Hello,


I just got a 93 FXSTS and want to put a FLSTS front fender on it. I know the brake is on the wrong side but someone must have done this before? A buddy of mine put a 21'' tire on his FLSTS with no problems but he sold his bike so I dont have one to look at. I know it will take a longer axle. Any other ideas?

 

I know I'm late in answering your question by more than 2 years, too bad too because I did it almost 3 years ago. It started when I wanted to put a fat front tire on my FXSTS frankenstein project bike, a Fat Boy tire and Wheel to be exact. So in order to do that I reversed the fat boy wheel so that the brake rotor was on the right hand side and then mounted the tire 'backwards' on the wheel so that it'd be running forward. Follow me so far? I then was able to use the existing Springer right front brake caliper on the Fat Boy wheel. Now came the problem of having to fit a fender to this revamped front end. I decided I would have to use the FLSTS fender as nothing else came close to fitting the fat front tire. The first thing I found out that I would have to remove the chrome acorn nuts on the rockers and replace them with jam nuts to make room for the FLSTS fender within the forks. Then I had to come up with a way to stabilize the fender to the front forks. I did this by drilling, tapping, and then welding a 3/8 jam nut to the inside of the left stationary fork, then using KBS silver RustSeal paint (tuff stuff!) to cover this modification instead of having the front end re-chromed. Having done this it would allow a dawg-bone stabilizer to hold the fender in place (see pictures) on the left side. I also had to relieve the fender to clear the stabilizer. Yes, you will need a new axle and all the little goodies to attach the axle and fender to the existing rockers. You will also need to cut down the higher positioned original FXSTS fender mounts to clear the FL's fender. I cut them almost flush and used button-head screws to cap them off. I used the one on the right side to attach my brake line to so it wouldn't damage the paint on the new fender.

I called this my frankenstein bike earlier because I not only changed the front fender but I cut out the original motor mounts on my EVO Springer's frame and mounted a rubber mounted (using a dyna front mount) Twin Cam 88. To see the bike as I finished it a few years back please watch this YouTube video and see the other youtube videos of the bikes I've built too.

 

A couple of more pictures since I cant add them to the previous post:

 

Hello, I realize I'm responding to an older post, however would like to get more information on the fender install. I have a few questions. If you are still available to chat about this please respond. Thank You !