Thanks,
It looks like Black Pearl, but get ready, the color is "Black Night Metallic" rust-oleum rattle can with 3 coats of clear. Night Train emblems (the gray skulls on the emblems went well with the paint).
The only mod on the forks was I went with 30w oil, rides just as good as it did without the fairing.
These photos are a couple of months back, I will post some new pics this weekend.
HD dual bulb halogen, these are stock headlamps for some touring models and can pick one up on ebay for around $75. HD wants $140 for new. Not as nice as the LED daymakers but better than the standard single bulb or sealed lamps.
Is that a streetglide front wheel? How did you pull that off?
Yep, it is a 2013 FLHX front wheel. Changed out the 25mm bearings to 3/4 and had a machine shop mill the brake rotor face side of the wheel, bolts right in with correct spacers. The rotor face on the left side of the wheel must be cut down so that the rotor will align with the caliper otherwise the front fork legs would need to be upgraded to the FL touring style along with touring caliper(s) etc.
Would have like to installed a 2014 front wheel but they will not accept the 11.5" brake rotors, would have more $$$ than I wanted to put into mounting a factory wheel.
Yep, it is a 2013 FLHX front wheel. Changed out the 25mm bearings to 3/4 and had a machine shop mill the brake rotor face side of the wheel, bolts right in with correct spacers. The rotor face on the left side of the wheel must be cut down so that the rotor will align with the caliper otherwise the front fork legs would need to be upgraded to the FL touring style along with touring caliper(s) etc.
Would have like to installed a 2014 front wheel but they will not accept the 11.5" brake rotors, would have more $$$ than I wanted to put into mounting a factory wheel.
I bought a (package assortment) consisting of different lengths on ebay, it had the ones that I needed. The spacers on each side will need to be different length than the stock softail spacers due to the hub on the FL touring wheel is wider (outside of bearing to outside of bearing). I installed different lengths on the left side until the rotor aligned with the center of the caliper and then used another one on right side to fill gap between bearing and fork leg. All making sure that the wheel is center of the fender, legs and caliper. Costs: wheel with tire (new take off) $120, machining $40, bearings $30, spacers $40.
I bought a (package assortment) consisting of different lengths on ebay, it had the ones that I needed. The spacers on each side will need to be different length than the stock softail spacers due to the hub on the FL touring wheel is wider (outside of bearing to outside of bearing). I installed different lengths on the left side until the rotor aligned with the center of the caliper and then used another one on right side to fill gap between bearing and fork leg. All making sure that the wheel is center of the fender, legs and caliper. Costs: wheel with tire (new take off) $120, machining $40, bearings $30, spacers $40.
02-12-2015, 02:34 PM
