SuzukiSavage.com /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl General Category >> Rubber Side Down! >> My rubber worked.... /cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1351299268 Message started by raydawg on 10/26/12 at 17:54:28

Title: My rubber worked.... Post by raydawg on 10/26/12 at 17:54:28 Pulled the front fender, and found a nice surprise with stainless hardware, and installed my mud flap. Had to drill 3 holes, and dang if I didn't nail them, uh, I didn't really nail them, I screwed them....uh, that doan sound right either  :-[ Anyway, my 10 buck piece of rubber knocked down most of the road wet that even rose up into my legs....all I got was some water on the front of my boots and nothing at all between the bike and the inside of my ankles, legs, etc. I can do pixs if anyone wants to see it? This will help greatly here in the Pacific Northwest  :)

Title: Re: My rubber worked.... Post by Cavi Mike on 10/26/12 at 18:38:17 Is the Pacific Northwest one of those places where you'll run into standing water on a clear 70deg day when it supposedly hasn't rained in 3 days?

Title: Re: My rubber worked.... Post by raydawg on 10/26/12 at 19:49:23 5A786F705470727C190 wrote: Is the Pacific Northwest one of those places where you'll run into standing water on a clear 70deg day when it supposedly hasn't rained in 3 days? 3 days we call a dry spell..... :P

Title: Re: My rubber worked.... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/26/12 at 21:05:28 The denizens call it the Pacific Northwet.

Title: Re: My rubber worked.... Post by Cavi Mike on 10/26/12 at 21:57:44 786B736E6B7D6D0A0 wrote: [quote author=5A786F705470727C190 link=1351299268/0#1 date=1351301897]Is the Pacific Northwest one of those places where you'll run into standing water on a clear 70deg day when it supposedly hasn't rained in 3 days? 3 days we call a dry spell..... :P [/quote] Sounds like I'd be in waterproof gear all day every day. But hey, as long as the rain is warm, give it to me.

Title: Re: My rubber worked.... Post by 07s40scotty on 10/26/12 at 22:53:41 Yeah Mike I lived my first 39 years in Upstate NY- you've got til the end of June before you can break the bike back out on the road lol

Title: Re: My rubber worked.... Post by prechermike on 10/27/12 at 12:28:43 11021A07021404630 wrote: Pulled the front fender, and found a nice surprise with stainless hardware, and installed my mud flap. Had to drill 3 holes, and dang if I didn't nail them, uh, I didn't really nail them, I screwed them....uh, that doan sound right either  :-[ Anyway, my 10 buck piece of rubber knocked down most of the road wet that even rose up into my legs....all I got was some water on the front of my boots and nothing at all between the bike and the inside of my ankles, legs, etc. I can do pixs if anyone wants to see it? This will help greatly here in the Pacific Northwest  :) I like pictures

Title: Re: My rubber worked.... Post by raydawg on 10/27/12 at 14:55:38 3A382F29222F382723212F4A0 wrote: [quote author=11021A07021404630 link=1351299268/0#0 date=1351299268]Pulled the front fender, and found a nice surprise with stainless hardware, and installed my mud flap. Had to drill 3 holes, and dang if I didn't nail them, uh, I didn't really nail them, I screwed them....uh, that doan sound right either  :-[ Anyway, my 10 buck piece of rubber knocked down most of the road wet that even rose up into my legs....all I got was some water on the front of my boots and nothing at all between the bike and the inside of my ankles, legs, etc. I can do pixs if anyone wants to see it? This will help greatly here in the Pacific Northwest  :) I like pictures [/quote] shore enuff.... http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm288/eddy-haskell/book%202/IMG_0667.jpg http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm288/eddy-haskell/book%202/IMG_0666.jpg And as you can see I get pine needles and all sorts of road debris from riding around the island, its not a city with curbs and gutters and winos, no, but very rural....and the flap keeps the motor clean now too  :)

Title: Re: My rubber worked.... Post by prechermike on 10/27/12 at 15:32:40 Cool!  Thanks

Title: Re: My rubber worked.... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/27/12 at 21:01:54 Looks like a good design,

Title: Re: My rubber worked.... Post by Cavi Mike on 10/27/12 at 21:11:19 That looks really good - almost like a factory option. That gives me ideas...

Title: Re: My rubber worked.... Post by Dj12midnit on 10/28/12 at 20:14:57 Has to be a better way to mount then drilling the holes.

Title: Re: My rubber worked.... Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/28/12 at 20:32:24 That how the fender mounts to the forks, holes drilled, bolts, Holes & bolts & stuff like that are pretty well recognized as normal for a mounting method.

Title: Re: My rubber worked.... Post by ToesNose on 10/29/12 at 04:31:02 Yea I'd be leary of using 3M double sided tape to hold a mud flap on    ;D

Title: Re: My rubber worked.... Post by Charon on 10/29/12 at 05:58:36 Gotta love it. Factories design slim (and ineffective) fenders for styling. Bobber guys trim them even more, or remove them completely, because they are excess weight and unneeded. Other folks who sometimes ride in the rain, or even through puddles on the road, modify fenders to actually do their job. Stolen from Larry Niven, TANJ (There Ain't No Justice).

Title: Re: My rubber worked.... Post by raydawg on 10/29/12 at 15:46:50 Well....just to give you some more "updates" on it. It rained pretty much all weekend, and again on my morning ride in. Windy as a bugger too. I saw the clouds bust up (for the most part) and decided to ride with just levis and tennis shoes.... Not a speck of water got on my pants of jeans, and again my motor looks so much better as its not catching the full brunt of the stuff the wheel kicks up....LOVE IT! Find a better way to mount it, I'd love to see it  8-) Maybe we can get some made that sports this site, a logo or whatever, and sell them  :-*

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