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You stated that you are using Street Bob forks on Fat Bob trees. I did the same thing for a few years.
-you may have noticed by now that the FXDF fender did not work with the FXDB fork lowers. The fender holes are a little different. You can re-drill the fender tabs to make it work.
-Klockwerks make two fender adapters to deal with this when adapting to FLS fenders. One for FXDF forks and one for FXD forks. I made a set long before they came out with theirs. Believe me, Klockwerks is a bargain at $150. My one offs are now sitting in my parts bin unused. I could be convinced to part with them.
-You don't have to tear apart your front wheel unnecessarily. An Electra-Glide (Wide) hub can be used rather than your Street Bob (narrow). Your original Street Bob spacers are the correct size for this combination.
Here is my Street Bob with Fat Bob trees.
To add to what AFMM3 is saying about the differences between the lowers. The distance between the red arrows (in the pic below) on the Street Bob I believe is .75" and on the Fat Bob I believe is 1.5", this is where the bracket mounts to the fork. When you start mixing parts between models, you might need to make some mods. I had to machine out the area where the blue is in the pic obtaining the shape seen with the blick line.
Also, here is another close-up pic of the Wide Glide hub mounted to the Street Bob legs in Fat Bob trees using the stock Street Bob axle spacers on the longer wide glide axle. No mod work required to make any of it fit together or line anything up.
Last edited by blueangel73; Jan 6, 2015 at 09:11 AM.
Thanks for all the input on this, its very much appreciated. Some of what has been posted has already gone through my mind, and there are logical (I think) reasons for why I'm going the way I am.
This is mainly down to cost. I'm on a tight budget and I think I'll get this done by using mostly second hand parts (FB trees and front fender, SB rear rim) minimal new parts (Hawg Halters wide glide kit, and a set of made to measure spokes) plus a front tire and tube.
If I was to go for the suggested route of a Road King wheel that would cost a fortune in the UK. The wheel alone would cost more than I plan to spend on the whole job. Even used parts like this are very scarce in the UK and expensive. Also this would mean swapping the rear wheel for a 16" to match, plus new tire and tube etc. Overall I think would costs at least 3 times what I'm hoping to spend.
So far I've fitted the trees and wide glide axle kit with the front wheel/tire/fender all as stock, it works fine as it is, all the spacers make everything line up perfect. I have the 17" rim ready to go and my new front tire should arrive any day now. I'll do a trial fit of the tire on the rim to make sure it fits well before I get the wheel built.
Like I say I haven't seen another Dyna with a fat front end and 17" wheels but I think it'll look great. Fingers crossed.....
To add to what AFMM3 is saying about the differences between the lowers. The distance between the red arrows (in the pic below) on the Street Bob I believe is .75" and on the Fat Bob I believe is 1.5", this is where the bracket mounts to the fork.
Following up on your point, I have noticed the slight difference in hole spacing, and it won't matter because I'll reposition the fender a little due to the different tire radius and also to have a nice tight fit between tire and fender, but why would they change something like this other than to stop people like us mixing and matching parts?
EDIT - I just got the calculator out and the 140/75x17 is almost exactly the same radius/diameter as the 130/90x16
Wide Glide hubs and spokes (i am sure the spokes listed wont work unless you want to make the front a 21") via UK eBay site. Prices aren't bad IMO. I am sure the hub, the spokes and the rim (i am guessing you already have this) are all cheaper then the HH Wide Glide Kit (not that I want to take there business away, but you are trying to save cash). As long as you have you orginal Street Bob axle spacers and the match the sizing on the new axle, it should all work out. Also, I do believe that these hubs can use the same spokes as the current 17" HD rear wheel, so ordering the spokes will be easy from HD.
Ł40 ($60) is cheap for the hub, but although it's on the UK ebay site, it's in the US so the shipping is another Ł40 then there's import duty and VAT to add making about another 25%. The taxes are payable on the shipping as well as the parts so the $60 hub will cost me about $160 by the time it's here. That's assuming the seller will ship to the UK, most won't.
Anyway, I have almost all the parts now so changing tack will double my costs and leave me with a lot of parts.
As regards the spokes, anything from HD costs silly money here. A set of custom made spokes from the wheel building shop will be cheaper and will definitely fit.
That is a lot of taxes! Time for a revolution..............
I know! The revolution is coming though I think. There's some transatlantic trade agreement coming that'll get rid of some of those taxes. They'll get it some other way though, they always do.
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