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Old 04-17-2008   #241 (permalink)
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Wow! That is a beautiful bobber! Great work!
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Ok after some requests from newcomers to see the pictures that were in this thread, I've put them back.
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VERY COOL, thanks a million for putting the pics back up! They speak a thousand words!

This DOES answer my question about whether you went hardtail... but I see by your attachment points you were able to maintain low clearance to the tire, but have the fender move with the tire and keep your original suspension, right?! I think?! Does your top attachment point swivel with the swingarm? It would have to, wouldn't it?
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In regards to bobbers....

The problem I'm coming across is making the rear fender secure enough to hold a passengers weight.

Just a piece of metal and 2 thin supports isn't cutting it.

Any ideas....
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but I see by your attachment points you were able to maintain low clearance to the tire, but have the fender move with the tire and keep your original suspension, right?! I think?!
Yes that's exactly right. The fender is now mounted completely to the swing arm, which means the fender stays where it is over the tyre, and the fender now moves up and down with the swing arm independantly of the frame. I have not altered the suspension in any way, and all the changes I made are easily reversable, and I can have the bike looking stock again in about an hour if the need ever arose.
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Awesome...

I really like my bike, and have gone the direction of making it a distance cruiser with a bunch of chrome, bags, backrest, luggage rack, floorboards... that kind of stuff, but I know one day this is a project that I very much want to take on, probably when a larger highway cruiser comes into the picture.

Mine started out very much like your "before" pictures, so seeing the transformation is really inspiring! You did an excellent job of tracking progress, something I always have the best intentions to do but get so wrapped up in the project sometimes let it slip... congrats on sticking with the pics all the way through!

I love that it's all reversible, that really adds to it's value as far as I'm concerned, that's something that matters to me.

I'll cry if anything ever happens to this thread before I have a chance to use it all!!! LOL
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Yes that's exactly right. The fender is now mounted completely to the swing arm, which means the fender stays where it is over the tyre, and the fender now moves up and down with the swing arm independantly of the frame.
Come to think of it, the Drifter fender works that way, doesn't it? Move with the tire? You mention in one post that the threaded holes were included at the back of the swingarm for the Drifter... Guess I could have answered my own question... sometimes you need to think out loud I suppose!
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In regards to bobbers....

The problem I'm coming across is making the rear fender secure enough to hold a passengers weight.

Just a piece of metal and 2 thin supports isn't cutting it.

Any ideas....

Build a bobber for one up only.........If you strut mount a fender to the swing arm, I don't know many passengers that would want that kind of impact right to their butthole! If you don't need to go too bobbed then you could use a cut down version of the solidly mounted stock fender, I say F passengers anyway.
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I'll leave the pics up a little while longer then Jeff, lucky you mentioned it as I was about to take them all down
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Oh and last but not least I debadged the bike on Sunday night to round out a relatively productive first weekend.

Removing those tank badges is a real PITA, and I spent about an hour on each one, but the end result is worth it. I mean they had to come off eventually for when I get the custom paint job done.
Hey, I'm about to do this myself - any tips on how to go about this? I'm planning on keeping the original paint on the tank, is there any risk that some of the paint will come off when removing the badges?

I'd sure appreciate it if you'd help me on this.

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Anyone have these pictures from this build? They are not showing up for me and it looks like the OP has been gone for a couple years.
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Anyone have these pictures from this build? They are not showing up for me and it looks like the OP has been gone for a couple years.
Yeah took them down ages ago, did you need pictures of anything specifically?
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I was just looking for pics of the build was all.
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PM me your postal address and I'll burn a CD with all the pictures and mail it to you
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Hey, good to hear from you again Skitz! How's the triumph? Love to see some pics (or a link) if you have one!
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