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Old Nov 5, 2022 | 10:54 PM
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Originally Posted by john lee
a full resto or tidy up ?. a good project you got
Looking more and more like a full resto, the more I try to tidy it up lol....
 
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Originally Posted by TwiZted Biker
Well if you got the that god awful bobber bug, pull the fender and keep stuffing till the sidewalls rub the legs and you can't get the caliper back on.

Otherwise any wider profile is gonna touch with the old full FL fenders, maybe find a Fatboy style and play with the mount tabs you can go bigger and still not smoke the paint.
I probably should have specified, not wanting wider just taller, and not looking for the pizza cutter look, just a little taller tire.
 
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Originally Posted by DoubleJ74
I probably should have specified, not wanting wider just taller, and not looking for the pizza cutter look, just a little taller tire.
Friend's son put a 23 on his Road King - didn't look bad and fit with stock fender.
 
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Originally Posted by DoubleJ74
I probably should have specified, not wanting wider just taller, and not looking for the pizza cutter look, just a little taller tire.
Old school 16" retro tires then, they are just a hair wider but tall gives a very full look. Think Avon & dunlop has a line of them.
 
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