Softail frontend on Dyna FXDL
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Softail frontend on Dyna FXDL
I'm considering going to Wide Glide front end on my Low Rider, and while looking I got a line on a Softail one. Anyone know if replacing complete front end of stock 2003 Low Rider with one from same year Softail is a bolt on affair, and would a Wide Glide one be also? Different frame on the Softail, but is the neck diameter/length/ect the same or not?
Or, can I just get Wide Glide triple trees, and use my Low Rider forks/tubes/ect.? Thx all.
Or, can I just get Wide Glide triple trees, and use my Low Rider forks/tubes/ect.? Thx all.
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I'm considering going to Wide Glide front end on my Low Rider, and while looking I got a line on a Softail one. Anyone know if replacing complete front end of stock 2003 Low Rider with one from same year Softail is a bolt on affair, and would a Wide Glide one be also? Different frame on the Softail, but is the neck diameter/length/ect the same or not?
Or, can I just get Wide Glide triple trees, and use my Low Rider forks/tubes/ect.? Thx all.
Or, can I just get Wide Glide triple trees, and use my Low Rider forks/tubes/ect.? Thx all.
Don't know what you plan to use for a wheel. If a standard "wide glide" width, yer good to go, otherwise you'll need to have wheel spacers machined.
HD likes to hide/stuff a lot of wiring under that headlight brow, so you may want to trim some the neck-area wiring to clean up the look. On my '02 FXD, there was so much excess wire, it couldn't all be stuffed back into the frame.
Lower tree after 5 minutes with an angle grinder & a Dremel.
I went with FLSTC fork legs, simply 'cos I was going for the FL vibe.
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