You can buy a brand new set of regular black and polished LR wheels from a discount Harley dealer for $825, plus new bearings, you can reuse the sleeve. Thought of having mine powdercoated but then you gotta remove the tire and pull the bearings also. That also means brand new bearings for about another $100. $300 for powdercoat and about a 10 working day turnaround means a good $400 plus tire removal and reinstallation. So now you are around $500 at least. I decided to paint mine. Got the front one done today. Just gotta finish the orang stripe in the morning when the paint is ready. Total cost $12 for two cans of SuperMaxx paint and $12 for the orange stripes I'm puttin on

 

Brother, that looks so much better! That baby poop brown on the wheels doesn't do anything for me at all either; it's awful. Your solution is perfect!

Well done

 

Thanks, the rear wheel is more of a PITA to pull because I gotta remove the muffler to pull the axel. I'll remove the pulley and disc as well to paint the wheel. I made one of the Dyna wheel alignment tools in the service manual so I should be able to get it back to correct belt tension and position or darn close. Like your Wide Glide, bought one it 2010 new.

 

Glad you've made an alignment tool; it does make a difference setting the rear wheel alignment.

One suggestion. If you're going to remove the pulley change out the pulley bolts; the old torque spec was something like 65 ft-lbs as I recall, the new spec is 25 ft-lbs and then a 60° rotation of the bolt. I always remove the rotors and pulley when I do new tires but I also always replace the pulley bolts.

The rotor bolts are 16 - 24 ft-lbs; not as critical, that pulley does take a bit of force. I'd hate to see a bolt fail and back out on you

 

I knew the front rotor bolts were 20 ft lbs. I was thinking the rear was more since it's a 3/8 bolt rather than a 5/16 like the front. The new pulley bolts are always a good idea. Paint was dry enough to mount the stripes and put the wheel back on. What a difference. I'll tackle the rear tomorrow

 

That's much better than the "gold"...looks slick!

 

That's just a hot looking bike, you done well!

What's the orange stripe, paint or tape/sticker?

 

It's actually reflective tape. Adds a real safety factory after dark for those drivers approaching from my side.

 

The wheels are going to be a great finishing touch. Nice job.

 

Sweet ride man, can we get a full side shot with the new wheel color? ..Im not in love with my gold rims either.