[christopher]

And I decided to get another fender and start cutting it up.

 

[jtodd]

looks pretty good. What did you cut it with?

 

[11Stryker]

Hey Man, looks great. Can't wait to see how it looks on bike. Is that Shimbos old fender? Lol

 

[christopher]

i cut off the big pieces with a cut off wheel on my 4" grinder. Then I shaped it with a sanding pad and a rotory file. Then I chain drilled the holes and cleaned then up with a pnuematic grinder and a hand file. I haven't tried it on the bike yet. I made a side mount for the license plate. I'm just trying to figure out what i'm going to do about the lights. I have some ideas i'm kicking around but nothing is etched in stone.

 

[sfcmcgan]

Pretty cool!! breaking new ground!!!

 

[wlfpak65]

**** thats NUTS!!! Crazzy Style!!! But Tight As ****!!!! My thoughts too... Where will the lights be???? Maybe something like Nyjol Did on his lights??

 

[fujums]

That is simply awesome dude. I've been wanting to cut off the ducktail since I got the bike. Please don't wait until the lights are done to post some pics of it on the bike

 

[crazy8ight]

very nice. i like the execution. please post a pic on the bike. i'm curious as to how you outlined the template for it?

 

[MY LIFE]

Very nice. I'd be worried about the tail portion however. I believe its going to get soft with time and will crack or break off. I'd shorten it and round it off to prevent that from happening. Tail light you may have to do what Nyjol did. Really nice cutting.

 

[christopher]

Very nice. I'd be worried about the tail portion however. I believe its going to get soft with time and will crack or break off. I'd shorten it and round it off to prevent that from happening. Tail light you may have to do what Nyjol did. Really nice cutting.

Yeah, its still a work in progress.

 

[sfcmcgan]

It would look awesome and crazy if you could figure a way to mount it really close to the tire, and have it move in conjunction with it.

 

[ktourville]

Nice work. I have a used fender on the way and i'm doing the same thing. I plan on mounting the lights to the side of the fender and use a run/turn/brake control so it just has the two lights on the sides. post pics and we can compare notes. It's a long winter up here so I have plenty of time to work on mine.

 

[UrbanRage]

that's kick ass... I will be watching this thread.. keep us updated

 

[christopher]

So I tried the fender on the bike today. I'm just not feeling it right now. Maybe it will look better once I go to a 250 tire on an 8.5" wheel. But for right now it just has too much space and not enough to fill it. That and the lines just aren't talking to me.

 

[sfcmcgan]

WOW that sits high! didn't see that coming... wonder if it would look any better with a solo seat...

 

[clar2001]

Your cutting skills are good the job was neet , however the bike looks naked you can see the frame rails and it just looks like sothing is missing. the little tail left on the fender will bend easily durring ridding.

 

[11Stryker]

Great idea, but looks like you could have maybe only taken 1/2 what you did. Trial & error- we've all been there.

 

[elle]

I wanted to do the same kinda thing with my fender, but was going to leave it a lot longer. I was going to start cutting a lot farter down. Doesn't L&M have the LED light bars for the rear? That's what I was looking at for rear lights, maybe.

 

[Natedog]

The only way this is going to work is to figure out a way to mount it to the swingarm then cutting off the rear sub-frame all together. A fender like this only looks good if its hugging the tire. Whether or not you're willing to go that far ....

 

[wlfpak65]

Mos def missing something..... Phat TIRE!!!! would make it look a little better