FXST with 16" front wheel

[number1nole]

Well here is my bike after changing out wheel/fender/light to fatboy parts.Also lowered the rear 3/4".
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[Tx_Outlaw]

Looks good! Are you going to swap the rear rim also, or going to change out the front one later?

[toby]

That is an incredible looking bike. Looks great.

[Obree]

Looks great! Actually did the same to my nighttrain a week ago. How did you lower the back?

[toby]

Obree,
Do you have any pics of your night train? Also, how tough was figuring out the spacing for the front wheel and the rotor. This will be my first project once the weather starts getting colder and I'm not riding every weekend.

[number1nole]

Tx Outlaw;I'm not sure which wheel is going to get changed.I wanted to make sure first that I liked riding this setup, so I tried to do this as cheap as possible in case I didn't like it, I could recoupe most of what I put in it (right at $320 total for the wheel/tire/fender/headlight).So far I really like it, so I'll probably keep this setup and when I have the money get an 80 spoke front or save some money and get a fatboy wheel for the back.

Obree:I went with the Harley profile low shocks,I was told that the spring rate is different than stock (don't know for sure if that's true,but I went with them regardless and am happy with them)and since I do ride 2up kinda regular that sounded better than a lowering kit.

[Obree]

Toby, a few pics in the Nighttrain thread, last page

Number1nole, like the car as well!

[dymo]

Attachment 32480 I just get mine done with the fatboy wheels and fender

[The_Snowman]

Originally Posted by dymo

Attachment 32480 I just get mine done with the fatboy wheels and fender

Hi dymo,
That is a sharp looking bike, very nice, I'm thinking of doing the same.
Can you please give some details on the front wheel / fender changeover? Does the fender bolt right in there? How about the axle spacers?
Thanks, John

[netgawd]

Looks good. I also like the car... '69 Mach I, my favorite Mustang ever!

[Lunker]

I did the same to my WideGlide, but with Road King wheels (I hate cleaning spokes and am slowly ridding the bike of chrome). I love the way it handles now. I can really dig into turns and know that I have a lot of rubber gripping the road. The 21" wheels had that low profile and I never felt good about leaning hard on turns.

[dymo]

Hi The Snowman ,here is the part for the changeover
lowboyfender (bolt right on) with 1 small washer on each side
vivid black paint job for the fender
wheel bearing spacer part#40910-84b
wheel spacer hub cap 0.250"
wheel 41260-03
tire 43022-91a dunlop
and the rest is small washer and lockwasher for the fender and the galiper.
4 hours of labor for the job
cost for the job around $1500 canadian
I go for a road test on the highway .the bike handle like a charm i love it
dymo
sorry for my writing in english this is not my speaking language and writing

[mudphish]

I have the whole set up minus the spacers for the axle, including the bigger headlamp. The fender is bare and ready for paint, it sits at my paint shop..

$275 pls s&h if you like

mudphish@comcast.net

[Samuel1941]

Please excuse my ignorance, but doesn't changing from a 21" wheel to a 16" lower the front end quite a bit??? Or does the fatter tire make up for some of the diameter loss in the wheel??

I've got an FXSTI and would like to do this but am concerned about feeling like I'm riding downhill all the time and the ground clearance (ie, loading the bike into a pickup with ramps).

[Tx_Outlaw]

Depends on overall wheel diameter. I had installed a 130x18 on the front of my Train and it lowered the front about 3/4" (remember, you're using radius, not diameter when considering how much it lowers the front end).