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so i have to ask besides saying killer ride- is there an easier way besides milling and doing thatever you did, like can I somehow do a bolt on DNA springer and have someone made an axle that would work with stock wheel possibly?????
Check out Paughco's website with springer frontends now made specifically for the dynas. A little steep price wise, but you cant take it with you when you go right?
The deal with the rear fender is that I wanted something a little more extreme then just a regular ol heritage fender...
As far as machining.. I used an angle grinder and a carbide bit, small barrell style, not egg shaped. I am halfway decent with grinders from years of doing things like this (fabbing many parts from trucks to import race cars) so I felt comfortable with it. Others might not because they can often kick back if the speed isnt right.
The bottom requires you to machine away the lip that fits inside of the fork stem (the pipe that is on the frame) It seems harley over engineered this for stability but I wouldnt think they would ever touch anyway. I have no idea if its a 2001 to 2006 thing, a dyna to softail thing, a springer to hydro thing, no clue. But I do know that it doesnt work.
The top I shimmed out with a fender washer that was the right O.D size (fork stem) but not the right I.D. size (fork bolt?). More carbide grinding and a vise to make that work. As far as the top tree being torqued down, the springer has a negative or more negative rake then the regular fork (hyrdo), another member stated this also, he was an engineer as I recall. So the back side of the top triple tree needs to be machined down so that it does not interfere with the top collar of the fork stem. I might mention that this is all what I did to make it work and for all I know Ill have a death wobble on the highway.
This is a 2001 softail springer front end that I used, everybody says I "stole" when they heard how much it was.. I was looking to do a DNA springer for awhile but my spending habits inhibit me from buying things at retail value or the like, so I was waiting for a used one. All said and done the DNA would be about 650-700 on ebay, with the brake kit. Mind you I am still using a 2001 springer brake which is smaller then the 06 dyna brake and different enough that a new bracket would have to be fabbed up. I have never ridden a DNA springer motorcycle but I do intend to use one on a custom frame up build that I plan to do this winter or the following. Planning on selling the bob spring of 09 either way.
The 3/4 and 1 inch axle should be a non issue, cheap easy (~$50) fix. Your going to have more fun with the spacers. As of now the way it sits it rides fine and is almost centered in the fork, but the entire wheel is offset to the passenger side of normal stock springer bike (and so are the fender mounting lugs). I have to re-space my wheel accordingly to make my fender fit. You run into some problems with the upper brake caliper link (fork to caliper backet) if you try to make it the same way the stock springer wheel fits (offset to the springer side) NOTE: the castle nut interferes with the tire. Springer wheels are different then hydo wheels. Their caliper is spaced further away from the wheel. Dont try to understand this until you have a springer fork in front of you, next to your stock front end street bob, it doesnt matter until your that far. Companys make offset disc kits also.
I am assuming the easiest cheapest way to get a springer on a dyna is 1 of two ways:
1. Buy an entire front springer assembly, fork, wheel, brake, axle, ect.
2. Buy a DNA springer and talk to the guys that sell those and ASK QUESTIONS
If your switching fenders, it will be easier to use the DNA. Springer fenders attach with fender links, and they also have a drop bracket that collects to the brake caliper bracket if I remember right. On a DNA, you have 2 pointing points, on the stock springer you have 3.
If you are switching brake calipers, you MUST bleed the brake. I attempted to do this manually, but ended up using a power (air) bleeder.
Its really not as bad as it seems, I am just overly detailed at times (you should see me give driving directions to a woman), but its not easy. I have plenty of tools and know how about mechanics of moving parts, and can spot things in advance.
The headlight is mounted on a new spring bridge that I fabbed up out of 1/8" steel, it bounces around because at different RPMS the resonance? that is passed on through the frame throws the front to back, lateral? spring balance out of wack.
Oh and the detailed pictures of the fender were to show you guys how to mimick a cut made to one side of the fender to have it be consistant with the other. Minus stenciling out something with a plum bob. Or using a giant oscillating barrel sander.
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