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About Mike Wells
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PLEASE READ BEFORE ASKING A QUESTION!!! I CAN ONLY ANSWER QUESTIONS ABOUT HARLEYS !!! I DONT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT OTHER MODELS!!! I have a Harley only shop with 30 years experience located in Ohio. We specialize in complete and total repair, restoration, hi-performance, and custom bike building. I can work on Flat Heads to Twin Cams. Please, dont ask how much somthing is going to cost to fix. Labor prices differ all over te country as well as shop to shop!

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Engine rebuilding (can be shipped), Trans rebuilding (can be shipped), Restoration, Custom bike building

 
   

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Motorcycle Repair - 1977 harley sporster


Expert: Mike Wells - 11/1/2009

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How do I put a wide glide front end on my 77 sporster. I think I need a coupler? The other is on the swing arm, can I find a swingarm to fit the 77 that will allow a wide tire , a 200 or even a 180 without a lot of bucks seems as if no one knows where to go to locate the stuff needed for the changes , not much market I guess.fred

Answer
I dont know of any swing arm that you can put on your bike to install a wider tire. You may have to do a search in the net to see if you can find one. You bike is so old that there are not many custom parts made for it anymore. Same ting with the wide glide front end. All you would need is a triple tree that will fit a 77 frame. You dont need any kind of coupler.
You might be better off to find a frame, with swing arm that will take a newer triple tree and wide swing arm.
Good luck and happy riding
Mike

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