American Motorcycle Dealer AMD 171 October 2013 | Page 49

New brake
options from
Hawg Halters
IN response to the increased use
of large front wheels on Touring
models, Hawg Halters Inc.
(HHI) has introduced its X-23
bolt-on triple tree kit.
The new kit is designed to
make it easy to use a 23in
front wheel on FL models
without needing to modify the
frame. The X23 bolt-on triple tree
kit fits all ‘97 and up Touring bikes,
and positions the front wheel forward
approximately 2in. It does not require fork
extensions, uses stock length fork covers, maintains
a fully functional fork lock, includes fork travel

limiters, and does not need a raked head light bezel
kit.
The X23 is available in machine or black finishes.
To keep everything in proportion when using an
over-sized front wheel, HHI has launched its BFBK –
an 18in, six-piston caliper and floating rotor kit.
This kit features a new six-piston
differential bore caliper for 18in brake
rotors that the company claims is
the first direct bolt-on, purpose
built caliper for the big wheel
Bagger market.
The BFC-18 caliper, used in
the kit, features a completely
redesigned and upgraded sixpiston configuration with
bigger bores and larger brake
pads to deliver increased overall
braking performance. It is
available in polished, chrome
or black anodized finishes.
The matching BFR-18in
floating rotors can be ordered to match Renegade
wheels or in an HHI design with matching or contrast
finish to the user’s wheels. The BFR-18 rotors are
manufactured in a traditional HHI Pin Type design.
The BFR-18 floating rotors feature a billet
aluminum center section in chrome or black, with a
420 stainless steel, cross drilled friction ring.

Manganese
bronze valve
guides

HAWG HALTERS INC
Dahlonega, Georgia, USA
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
www.hawghalters.com

KIBBLEWHITE PRECISION MACHINING
Pacifica, California, USA
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
www.kpmivalvetrain.com

KIBBLEWHITE describes its latest valve guides
as being designed with the price-conscious
engine builder in mind.
The manganese bronze valve guides have the
usual exacting Kibblewhite tolerances, but
with reduced toughness/wearability when
compared to the company’s premium C630
nickel aluminum bronze valve guides. The
softer manganese guides are said to be easily
reamed, and then can be delicately finished
with Kibblewhite’s high quality ball hones. In
fact Kibblewhite states that with any batteryoperated or electric drill, users can ream and
hone manganese valve guides in less time, and
in the absence of expensive honing equipment
required to properly size nickel bronze guides.