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REAR FENDER REMOVED??
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Firefly
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SpyderGirl
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We rode from eastern TN to northern CA without a rear fender (we had to remove it with the braces failed and we had lost our plate).
It made the underside a mucky mess and the Corbin bags got filthy too. When we hit some rain AR and OK the passenger got a nice bath.
I do love the way it looks without, but not sure it's the best idea. To each is his own.
It made the underside a mucky mess and the Corbin bags got filthy too. When we hit some rain AR and OK the passenger got a nice bath.
I do love the way it looks without, but not sure it's the best idea. To each is his own.
bjt
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I've been without a fender since last spring when my fender brackets broke. I tried a few different things for a license plate mount and finally settled on a bracket I made to hold the plate off of the Kewlmetal rear rack I got.
first attempt with a motorcycle fender we bought off of SpyderGirl.
I saw a similar thing on an Australian website but I was never able to get the motorcycle fender to be sturdy enough and it rubbed on the tire whenever I went over bumps. I tried remounting and shaving the motorcycle fender down but I never got it to work like I wanted.
Next, I made a bracket to hold the license plate vertical on the left side of the swing arm but the combination of vibration and wind was too much for the bracket to handle and it broke after about 1,000 miles.
This is what I'm using now and it works great. There is more dirt and water flying up off the rear tire but not so bad that I am looking to go back to a fender.
first attempt with a motorcycle fender we bought off of SpyderGirl.
I saw a similar thing on an Australian website but I was never able to get the motorcycle fender to be sturdy enough and it rubbed on the tire whenever I went over bumps. I tried remounting and shaving the motorcycle fender down but I never got it to work like I wanted.
Next, I made a bracket to hold the license plate vertical on the left side of the swing arm but the combination of vibration and wind was too much for the bracket to handle and it broke after about 1,000 miles.
This is what I'm using now and it works great. There is more dirt and water flying up off the rear tire but not so bad that I am looking to go back to a fender.
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Thank you very much for the photos. That helps more than anything.I've been without a fender since last spring when my fender brackets broke. I tried a few different things for a license plate mount and finally settled on a bracket I made to hold the plate off of the Kewlmetal rear rack I got.
first attempt with a motorcycle fender we bought off of SpyderGirl.
I saw a similar thing on an Australian website but I was never able to get the motorcycle fender to be sturdy enough and it rubbed on the tire whenever I went over bumps. I tried remounting and shaving the motorcycle fender down but I never got it to work like I wanted.
Next, I made a bracket to hole the license plate vertical on the left side of the swing arm but the combination of vibration and wind was too much for the bracket to handle and it broke after about 1,000 miles.
This is what I'm using now and it works great. There is more dirt and water flying up off the rear tire but not so bad that I am looking to go back to a fender.
Smylinacha
Yellinacha
Even with the fender on, I have a mucky mess underneath - you can thank my driveway after a rainy day so it's always been like that. I was going to remove my back fender but now HDX is gonna chop it up for me - we're gonna keep it but modify a bit I think. Also gonna do some chopping of the front ones too. Will post pics when we get to it. Taking it to the dealer for the 12K service and a new rear tire on Monday. Probably won't get to it until after that (unless it rains this weekend and hdx is bored).:2thumbs:
bjt
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That sounds cool. I can't wait to see the pics of what you guys come up with. :thumbup:
Smylinacha
Yellinacha
Not going to be anything fancy - at least I don't think. We were gonna chop off where the license plate is now along w/ that fugly light that does nothing. Not sure if we're gonna cut it in a v-shap or I was thinking cut the thing in half or more - just have a small stripe of yellow going across the back tire.
If we do that to the back, we're gonna chop off those mud flaps and shorten the front fenders as much as we can.
HDX likes the corbin fender but I think it costs way too much $$$. They have nice stuff but I refuse to dump hundreds into this. I wanted a bike where, unlike my Harley, I wouldn't need to have to put expensive cosmetic doo dads on it. I was a chromaholic w/ the Harley and no way would I do that again - took too long to clean it! And then when you sell or trade it, your expensive doo dads are worth pretty much nothing.
Spyders look real cool w/ alot of doo dads but I'd rather spend the money on gas going on a trip somewhere :2thumbs:
If we do that to the back, we're gonna chop off those mud flaps and shorten the front fenders as much as we can.
HDX likes the corbin fender but I think it costs way too much $$$. They have nice stuff but I refuse to dump hundreds into this. I wanted a bike where, unlike my Harley, I wouldn't need to have to put expensive cosmetic doo dads on it. I was a chromaholic w/ the Harley and no way would I do that again - took too long to clean it! And then when you sell or trade it, your expensive doo dads are worth pretty much nothing.
Spyders look real cool w/ alot of doo dads but I'd rather spend the money on gas going on a trip somewhere :2thumbs:
Raptor
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You know,dude, I was thinkin the same thing! :agree: I have seen some absolutely beautiful Spyders out there but mine is brand new and ya know what? I'm gonna leave it the :cus: alone! I like it pretty much as is and with the money I save I can go ride!
hyea:Of course I say that now, and then I start looking at billet parts and this and that and my eyes glaze over and before you know it I have the phone in my hand ready to order stuff! It's sick I tell ya! SO far I have done well to resist temptation and keep it to functional stuff. I have to say tho that the bike looks pretty cool without the back fender. Gonna have to think about that one! See, here we go... :roflblack:
SpyderGirl
New member
Hello, my name is Katlyn and I'm a modaholic.... :roflblack:
I thought about chopping my rear fender by about half myself. Should took really sharp on your ride. Can't wait to see what you do.
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I thought about chopping my rear fender by about half myself. Should took really sharp on your ride. Can't wait to see what you do.
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Raptor
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Ya Mahn! This is nice!! Cool and functional at the same time. Genius man! Pure genious! :2thumbs:
Smylinacha
Yellinacha
Smylinacha
Yellinacha
Nice! But I wanna show more tire. I know I couldn't complete do a hack job cuz of the brackets but I could do something like that with a clean straight line I think. Then once my brackets break and crack (seems to be the case with alot of them) I can just take them off.
Raptor
New member
YA Mahn, rooster tails!!
Me likes the rooster tail concept. However, the weef doesn't think much of the idea!! :spyder:Grrrrr...
BajaRon
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YA Mahn, rooster tails!!
It's one thing to see a rooster tail....It's quite another thing to wear one! :yikes:
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