He there everyone. New to the site, this is my first post. Looking forward to all the info I can get here.

I finally moved up from my Customized Vulcan 800 Classic to a Black Denim 2012 Fat Boy Lo which you probably already no has minimal Chrome. (YAY) Of course she's going through the personal mods and (as much as I dislike the bullet hole disc's) the wheels will be last. More like next summer but I'm looking for feedback / advice now.

I have never been a fan of fat front tires (replaced the front 16" on the Vulcan with a 21" and on my wife's Vulcan with a 19")

So I plan to put a 19" on the front and hopefully replace the rear with the slightly narrower 180 instead of the 200. Ideally I'd like to put the wheels from a Switch back on the bike. I like the picture in my head. lol And I have had it with cleaning spokes.

Has anyone else done this? If so, what do I face regarding spacers in the rear? Tire clearance to the front fender with a 19" I don't see being a problem.

Any comments / advice would be appreciated.

 

A 17" wheel will revolve 804 times in a mile at 50mph so it don't matter if it's solid or spoked at those revolutions they are both gonna be solid ..... urban myth about solid wheels ...... had a 07 Fatboy since new and every now and then give it some windy or not ..... and i don't shake,rattle,or roll all over the place

 

Not a FatBoy, but a Heritage,, Just me but I don't care for the Solid Wheel Look and I like the Spokes..

Draw Back,, yes,, spokes need adjusted every so often.. and almost all of them need Tubes. An Extra cost at tire changing time..

But I really like the look of those Heavy/Big spokes wheels.

Mag or tubeless wheels have an advantage and a few of them I like...
Still I'd be hard pressed when or if I ever change to one of them.

Here IMO is one BAD *** looking wheel.
BLACK MAMMOTH FAT 52 SPOKE WHEEL 16x3.5 FOR 2008+ HARLEY SOFTAIL DELUXE HERITAGE

I'd be hard to not go in this Direction when/if I change out the wheels.













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Agreed. I rode nothing but spokes for more years than I care to admit. Put a set of Fatboy wheels on my bike a couple years ago and it's every bit as stable as it was before I changed them.

 

I put a Fatboy REAR wheel on my Heritage at the first tire change, I like not having to worry with spokes and a tube on the rear, and I like the way it makes the bike handle as well. And the option of running a fatter rear tire is nice....

 

Wow, that is BEAUTIFUL! What are they asking for those????

 

I have just changed mine to Renegade Rocklins, and strange, as mentioned above, I have a slight wobble at about 60kph, but nothing at 120.

 

AusMongrel .... Love the wheels very sharp looking! and the bars are they the Harley ones? ....

 

SkullTrainHarley, thanks for that info. Still, Fat or skinny spokes, I'm just not into the detailing time anymore. Additionally, I like the tubeless factor.

AusMongrel,VERY Nice! But I will be going as black as possible.

 

Thanks man

Yep! They are the Mini Apes.