Very cool. I guess the tread pattern disperses the water correctly for the front.

 

Well first, I would recommend doing the kit route for most but I wanted to try my hand at it from scratch. No mods to the forks at all externally, bought a rear 8" chopper fender from Led Sled guys for $150 and they cut the wrap outline for me but the big trick is fitting it properly to the forks and I had to do that, took an entire day to drill 4 holes in the exact spot that they had to be ! Some finish work on the roll marks on the fender and it's ready for paint, also cut the cans 1" higher on the inside then polished them. The wheel was a hubless rear modular Revtech wheel off of ebay that was display wheel so only paid $350, bought a front dual disc ABS hub for it from J&P Cycles, put an Avon 180 tire on it and a "kit" is born ! I have $1,100 in parts tire & all then a few hundred for paint so entire conversion came to about $1,500. The bike is an absolute joy to ride, way beyond my expectations , handling and smooth ride is awesome as you would know. Even at new prices I can't think of a mod that changes the appearance, ride and handling as much as this does, highly recommend doing ! Thanks !

 

Well done, sir, well done.
Jerry

 

I love the fat fronts on fairing bikes, especially the Road Glide, but not so much on the kings. Nice bikes in here though.

 

I prefer the fat tire over the giant front wheel.

 

Both your bikes w/180 look killer. Paul Richards builds nice stuff.