Hey gang,

I've decided on getting a '98 FLSTC. I'm too old and too tired to mess with tubes and spoked rims. I change my own tires and yeah, it's a PITA, but messing with spoked rims is just too much added to it plus more dangerous with blowouts/flats at speed.

Is there an *easy* way to swap over to tubeless rims for this bike? Will I need to change the axle and both bearings to something different? I'm just looking for the simplest way to do this is all.

Thanks for any ideas and pointers.

 

Google can be your friend sometimes. Here's the first site that came up when I Googled custom rims for your bike.

https://www.motorcycleid.com/1998-ha...ge=2#prod-list

 

A buddy of mine has the exact bike. He found exact fit tubeless spoke rims on Dennis Kirk.

 

There is no need to switch axles or bearings.
The cheapest and easiest thing to do is go get some stock wheels for an evo bagger.
They can be had for cheap and they are a direct swap for the spoked wheels you have now.
It's what I did to my 95 Heritage.

 

+1 the front on my 88 was a spoke, found a stock evo rim for $90, went right on with stock parts.

 

I have a 21" wheel from HD from their Parts Catalog. Cast wheel, tubeless. I had it on my 1997 Wide Glide for years, than went back to spokes. Shipping might be pricey but I would sell it cheap enough to get it out of the basement. it is for a 2000 and up, but I ran it on my 1997 with zero issues. I recall it was a direct fit except you needed a 2000 and up rotor, the older ones do not bolt up.

Here it is sitting in the basement, PM me if you are interested:

 

Sorry I'm getting back to this so late, it's taken a year for the accident settlement to finalize and I get it this Friday.

I found front and rear rims from a 1996 FLHR Road King...will those do the trick?

If they work, is there anything I will need to replace, since I'm swapping these with the stock spoke rims fon my '97 FLSTC Heritage?

When I want to replace the bearings, what service manual should I use for these rims? Will I need to get spacers?

Sorry for all the questions, but the settlement wasn't as much as my lawyer was hoping for because the guy that ran into me had the minimum he could get of insurance on his car, so I need to not spend money when I can help it.

Thanks bud for any assistance with this. I'm easily confused, heh.

 

The rear wheel will fit.

The front wheel from FLHR is dual disc...

Any Evo era Fatboy solid wheel will work, but you will need to change a spacer on the front, rear is direct replacement.

 

Yeah the front wheel is dual disk but you don't have to put a disk on that side if you don't want to.
It just won't be pretty.
FWIW I don't recall having to change a spacer in the front but it's been a few years since I did it.

 

What about slime in the tires?