Well, can't decide.
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Custom Taildragger Fender.
I purchased a 180 degree Milwaukee Iron rear fender and have modded it to fit my WideBob. My question is do you think it would look alright with the bottom like it is or should a trim the bottom so that it is parallel with the ground. The fender originally started out as a 11.5" blank.
I then masked off the 3 inches that needed to be removed from the center to make it 8.5 inches.
I then cut the 3 inches out and welded the two halves back together which gave me 8.5 inches.
Then I smoothed out all of the welds.
Then dry fitted it to my bike. I can't decide should I leave the bottom like it is or trim it parallel to the ground. Since this pic the fender has actually been cleaned up a lot around the wheel opening so that it actually looks like a fender now. I still need to add some to the front so that it follows the wheel around to the swingarm.
I then masked off the 3 inches that needed to be removed from the center to make it 8.5 inches.
I then cut the 3 inches out and welded the two halves back together which gave me 8.5 inches.
Then I smoothed out all of the welds.
Then dry fitted it to my bike. I can't decide should I leave the bottom like it is or trim it parallel to the ground. Since this pic the fender has actually been cleaned up a lot around the wheel opening so that it actually looks like a fender now. I still need to add some to the front so that it follows the wheel around to the swingarm.
Last edited by ghostrider69; 07-09-2010 at 09:04 PM.
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I managed to get a little more work done on the fender this afternoon. I used the front from the stock fender and welded it to the new fender. An observation I made while doing all of this is how cheap and flimsy the stock fender is compared to the new Milwaukee iron fender which is about 11 gauge.
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