Custom Rim on Pre 2000 model?
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From: Springfield, MO
Custom Rim on Pre 2000 model?
Has anyone mounted a custom wheel on your older Evo? I was looking at buying a 21x3.5 rim but I believe my 95 FLHT runs a 3/4" axle and the newer bikes run 1".
Anyone know what all I need to do to make this work?
Anyone know what all I need to do to make this work?
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I have done several rear wheels but never a front. A "custom" wheel will usually have a bolt on hub, and the easiest solution would be to buy the correct hub for your bike. Fitting a dual disc with the incorrect hub will difficult but not impossible. You will have to mock up the wheel and measure the difference in the distance between the rotors and space and or machine down the hub while keeping the wheel centered. The you will have to change the bearings which will require having a new center spacer made or make/buy "adapters" to go from 3/4" to 1" or 25mm depending on the wheel. Then you will have to measure to buy/make custom axle spacers. Sounds harder than it is.
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Not sure if you are buying this wheel used with bearings already installed or is wheel new without bearings. Either way, when it comes to the bearing the(3\4 or 1") have the exact same outside dimensions, only the inner race is different in size. So any wheel a 3\4" bearing will fit, so will the 1" bearing or the other way around. You will need to change spacers and axle naturally if going to the larger bearing.
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There is more to this than meets the eye! Your bike has tapered roller wheel bearings, with 3/4" axles. Later bikes have an entirely different range of wheels, with sealed ball bearings that are larger in OD, which means the hole in the centre of brake rotors and drive pulleys is larger, to fit those hubs. The fixing hole pattern is however the same. Later wheels have 3/4", 1" or 25mm axles, depending on model year and are interchangeable, so they can be easily swapped around later bikes.
Your rotors have smaller diameter centre holes, so will not bolt on to a later wheel. Later wheels also have wider hubs and in some cases larger diameter rotors. Unless someone here comes up with a definitive description, the best way ahead is to get the two wheels together and see what you can do.
The Renegade wheel will take 3/4", 1" or 25mm bearings.
Your rotors have smaller diameter centre holes, so will not bolt on to a later wheel. Later wheels also have wider hubs and in some cases larger diameter rotors. Unless someone here comes up with a definitive description, the best way ahead is to get the two wheels together and see what you can do.
The Renegade wheel will take 3/4", 1" or 25mm bearings.
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