Sportster Wheel, Rotor, Sprocket Installation

6. After loosening the pinch bolts and sliding the axle out, the front wheel/tire was removed from the bike.

7. We went to Wheel Works in Garden Grove, California, to have the tires installed on the new wheels. Since the tires were still in good condition with low mileage on them, there was no need to put new rubber on. Shop tech Adam started by installing H-D's Wheel Installation Bearing Kits on each wheel.

8. After the stock tires were installed on each wheel, Adam mounted and balanced the wheels, then filled them with Nitrogen to about 35 psi.

9. Back at Freedom Cycles with the newly mounted and balanced wheels, Kazoo got started installing the new H-D matching front Revolver rotor. After each bolt was treated to some Loctite, the front floating rotor was installed to the wheel, and then torqued to factory specs.

10. Since we're not running a dual-disc system, we utilized the hub cover and bolts to keep it clean looking. Here, Kazoo slid the front wheel back in place.

11. After installing the front axle and tightening the pinch bolts, Kazoo slipped a new set of pads into the front caliper before re-installing the caliper back on to the bike.

12. Moving to the rear of the bike, Kazoo fit the matching H-D Revolver sprocket to the rear wheel, and then he installed the rear H-D Revolver rotor and was ready to mount the wheel.

13. The rear wheel slid easily into place. After Kazoo reconnected the lower shock bolts, he then slid the rear axle through the wheel.

14. After placing the belt on the sprocket, a new set of pads was slipped into the rear caliper before Kazoo re-installed the caliper.

15. To match the new chrome wheels and add a bit more bling, the plastic stock lower and upper belt guards were removed and replaced with H-D's Chrome Lower Belt Guard, followed by the Chrome Upper Belt Guard.

16. The installation of the wheels and front and rear brakes-rotors, sprocket, and pads-added to the Sportster's look and spruced it up. It also helped that when choosing the parts to enhance the bike's appearance, we selected parts that looked good together, like the matching wheels and sprocket; everything came together nicely.