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fender cuttin ?'s !
07/16/09 at 07:49:09

i am thinking about doing something with my rear fender, i can't remove it because my girl loves riding(as u guys saw) so i'm weighing out the options, here's a couple of ?'s i came up with

where do u put the license plate when u cut the fender off?

do i have to keep the license plate light on? if not do i just wire nut it off?

is there another stock place to put the brake light? or if i shorten the fender can i just move it up?

i'm sure there will be more ?'s soon, just gettin the ball rollin!!

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Re: fender cuttin ?'s !
Reply #1 - 07/16/09 at 08:17:17

Attached is a pic of the fender that's coming off my bike. The old owner hacked
off too much of the fender and now there's no support for the 2nd passenger or
anyplace to mount the brake light, so it has to go.

My new fender came in yesterday, and holy cow, these things are HUGE.
I agree with Rocco, something needs to be done to shorten them up a bit.
I saw a fender cutting service on ebay offered by DZCustoms that looked good.
I think I might use his layout as a design for my own. It looks like he leaves enough
there to still mount the full 2-up seat and brake on the rear fender. Then I think I
will pickup a side mount license bracket that mounts on the end of either the axel
or swingarm to clean things up a bit more.

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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: fender cuttin ?'s ! Reply #2 - 07/16/09 at 08:36:49 lol! see where i'm coming from? i feel like i could cut a foot off the rear and still be ok! if u do put the plate on the side do u still have to illuminate it?
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Yonuh Adisi FSO Serious Thumper Offline Savage Jedi (Knight) Posts: 3622 Pilot Valley NV, aka Tatooine Gender:	Re: fender cuttin ?'s ! Reply #3 - 07/16/09 at 08:50:21 Yes, I do believe it is a 50 state law that the license plate has to be illuminated.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28886 L.A. California Gender:	Re: fender cuttin ?'s ! Reply #4 - 07/16/09 at 08:53:53 illumination requirements vary by state I think there's a link somewhere but also think it can be found on the AMA site.
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gerald.hughes Serious Thumper ModSquad Offline FSO Posts: 1100 Tucson, Az Gender:	Re: fender cuttin ?'s ! Reply #5 - 07/16/09 at 09:01:41 Has anyone ever tried mounting the license plate on the back of the passenger seat, with a small light mounted just below it on the edge of the fender?
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EJID Serious Thumper Offline Work to ride and ride to work. Posts: 1536 Pocatello, ID Gender:	Re: fender cuttin ?'s ! Reply #6 - 07/16/09 at 09:02:47 In my opinion, illumination of the plate is not that difficult, all you will have to do is get a pair of those license plate bolts that have LED lights built into the head and run a single wire along the swingarm and up under the seat then tie it into the always on tailight.
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Re: fender cuttin ?'s !
Reply #7 - 07/16/09 at 12:26:37

i figured u have to have it, so i def wanna keep that...i was given a chrome harley tray thing that acts as a luggage carrier...i was thinking of trimming the rear fender a little, and mounting the tray to where the rest of the fender used to be, then putting the brake light and license plate on the tray.

i wanna do something cool, but in the mean time 2day i flat black'd my front turn signals, foot pegs, rear brake, horn(that friggin thing is ugly) and some of those small chrome circles on the frame....the more black the better she runs i swear!!

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kenshi YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 45 Shelton, Washington Gender:	Re: fender cuttin ?'s ! Reply #8 - 07/16/09 at 16:33:26 If you want side mount stuff, this guy makes 'em out of 11 gauge steel. flat blacked. Is what i got. http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Accufast-2-d-Creating-Custom-Parts__W0QQ_armrsZ1
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EJID Serious Thumper Offline Work to ride and ride to work. Posts: 1536 Pocatello, ID Gender:	Re: fender cuttin ?'s ! Reply #9 - 07/18/09 at 06:19:16 Got around to taking off this horrendous rear fender and took a quick pic of the new/old side by side. I'm going to trim some of the new one off, but look at the difference, it is HUGE!!! No wonder there was no support for a passenger.
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Rocco Serious Thumper Offline addicted 2 riding TcB Posts: 1049 south florida Gender:	Re: fender cuttin ?'s ! Reply #10 - 07/18/09 at 08:57:52 yeah it does look huge compared to that one! i'd buy the old one from u if my girl didn't love riding so much! lol
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