Gidday good folks ... i have a mate with a 2004 Dyna Super Glide and he wants to go down the Wide Glide conversion path ... he loves his bike and he is on the short side of life so he wants to stick with the 19 " front wheel ... he already has the rear lowered .

Ok the question is will a 1997 Dyna Wide Glide front end , which another mate has complete with legs , sliders , and tripple trees , slide straight into his head stem housing ... is the length of the 97 head stem the same lenght as the 04 head stem housing if that makes sense .

He is aware of the longer axle needed as well as spacers but there again is there a difference in axle diamiter size between the 04 Super Glide Hub and the 97 lower fork legs where axle sits .

Then there is the issue of the brake mounts of course ... i have said to him to have a look at the few different types of Tripple tree kits one can buy and just use his forks and what not which is a way he may end up going but he was keen on getting the bigger size forks to give the front end a bit of a chunkier look ... if i am right the Super Glide fork legs are only 39 Mil where as the Wide Glide ones are 41 Mil .

Any thoughts out there in Forum Land ... thanks in advance .

 

 

 

Gidday all again ... I take it from the views but no replies that no one here has had any experience with Wide Glide Conversions for Dyna`s ... thanks for viewing anyhow .

Everyone have a Safe festive Season and stay upright .

Tim .

cant say about a 04 but cant see why not with a few mods a mate had a 98 lowrider that he converted from the std 39mm narrow glide
to a wide glide/softail 41mm front end with twin disc back when he did hes nothing was available of the shelf but I have seen
Vulcan engineering do a few front end kits now , he did have to to mill the new trees to suit the 98 head light /housing cover +tap
the top tree so it bolted on like std and also had disc brake spacers as well ,axel its like any thing custom you got to make it fit lol

Thanks for the reply Perthog ... like you say , there is nearly always a way when it comes to customising .

Merry Xmas .