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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 02:48 PM
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Any of you thought about putting on a set of those bobber/balloon tires on your dyna? I've seen some euro bikes with some fat *** tires on the front. I kinda think that would be different.
 
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??? what is a bobber balloon tire?
 
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 03:44 PM
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i think that it looks kinda like the one they have on the Fat Bob. The guys at harley over here when I said I wanted to change the front wheel, they instantly started talking about a 16" fatty. Check out this months american iron mag there are a couple of good examples in there
 
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Not sure myself. I've just seen some bikes with fat old style tires.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 03:46 PM
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Thanks DRTHEO I'll Check it out
 
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No prob. I think that American iron now has an online forum with some of their articles archived, check that out http://www.aimag.com/forums/homepage.php
 
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dude you can bump up to a 120 on front of the bob stock wheel... looks stupid with the stock fender though... i have modified a fat bob front fender to work on my st bob so i can get up to around a 130 for the next tire change... i like the 19 front wheel woudl not drop down to a 16... but would go up in tire sizes (thickness)
 
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Old Sep 3, 2008 | 04:12 PM
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Fuel For thought
 
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See I like the Exile Cycle look. Do you think he uses 16" wheels?
 
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he uses 15, 16, and 21... your forks and rotors would have have to be replacd to run a wide, tire

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