Let me preface this by saying I don't have the time, place, equipment, or skill to make my own rear fender.
I love the design of the rear fender. It's short and contoured to the tire. But the downside is you "must" run the stock size tire (140/80-15). That's great, if you like blackwall, but for those of us who want a whitewall, all the stock sized whitewalls have been discontinued, leaving a multitude of 150/90-15, and one 140/90-15 that I managed to find.
So I contacted Lance to inquire about what it would take to run one of the bigger options. At best, the 140/90 is about 1/4" more in sidewall. I asked if there was a way to re-drill or slot the fender brace to raise it and accommodate the difference in height. (I also suggested that they reconsider the design to accommodate whitewall tire options).
He replied:
"The problem isn't the rear struts as much as the front bracket and the clearance from the fender to the frame when the suspension is bottomed. There just isn't much room in the small area back there. Suzuki made the bike small and light and it's a tough one to get everything to fit."
Maybe those of you who got it or have seen it can elaborate...Based on the pictures, I was under the assumption that the fender mounts to the swingarm to hug the tire tight. Is this incorrect? Can you describe or show a better picture of how it mounts? I'm assuming too that it doesn't connect to the stock fender frame mounts.
Does anybody think this is possible to redrill or slot their fender struts, or fab new ones to raise the fender height by about 1/4"? It's a lot easier to do that than make a new fender that looks like theirs.