Harley front end on xs750

[Walters_Gallery]

Hey some in doing a old school 70s chopper build with my '79 xs750 special and I'm looking for some advice on going about hitting a Harley front end or possibly a Springer.

Taking my time with this project given that it's a 750 but I'll be posting updates whenever I got the time.

I'm new to the site and any help would be appreciated

 

[gggGary]

XS750 has a very short neck compared to most bikes so that'll need consideration.
All balls has some bearing conversions for doing fork swaps. Think what you want to do may be covered there.

 

[jetmechmarty]

You’re working on a triple? I’ve seen XS650’s with front ends designed for HD a few times. I think there was an XS650 with an XS750 front end on it years ago.

 

[jpdevol]

Dunno about your particular front-end for a swap to the 750 triple, but these folks make various replacement stems (if needed) for various swaps (albeit usually inverted forks): https://cognitomoto.com/collections...0-frame-conversion-stem?variant=3781851086888 Might be able to modify the existing HD stem to work (cut & thread)

AllBalls Racing does show a kit to convert the XS750 to HD FLH front ends https://www.allballsracing.com/forkconversion So, if you're looking at springers, you'll want one for a Big Twin

Front-end swaps generally not for the faint of heart and often require welding and fab work -good luck with the project & keep us posted

 

[Walters_Gallery]

Thank you guys for such great feed back.

Hell yea!!!

So I was thinking a the other day that a springer might be too dicey for right now, but you never know I might just do it. I was more looking for a Sportster, shovel, or knuckle front end; whatever I can get my hands on honestly.

I don't plan on having a front brake for the first couple months after the bikes completely ready to go but I do plan on putting one on, then taking it off again. Sounds dumb but I wanna have my fun with it when I want and still have the ability to slap everything on and off when I please. It's not like it gonna be a commuter bike, but at the same time I still want to put down some miles on it after it's done.

 

[Walters_Gallery]

Dunno about your particular front-end for a swap to the 750 triple, but these folks make various replacement stems (if needed) for various swaps (albeit usually inverted forks): https://cognitomoto.com/collections...0-frame-conversion-stem?variant=3781851086888 Might be able to modify the existing HD stem to work (cut & thread)

AllBalls Racing does show a kit to convert the XS750 to HD FLH front ends https://www.allballsracing.com/forkconversion So, if you're looking at springers, you'll want one for a Big Twin

Front-end swaps generally not for the faint of heart and often require welding and fab work -good luck with the project & keep us posted

So after looking through the list I really don't see any good HD front ends I'd wanna throw on my bike, but I did find a nice Springer from DNA with that classic wishbone + stabilizer. It's for a xs650 but I feel like I'll go through way less of a headache if I go this route. I'd just have to find a good 21" front wheel.

 

[Walters_Gallery]

You’re working on a triple? I’ve seen XS650’s with front ends designed for HD a few times. I think there was an XS650 with an XS750 front end on it years ago.

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Yessir, it's the first I've ever worked on. And I'm sure it's going to be pretty unforgiving but with a beautiful turn out. I was thinking about putting one of those springers made for 650s, I think that'll it'll be a easy conversion.