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Old Mar 18, 2017 | 05:42 PM
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upgraded to brembos, new wheel and larger front tire on 04 road glide.

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Gotta love those new Brembos. What size wheel and tire did you go with up front? Certainly looks awesome!
Big Sky country, spent a week there last July and thoroughly enjoyed the area. Family function so no ride time though.
 
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18 x 3.5 on a 25mm axle. mounted a 140 70 18 pirelli tire. 1 size larger than the stock dunlop really fills the fender.

pirelli is a 73 load rating vs a 63 on the stock dunlop so should get decent wear plus its sticky
 
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I've got a rear caliper and spacer I had made for my '06. Never got around to installing it. If you're interested let me know.
 
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I've got a rear caliper and spacer I had made for my '06. Never got around to installing it. If you're interested let me know.
thanks, already changed rear when i installed 07 SE road king rear swing arm, wheel and 170/70/17 rear tire
 
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Looks good. You'll love the brembos
 
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Looks great but I really like the blacked out lowers. Hope to get around to doing that to my Road Glide at some point.
 
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Originally Posted by bigskyroadglide
upgraded to brembos, new wheel and larger front tire on 04 road glide.

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Is that "Chopper Blue"?

If so, do you have the original fender?
 
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Originally Posted by multihdrdr
Is that "Chopper Blue"?

If so, do you have the original fender?
yes its chopper blue. yes still have original fender however its black. i did a repaint about 3 years ago and went with the fatboy fender at thst time.

love the chopper blue.
 
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Yeah, I have chopper blue FLHT...Nice color
 
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