Does anybody know if tubeless rims from a newer Dyna will fit an 2008 Deluxe? I can pick up a set for 100.00 bucks. My wife wants to get away from spoke rims and get away from tubes.

Doug

 

I don't know for certain, but if the spoke count is the same and the rim sizes are as well, you should be fine. You could always ask your local friendly dealer, if nobody comes up with a better answer on here!

 

Thanks GRBROWN, we are trying to go from spoke wheels to a solid rim to get away from the tubes. Much easier to repair on the road.

 

Doug,

Thinking about it, do check at a Harley dealer, just to find if you can use them to rebuild your wheels. They must be doing something clever to make them air-tight and you want to be able to do that again with those rims!

Further thought, are you talking just rims, or complete wheels with those rims already fitted?

 

Are you serious with this? A rim and a wheel are the same thing. A spoke wheel or rim has to have a tube. That is the clever thing Harley is using to keep them airtight. Going to an aluminum or mag wheel will allow you to not have to use a tube.

 

With a wire spoked wheel there is a hub, a handful of spokes and the rim. They get built up into a wheel. BMW has a design of wire-spoked wheel where the spokes are outside the tyre, which is how they make their GS wheels tubeless. Harley still fit their spokes between the tyre beads, so they must have a clever trick to make them air-tight, so they can fit tubeless tyres. There are some custom wheels that are also tubeless, but I haven't worked out how they do that!

I asked OP if he meant his 'rims' were actually wheels, or loose rims he plans to build onto a set of hubs.

 

Buy Harley spokes still require a tube. Unless he found an outer hoop from a BMW GS that he can lace to a Harley hub, an aluminum wheel is the only option. Price out those GS wheels and you will see how pricey they are. Doesn't seem like a logical choice. I doubt the HD dealer knows a magic trick either. You would have to rubberized and seal the inside of the rim which would play hell on the balance.

 

Sorry to get off track. If the wheels are the same size, they should work. Just make sure the axle ans bearings are the same size. You may have to plat around with spacers. Some guys with my year have put a Softail Deuce rear wheel on there Dyna's no problem. Outside of the bearing issues for different years, the only factor is the hub width. You should be able to measure yours and just check with the seller on what he has. I think all of the newer bikes after 2006-07 all use the same bearings. Depending on the model is when they switched over to the latest size.

 

Here's an article about how to seal a spiked rim for tubeless applications. It seems like they would charge a pretty penny, but if you are set on spokes and tubeless, it could be worth it. And BMW uses the nipple at the hub. It's a pain in the *** to true and BMW dealers won't work on them. They say you have to replace the wheel. There are some specialists that will do it, but they charge minimum of $200 to just true it. Also the hub wouldn't fit a Harley. Gbrown, I didn't mean to insult you, you just didn't provide any info on your post to sound like anything with some intelligence to back it. Here's the link for the sealer.
http://www.streetchopperweb.com/tech...els/index.html

 

I think you will find Harley now offers tubeless wire-spoked wheels. And I reckon that is what OP is talking about. We need him to come back in and tell us more!