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posting this here in case anyone is thinking of putting modern wheels on their evo… i just picked up these 21x3.5 and 18x4.5 wheels on my 95 flstn. the conversion was super easy. for the rears you will need a 1.5” spacer on the pulley end and two .25” spacers sandwiching the rear brake caliper mount. front need to press out the speedo pick up’s spacer and shave that down to 1.06 (an inch might work too) on the brake/speedo side. the other side you can reuse one of the .5” spacers from the rear. these were cut from 1” OD and .75” ID stainless stock. this set up is perfectly aligned and tracks true. here’s the final product still on stands…
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fitting a modern wheel on an evo
