Have you made new holes in your stock front fender to lower it so that it will hug the wheel more?

If you have, by how much did you lower it and are you happy with the result? Pics?

 

I'm getting ready to do this on the GF's Nightster. That thing needs to come down!!

I started a thread on this a few weeks back and I believe some people posted pics. It looked good.

 

Be careful doing that. It does sit too high, I agree. But the fender has about 2" diameter more path than the front tire, so simply dropping the fender will cause the fender to look flat against the tire. You will be fine as long as you don't drop it too much. Lay down some masking tape on the fender struts, eyeball it first, mark your location, then drill the new holes.

 

eff it, take it off.

 

You don't ride in the rain, do you?

:-)

 

I do but I get the inference. lol I wear a full face so, it really doesn't matter when it's raining

 

I wear a half helmet :-)

 

I lowered the fender on Plain Jane but I found an old one that had straight mounting legs. It was a big improvement. I'd post a pic but Photobucket is sucking right now.

 

You can always try http://www.imageshack.us/ or http://tinypic.com/

 

I did this both to the stock fender on my '04 Custom and most recently the '70 Sporty fender I've put on it; in each case I lowered the fender about 3/4". The stock fender looked great afterward, while the jury is still out on the old fender (which has the chrome mounting legs on it) as it sits a tad flat.

Here is an old photo of my bike from 2008 showing the lowered front stock fender: