So a couple months back, she went over at slow speed. It tweaked my NEW bar, and broke her front fender. I just tore the old fender off and I like the look a lot better. The only problem is whenever I ride when it's wet out, i get sprayed with water coming off a rooster-tail from the front tire.
I got a used fender from a parted out GS off ebay but it's red and my bike is black with a silver frame. I also think the fender is super bulky and big for its purpose. I want only a couple things out of my fender.
- Keep water from spraying me in the face
- Be Black
So, I basically cut off the sides of the fender with a utility knife. It isn't beautiful but that isn't one of my requirements. So far I am just about done sanding off the red. I just have those hard to reach spots where the forks go past still red.
I took a couple of pictures of it mocked up just after I chopped the sides.
(http://i.imgur.com/ELyhel.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/k9nG9l.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/71QNGl.jpg)
I'll post some more in the next couple of days. I'm curious as to what you all think about it.
I'm liking it, but I like stuff that is different from everybody else's stuff. Smooth it out, paint it and let's see the whole bike!
It has a motocross-like look to it. Pretty cool. :thumb: