still a few shops around that make cables. Two that come to mind that I'm pretty sure could do it are Expert Cycle in Hobart Indiana and Morrie's Place in Ringwood just north of McHenry. Making cables for bikes was routine for shops back in the day...It stands to reason the places that cater to vintage bikes have the know how.
Little Al on Milwaukee Ave. could make cables but he would complain about it while you stood there and watched him make the cable and charge a little too much but, I'd go to him in a pinch and end up with the cable I needed. I don't think he's open anymore, though. There are other places around I'm sure and not all of them are bike shops...let your fingers do the walking.
EDIT: Also..Barnett (the clutch plate guys) make cables. I'm pretty sure they will do custom cables to the customers specs.
"Dirt is for racing on...Asphalt is for getting there" OR "Flat trackers go in deeper and come out harder... OR (With apologies to General MaCarthur) "Old motorcycle racers never die, they just slip off the groove and fade into the dust!
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Last edited by OldTimeBiker; 10-18-2012 at 12:40 PM.
