Im interested in getting rid of my factory rear fender on my FXST and installing a bobbed rear fender similar to the Heartland kit but I'm not cutting the frame up to go 200 tire. What are some of the fenders you guys are running? Thanks

 

Really?

 

Look around for strutless fenders or, Heartland has a 180 bobber kit.

 

I can get you a nice discount on all Heartland stuff. You don't really have to cut up the frame for a Heartland kit. You chop off the frame horns, that is it.

 

Some guys are chopping the fatboy fenders just behind the struts, just got mine in the mail yesterday. You will need to lower the rear 2" though to make any bobbed fender look decent, in my opinion.

 

Thanks, I'm already lowered 2" in rear. I'll look into fatboy fender.

So nobody makes a bobber style fender that just bolts up to shorter fender struts? I'm just looking to get something that ends on top of the tire instead of the fatbob fender.

 

I switched from the original FXST fender to a Fatboy fender for $69... http://kcint.zoovy.com/

Fender was smooth, no tail light mount tab...

 

Check out Roland Sands Designs...they have a chopped rear fender, that still mounts to struts. It looks good, and gives the bike a whole new style.

If you just go to google, and look around for rear fenders, you will likely find several that fit the bill you are looking for. That's what I would do. I have done it before, and I will tell you, there are about a thousand different styles that still fit that small description. Just look for "rear fenders". You can add in different things to narrow it down, but that will give you a starting point.

 

Looks like you have a 2005 right? I think the Roland Sands is for a 200 tire. Cutting a stock fender would probably be the low cost way to go. Otherwise you could have a custom fender made. Here is a picture I found a while back of a night train with what appears to me to be a chopped fender. You'll notice by the fender struts that it's a similar year model to yours. I think he just left off the fender strut covers.
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The best way to go IMHO is with a fender which is fixed to the swing-arm, you get that cool slammed chopped look without compromising ride quality...

Mimo.