damn- sorry to hear that i noticed it in the vid too. are you sure you can't slightly enlarge the mount holes to give it a slight bit of adjust? you don't need a lot of hole enlargement to get some decent play.

 

I asked the Harley tech. He said the holes are almost the size of the spacers. So if I woller them out the spacers would go through.

I sent you a pm Dog.

 

really? those are some dang big holes. and no luck with loosening them a bit and trying to adjust? with holes that big I'd think you have at least some play room. When I fit a fender I usually use a piece of 1/4" rubber, cut into two 1/2" by 2" strips. place one under the front center of fender between fender and tire, the other one same place on the rear end. this holds the fender pretty centered on the tire and then I mark my mount holes and drill- I drill the holes a tad larger to give a slight bit of play. Although with your fender wrapping so far down you may need to use scotch tape to hold the rubber spacer to the tire.

 

oh and btw you don't need to make the entire hole larger- you can notch out an edge of the hole so it gives a bit more play in a specific direction. for example, if you needed to pull the rear of fender outward a bit, which would also pull the front of fender down, then shave the edge of the hole that would give you some play room in that direction.

 

I'm starting to get frustrated. Everything is going wrong. I feel like Alain trying to get tins painted correctly lmao.

 

you've got a beautiful bike there PB! LA Dog has a good idea about notching the hole to compensate for the offset instead of drilling the entire hole bigger. Hang in there; you've got a smokin' hot bike and everything is coming together nicely. Some chrome legs, and Gasser wheels and she'll be off the charts!

 

yeh hang in there bud- this is totally "par for the course" with building a custom bike. you think this is a hassle, try building one from the ground up! With my Big Dog, hell the machine shop screwed up my cylinder bores, the headwork shop sat on my heads for 6 weeks not doing the work, then blaming me for not giving them clear instructions (which I had), S&S sent me defective pistons and a defective HVHP oil pump, the paint shop screwed up and used the wrong paint, the oil tank had some sort of copper residue in it and clogged up the motor build, the mechanic did not clearance my cam properly and it ate the nose cone bearing,... shall I go on??? 9 months later, I got it all straightened out. this **** just happens sometimes and you have to set your expectations accordingly, and then be pleasantly surprised if everything does work out as expected- it rarely does / there are always some shortcomings. Not saying it doesn't suck though cuz it always does when it's your ride. One thing it did teach me is it's wise to own two bikes- nothing like a good ride to clear your head and gain back some needed patience.

And I can't tell you how many custom parts I have "Fixed" with a dremel and assortment of tips!!

Anyway take a deep breath, hang in there bud!

 

Hahaha. Don't remind me of those days !! Like Dog says, this is all part of the process man. If getting the front fender mounted correctly is the only hassle you have to go through than you're not doing bad at all. Still sucks, I know.

I would try a dremel first before I shipped the bike or all the parts to that dude for adjustment.

Put up some pics of the fender mounted so we can see what we are working with. Then take off the fender and post up some pics of the holes and the bolts to see how much more you can do with those holes.

Don't let it intimidate you man. We'll help you.

 

I'll be at work today, but I have this one that I sent to my fab guy.

 

Looking at that pic, I can't help think the radius cut of the fender is not even with the radius of the rim. it could be slid back a bit, but then the outer edge of the fender top will look too close to the rim, like it does now with the bottom of fender. If you tilt the front down then the mounting tabs will look crooked against the fork lowers. Is there any way you can loosen the mount bolts and adjust the orientation of the fender? usually the holes in the fender mounts are larger than the bolts and give you room to move it around a bit.