for those of you with the knowledge, what would it take to mount a fatboy rear fender onto my fatbob?

 

You might look at the new dyna switchback fender. Not sure what the strut measurements are, but it might bolt right up.

 

That's what I would advise, too. I bought a soft tail fender blank and had to narrow it 1/4", shorten it 1-1/2", re-radius it, drill it and spend a lot of time working on it before it was ready for paint.

The FLD fender should bolt right on, however, you didn't mention your bike year! If It's older than '06 you are out of luck.

 

From what the service manager at the shop said (apparently he was involved in testing this model at the proving grounds) the SWB is wider than a FXDB but narrower than a Fat Bob. However I'm reading in another thread that someone measured it at just under 8" which would make it narrower than a FXDB but I don't see how either of these scenarios would be true because it has the same size rear wheel and tire so it stands to reason that it will work. Unless I find otherwise I plan on trying it.

 

Look up the frame part numbers for each that may help. If they are the same you are set.

 

It would take more time & money than it's worth.

Back when I was messin' around with my back fender I had a SE Fatboy fender on hand... the width was right but the radius was off and the bigest deturant was the fit between the frame tubes under the seat, in front of the wheel and FBSE fender.
It just wouldn't work.

The fender I ended up with cost me more than $400 w/o paint.

 

Can't go by the numbers - the neck angle is different.

 

I have an 09 parts book... the frame part numbers (for 2009) are:

47463-06BHP 29* for FXD, FXDL, FXDC & FXDB
47281-08BHP 29* for FXDF

47293-06 29* is stamped on the top of the back bone on my 08 FXDF

I agree that you can not go by the part numbers.

 

Too bad they made the neck different - would have made checking MUCH easier. But I still stand by my opinion (and you know how those are) that with the rear wheel being the same size as other Dyna models - the fender should be the same width and will bolt right on.

 

I thought about the switchback fender too and went to the dealer yesterday and measured the fender width and it was too narrow. Fatbob is 9" and it was 8". But I believe the bags would bolt up. The mounting hardware measured 10.5 " center to center which is the same as the fatbob. I have FLH bags and think I might buy the switchback mounting hardware for the bike and the bags if the price is right. They will not the the new parts list until next week. I think these mounts will pull the bags in closer to the bikes compared to using the ghost brackets.

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