Trailer Hitch Fender

[Jeriatric]

Man, would I like to. Would be a nice putt.

Been waiting for someone to take this challenge on, and bring it to market. Thought Lamont might when he did his...didn't happen?

Keep us posted as you proceed.

[jthornton]

Man, would I like to. Would be a nice putt.

Been waiting for someone to take this challenge on, and bring it to market. Thought Lamont might when he did his...didn't happen?

Keep us posted as you proceed.

Will do.

JT

[Buttsy]

The fender moves with the swing arm so the ground clearance is the same all the time. The fender is close to the tire so you would have to drive off of a square curb to hang it on anything IMHO. I'll post up a couple more photos.

JT

Side picture shows it, got it.................

[jthornton]

Good news on the pricing for the fender, but I'd have to sell 25 sets to afford being a sponsor the forum for a year

JT

[Cruzr Joe]

John

I think that you are having too much fun inventing things for the Spyder. Your new name should be Inventor John or something similar.

See you at the BBQ

Cruzr Joe

[Rcspyder12]

Looks good , see you have been busy

Ron

[jthornton]

John

I think that you are having too much fun inventing things for the Spyder. Your new name should be Inventor John or something similar.

See you at the BBQ

Cruzr Joe

Some people have called me Mr. Wizard... but I don't wear white shirts or ties.

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See you at MV and the BBQ.

JT

[Jeriatric]

Need to sell 25 units. Two+ a month over a year. 24% overall sales increase annually. What percentage of that number is RT's with trailers is the unknown. 25 a year may be doable coming out of the gate based on the number of units currently using trailers. Some may have already done their own mod. But that's not likely a high number. What to do? tol

[jthornton]

Looks good , see you have been busy

Ron

Hi Ron,

Yea, I'm always busy doing something... how do you like your spyder boards?

I don't even know when the next poker run is...

JT

[Rcspyder12]

Like them very much / wife can get on a lot Easy er than
with the stock pegs /pluss gives me more room to stretch my llegs
we both are pleased with them.

Ron

[sned]

Looks good. If you get a flat tire will it drag?

[jthornton]

Looks good. If you get a flat tire will it drag?

I assume you mean will the fender touch the ground when the tire is flat. Good question, I hope to never find out. I'm adjusting the fender to 14" long by 10" wide. That will have a bit more room on each end.

Thanks
JT

[can-am sam]

Add me to the list of interested. The fender looks great!

[jthornton]

Add me to the list of interested. The fender looks great!

Thanks, I'm making a few minor adjustments to the size of the fender and hope to get a sample of the final fender to fabricate the tooling needed to form the bracket.

JT

[spyderpoop]

I like to get one How much and I.ll send ya the $$$ for shipping too ? or pay by paypal

[jthornton]

I like to get one How much and I.ll send ya the $$$ for shipping too ? or pay by paypal

I'm still in the R&D mode at this point. I'm liking what I have so far but I want to make a few changes after staring at it for hours I'm going to go with a wider fender and change the radius and the length a bit for a fit that follows the curvature of the tire more. I have a few more tweaks to do the bracket so it fits proper to the fender and clears the tire by the maximum amount. Then I have to build the fabrication tools for the bracket (so they are consistent). I'll hand fabricate one more bracket for this fender just to get that right and install this one for testing this weekend... if the rain stops Sunday a test ride with the trailer.

I don't know if I'll have the new fender on by Maggie Valley or not. If not I'll have this one on for people to look at. I'll be easy to spot with the two tone blue spyder/blue trailer that don't quite match and no visible farkels except for the fender and the Elka's.

JT

[jthornton]

Here is the prototype mounted up with some paint spilled on it.

RS-622 Fender 13.jpg

JT

[pwm]

I am interested as well. I will be watching for a price.

[witty]

Let me know how it all works out

[Motorcycledave]

I had the same problem with my GoldWings & Harleys with the trailer hitch getting
all dirty and the wiring & plug same thing.... They make a fender extender for that
or why not a mud flap ???
HOWEVER... it looks like you are a killer mod guy, "I used to be one, got old" so
fab on and keep fabing.
Dave

[fireplug98]

I'm in for one !!!
Looks like a great idea !!!
Will it be black ??


Tommy J.

[jthornton]

I'm in for one !!!
Looks like a great idea !!!
Will it be black ??


Tommy J.

My initial thoughts were to supply it in bare metal this way it can't get scratched up when shipped. Rustoleum rattle can red primer and semi gloss black is what I used on the prototype. It's a decent finish for something that far from view.

JT

[jthornton]

We went for a trial run with the trailer today and with the heavy rains the last few days around here there was quite a bit of mud and gravel on the roads. The trailer hitch is clean, not a drop of mud. The only debris and mud is on the lower plastic part on the trailer. Some will get by the gap no matter what but IMHO the fender did it's job and limited the mud splatter to a small area of the trailer. No mud was above the plastic part or on top.

How does this compare to the factory setup?

RS-622 Fender 14.jpg
JT

[jthornton]

Just an update on this, I've been riding with my prototype fender and bracket for several hundred miles now and I have finalized on the size of the fender as well as how the bracket will be made. I have a sample fender on the way. I will have the original prototype on the Spyder at Maggie Valley if anyone wants to look at it.

JT

[Jeriatric]

Won't be there. Look forward to feedback.