We rode a wide tige kit for Harley-Davidson Sportster

We will replace the tijas of origin with a Wide tige kit to enhance the front of our bike, providing a more "fat" and robust appearance.
To achieve our objective we will use one of the many existing kits in the market, of type "bolt on", that is, that it is installed without making any modification, and brings everything necessary for its assembly.

The kit
The pieces that make up the kit are the upper and lower tija, the shaft of the same, the new axis of the longest wheel, and two sets of separators. One is for the brake disc, since by increasing the distance between the bars and the wheel the brake clamp is also spaced apart and in this way the lateral displacement is corrected. The other separators perform the same function but fasten the fender, thereby allowing the same to be located in the same original position with respect to the wheel.

The preparation
The first thing we need to do to assemble the kit is to raise the front of the bike so that the set of forks and wheel is free, to then be able to remove it from the shaft. We will also take advantage of dismantling the fender and brake clamp.

We continue with the disassembly by loosening the 4 screws with Torx head that hold the forks of the forks and at this point we loosen the bolts that hold the towers of the handlebar and we can already loosen the top screw of the axis of the tijas to remove them.

We start riding
The next step is to extract the lower bearing of the original tija (if it is deteriorated we will replace it) and install it on the axis of the new tija, not without first lubricate conveniently, from inside out, we have done it with a bearings greaser.

We perform the same steps with the top bearing, and install the new tijas following the reverse order to the disassembly and respecting the torque pairs of the Harley-Davidson service manual.

The bars have to stand out a few millimeters from the top.

Next we have to remove the brake disc from the wheel and install the separator

and back to screw the disk over this one. For these menesters we continue with the pairs of tightening and mounting sequences indicated in the workshop book of the model on which we work.

After reinstalling the wheel at its location we can no longer mount the brake clamp and the fender, using the separators provided in the kit.

Completion and adjustment
We make sure that we have followed all the steps and we check that the brake works correctly in our new front, much more imposing and we make a last step consistent in adjusting the slack of the direction so that it is neither very tight nor very loose.

This last step is critical, since its correct execution will depend on the direction of the bike being properly behaved. Again we follow the manual at the foot of the letter to check this setting.
As always, the final step consists of a road test where we will check that everything is working properly and at the same time we will be able to enjoy our new wide glide front.

Frank Burguera

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