Has anyone put a road king or fatboy front wheel on their softail? Any major problems involved when you did it? Mine is a 06 softail standard.

 

i had a blacked out fat boy wheel on my night train. no problems, but i had to get spacers cut for it, as the stock spacers wouldn't work.

looked pretty tough.

 

Did you have any problems otherwise? Did you take it off?

 

it reduced the trail slightly, but still noticable.not enough to affect the ride.

yeah, i took it off when i triked it. i woulda loved to keep it on, but the big skins in the back dwarfed the little 16" wheel.

 

Mine is currently chopped with a seegercycle front end, but I'm hoping to be able to put a road king front end on it. Same with the hard bags. Did it affect the trail because of the standard rake on the softail?

 

yeah, i don't claim to be an expert on rake and trail, but the even a change to a different sizewheel will alter the trail. i believe mine was diminished some, making it a little lighter to steer.

like i said, not bad, just different. don't sweat it. do it and enjoy the ride.....

 

That's what's very cool about the seegercycle chopper front end. It adds 13 degrees but maintains factory trail. It works on a ball joint system. very cool. But I'm ready for an old man's bike, cause I'm old now. I spend too much time on the highway and looks cool, but...

 

you gota picture of the front end?

 

YOu can go here: www.cousinmichael.com/HD.html and get more info at www.seegercycle.com

 

My 16" has been on for over a year (5k+ miles), and I love it. The bike feels more stable, and more settled in turns. I can remember the old (billet) 21" 'skipping' a bit during high-speed turns on rough pavement- not enough to feel dangerous, just... noticeable. The fat tire doesn't do that at all.