I have an 05 night train with the 16" rear wheel can I upgrade to an 18"?&nbsp\\; Go to an 18" wheel with a low profile tire for the same overal diameter.&nbsp\\; has anyone done this, let me know.

 

You may have to play around with different size spacers, but no reason it shouldn't work as long as you stay inside the swingarm.

 

I have a 92 Springer and I changed over to a 160/60/18 on a 4.25" rim from a stock rim with 140 tire. We had to space the rim to line up with the sprockets. I also switched to a chain and went with a 9" Arlen Ness taildragger fender. We didn't have to move the tranny over as it aligned with the rear sprocket. The only thing I didn't like about the chain vs belt is the oil slinging on to the fender.

 

im running a 18 X 5.5 with a 180 metz

 

on a stock swingarm?

 

I have seen it done on this cite. Dig around a bit in the old night train forum.

 

What, if anything, did you have to change/modify?

 

I just did the whole wide tire wrap, when the new rims and tires came in i compared them to my old ones, the 16(160 dunlop) was actually a hair taller than the 18(240 dunlop extreme low profile)..based on this i would say the 18 should fit the stock swingarm

 

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Rthomp159, I have a 99 softtail……………..I used the stock swing arm.&nbsp\\; I had to change to a 70 tooth pulley from the stock 65 and a 20mm wide belt with 133 teeth.&nbsp\\; Then new wheel spacers to get it all to fit.&nbsp\\; Could not use the chrome belt guards any longer due to the bigger radius of the new pulley so I cut the belt guard tabs off, filed, sanded and painted the swing arm to clean it up a bit.&nbsp\\; About 1/8 clearance between swing arm, tire and belt.............Tight as hell but no rubs.&nbsp\\; Looks awesome.&nbsp\\; Jerry from hog pro helped me work it all out.
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