I want to lower my front fender to create a tighter / closer fit on my bike.

Looking at it it looks to me like I can just remove it and redrill holes 1/2 inch highter on the fender to lower it on the bike. Also how much clearance is needed between the fender and tire to be safe?

Has anyone done this ?

Thanks in advance for any feed back.

 

I slammed my heritage fender. I took the fender off the bike, cut the stock mounting brackets off just inside the fender, taped a 3/4 (approx) waterhose to the top of the tire to make some clearance, then got the fender in position, redrilled holes, done.

It's a little time consuming to get the fender straight and center, but it can be done. Check out the pics in my gallery, you can see how slammed it is.

 

I have been thinking about doing this myself. I posted awhile back and got no response let me know how you make out with this.

 

Take the more expensive route and get a bigger wheel. Although, the dropped fender does look killer.