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Custom Fabricated Disk Brake Conversion on a 1972 Sportster
We used a late model 4 piston front caliper and a 10" rotor. The swap to a dual flange 16"x3.5" wheel was a direct replacement for the stock single flange drum brake wheel, needing only new axle spacers to make the swap.
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