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Old Jun 4, 2017 | 03:23 PM
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Totally lost from the beginning of the thread, I need a beer
 
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Old Jun 4, 2017 | 03:43 PM
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Totally lost from the beginning of the thread, I need a beer
Long story short I tried to change the front end from a wide glide to a mid glide and failed and now own a vrod in addition to my bob lol.. a beer sounds great right about now.
 
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Is there still a spacer on the brake rotor from when it was set up with wide glide trees? If so, that will stop the caliper from lining up
 
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Old Jun 4, 2017 | 04:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Stevesavage
Long story short I tried to change the front end from a wide glide to a mid glide and failed and now own a vrod in addition to my bob lol.. a beer sounds great right about now.
Lol well now you got 2 rides to choose from, lucky some, I raise my beer.
 
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Are the caliper mounting bosses and the casting line "Off-Center" (like shown below) or Centered?
 
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Old Jun 5, 2017 | 11:33 PM
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Looks like you still have the rotor spacer installed like Tat2u mentions...You have to remove that
 
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Looks like you still have the rotor spacer installed like Tat2u mentions...You have to remove that


Wow... feel a little stupid lol. Is it hard to remove?
 
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So yeah bikes back together. Thanks for all the help everyone.
 
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So yeah bikes back together. Thanks for all the help everyone.
We all learn here, glad you got it sorted, some amazing guys on the forum.
 
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