Removing the rear fender

[1BlackWidow]

I want to take off the rear fender because i really love the look of the exposed rear tire. In looking at it, if i remove the fender, all of the other belt guards and stuff would have to come off as well. If this is the case, will i be left with bolt holes and stuff that will make it look like something is missing?
Does anyone have detailed pix of this mod?

[Dyno824]

Go to classified and click on warrior exhaust. This guy did it.Maybe you could ask him for more pics.Den

[Spydroe]

The lower belt guard stays but the top one goes.

[SpyderGirl]

Has anyone had any problems with the rear tire hitting the plate while riding two-up with this set-up?? I'm looking for alternatives. I am tired of losing my license plate.... twice in less than 2 years.... and that rear fender is on it's way out or to be modified.

[dave01]

Has anyone had any problems with the rear tire hitting the plate while riding two-up with this set-up?? I'm looking for alternatives. I am tired of losing my license plate.... twice in less than 2 years.... and that rear fender is on it's way out or to be modified.

Yep, I had to bend mine up a little to make room for 2-up riding. You can relocate it all the way back and get more clearance too.

[Smylinacha]

I met a girl who had a gorgeous gloss black Spyder. I keep telling her to go on here and haven't seen her yet. Her fender is off her back tire. I asked her if anything in the passenger area gets wet if it rains. She said everything gets soaked except for where she is sitting, in the driver's seat. So if there were a passenger on the back or if you put anything back there, plan on it getting very wet on wet roads.

Just like when I see my friends ride their Harley. He's got a bobtail fender. When it rains, it causes a fountain effect and it soaks his wife who is riding as passenger. I wanted to remove all fenders but I won't for this reason.

[SpyderGirl]

I met a girl who had a gorgeous gloss black Spyder. I keep telling her to go on here and haven't seen her yet. Her fender is off her back tire. I asked her if anything in the passenger area gets wet if it rains. She said everything gets soaked except for where she is sitting, in the driver's seat. So if there were a passenger on the back or if you put anything back there, plan on it getting very wet on wet roads.

Just like when I see my friends ride their Harley. He's got a bobtail fender. When it rains, it causes a fountain effect and it soaks his wife who is riding as passenger. I wanted to remove all fenders but I won't for this reason.

Been there, done that, got soaked coming home from TN without the rear fender. We are adding a trunk which should help a lot deflecting water off the passenger and I am considering putting the rear fender back on, just shortening it up and coming up with an alternative for the plate considering I've lost two already that had been mounted to that unreliable rear fender.

[bone crusher]

I met a girl who had a gorgeous gloss black Spyder. I keep telling her to go on here and haven't seen her yet. Her fender is off her back tire. I asked her if anything in the passenger area gets wet if it rains. She said everything gets soaked except for where she is sitting, in the driver's seat. So if there were a passenger on the back or if you put anything back there, plan on it getting very wet on wet roads.

Just like when I see my friends ride their Harley. He's got a bobtail fender. When it rains, it causes a fountain effect and it soaks his wife who is riding as passenger. I wanted to remove all fenders but I won't for this reason.

I see no need to remove the rear fender...bike looks fine with it and it does keep the bike cleaner...

[USRanger]

After a 90 miles ride, my rear fender decided to ditch me and run off with my license plate. Has anyone heard of this happening to someone else? I wanna build a case to get paid back by Bombardier. It looks like the brackets just fatigued, failed and let it go, nobody hit me, didn't run on anything, it just fell off. The brackets look like the fender was torn off them.

[boborgera]

After a 90 miles ride, my rear fender decided to ditch me and run off with my license plate. Has anyone heard of this happening to someone else? I wanna build a case to get paid back by Bombardier. It looks like the brackets just fatigued, failed and let it go, nobody hit me, didn't run on anything, it just fell off. The brackets look like the fender was torn off them.

Theres been a few fender brackets that have cracked, Do a search.

[bone crusher]

From our freinds at VTC I think this solves the no stock fender problem and yet keeps things practical.

eh...

[wyliec]

From our freinds at VTC I think this solves the no stock fender problem and yet keeps things practical.

I was thinking about purchasing that back fender; but, I couldn't get past the looks of that thing that covers the swing arm.

[bjt]

I was thinking about purchasing that back fender; but, I couldn't get past the looks of that thing that covers the swing arm.

I think all their parts are standalone products. You don't have to get the swingarm cover to go with that fender. You don't have to get the fender if all you wanted was the swingarm cover. That is one of the great things about their products.