Street Bob, Larger front tire

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06-02-2009, 06:50 AM

dpriest

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laced a 16" rim to the original hub knocked up a new front fender and it looks nice and fat now!

nice job. that combo looks great. What size tire and how wide is the rim? where is the fender from?

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06-02-2009, 06:56 AM

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nice job. that combo looks great. What size tire and how wide is the rim? where is the fender from?

your right, that does look great. i have always wanted the fatbob front tire. i guess maybe a relace is in order... or maybe ill wait till i need a new front tire.

do you know how much taller the new tire and rim combo is... would it work with stock fender???

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06-02-2009, 01:16 PM

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Damn y'all and your pictures!

I haven't even got my bars paid for yet. Give a guy a chance!

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06-04-2009, 05:49 PM

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fat front rim

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Originally Posted by dpriest

nice job. that combo looks great. What size tire and how wide is the rim? where is the fender from?

thanks bloke.the tyre is a 130/90/16 same as fitted to the crossbones.the rim is a 3.00x16.as for the fender nothing is available off the shelf so i got a steel generic dyna front fender cut about 6" off it & widened it by 1.5".looks mint and rides good.

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