Extreme Wide Tire Kit
Nothing looks cooler lurking under the rear fender of a bagger than a 200mm tire. It adds to that meaty appearance the FL chassis has and adds to both the stability and performance of such a heavy bike. What plagues most wide tire kits is the amount of parts, specialty tools, and time it takes to do the conversion. Enter Reno Cycle Worx and it's Extreme Wide Tire Kit, which is an answer for the home mechanic who feels the need for some big rubber. We had an older '02 Electra Glide sitting around awaiting a few other upgrades, so we offered it up to Reno Cycle Works and they took us up on our fat tire proposal.
The Extreme Kit includes a replacement swingarm, a rear fender that accepts OE Harley-Davidson turn signals and taillight, an inner primary, a rear pulley with spacer, wheel spacers, bag brackets, fender spacers, -inch H-D carbon fiber belt, a transmission pulley with spacer, a primary gasket, as well as saddlebag and fender strut supports. The Reno kit does not require removal and replacement of the transmission mainshaft. This alone saves countless hours of installation time over most other wide tire conversions. The kit also requires no primary spacing and the saddlebags remain in their stock locations.
While we were gearing up for our wide tire installation on our '02 FLHT, we contacted Ride Wright Wheels and grabbed a set of its Fat Daddy wheels in a 18-inch rear coupled with a 21-inch front. Ride Wright also supplied us with a set of its new all-chrome floating rotors and wrapped them all up for us in Avon's best rubber. Once we had the bike, the Reno kit, and wheels finally in one location, we hiked it all over to Freedom Cycles in Anaheim, California for the install. In the hands of Freedom's ace mechanics, The Reno Cycle Worx Extreme Bagger 200 kit was installed in less than four hours, so a mere mortal in his or her garage could easily do it in a weekend.
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(1.)Ace mechanic Kazu started the endeavor by removing the saddlebags and seat from the bi
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(2.)The rear wheel and brake assembly were removed from the bike.
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(3.)It was then time for the rear fender and other saddlebag mounting hardware to be remov
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(4.)The OE swingarm was taken off and the bushings as well as pivot points were checked fo
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(5.)The fluid was drained from the primary and the primary cover was then taken off.
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(6.)The clutch, primary chain, and compensating sprocket were all removed to gain access t
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(7.)The inner primary was then removed to gain access to the transmission sprocket.
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(8.)Using our George's Garage specialty tool we successfully removed the transmission spro
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(9.)The new sprocket from Reno Cycle Worx on the left is smaller in diameter. We will comp