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Badass94Cad Senior Member Offline This space for rent Posts: 313 Mass-->Jerz-->PA! Gender:	Re: Let's talk about Blue Collar Bobbers' rear fen Reply #15 - 06/19/12 at 06:04:11 SimonTuffGuy wrote on 06/18/12 at 18:42:01: So, if you picked up that from BCB, why couldn't you mount it whatever way you wanted and move the mounts where you need them to accomodate a bigger tire (taller, not necessarily wider)? Well, that was my original question.
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skeebo Senior Member Offline Ride It Like U Stole It........ Posts: 328 Fresno, Cali Gender:	Re: Let's talk about Blue Collar Bobbers' rear fen Reply #16 - 06/19/12 at 06:52:42 exactly.....mount the fender wherever you want, If it touches the frame limit the travel......I think that you will lose about a 1/2 inch.
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spacepirates Serious Thumper Offline Igni Ferroque Posts: 515 Pittsburgh, PA Gender:	Re: Let's talk about Blue Collar Bobbers' rear fen Reply #17 - 06/19/12 at 06:54:57 skeebo wrote on 06/18/12 at 21:44:30: Don't waste your money on those kits....It's a waxed resin which wont laminate or build layers without a lot of work in between applications. point taken, the more you know....
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Badass94Cad Senior Member Offline This space for rent Posts: 313 Mass-->Jerz-->PA! Gender:	Re: Let's talk about Blue Collar Bobbers' rear fen Reply #18 - 06/19/12 at 10:08:05 BAH!!! I called Cycle Gear and the 140/90-15 is ONLY blackwall, just like everything else! Looks like the only choice is 150/90-15, and that's got a .9" taller sidewall!!!
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Badass94Cad Senior Member Offline This space for rent Posts: 313 Mass-->Jerz-->PA! Gender:	Re: Let's talk about Blue Collar Bobbers' rear fen Reply #19 - 06/19/12 at 10:42:24 So now I'm really looking for some insight from those with the BCB rear fender. Pics maybe?
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: Let's talk about Blue Collar Bobbers' rear fen Reply #20 - 06/19/12 at 12:56:14 Have you considered "White Walling" your existing tires? http://www.mbzponton.org/valueadded/other/tirepaint.htm
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Re: Let's talk about Blue Collar Bobbers' rear fen
Reply #21 - 06/19/12 at 13:56:16

spacepirates wrote on 06/18/12 at 14:37:30:

Some people have used front fenders from other bikes but it is kind of hard to pick those up without knowing for sure if they'd work.

(I know this is going back a few posts, but I was catching up...)
I'm doing a RYCA-esque thing with an 18" rear wheel, so this won't help you directly BUT....
I did exactly that, and what I did was to decide my tire size first, then look for fenders I liked the look of on Ebay; ( I just did a general search for "Vintage Front Fender", but you could drop the "Vintage" part for yours and get more choices...) I looked mostly at larger bikes; knowing they'd have larger wheels, and when I found one that I liked the look of, I checked that make and model to see if it would use that same tire size for their front tires.
Sounds like a PITA, but it actually didn't take me too long to land on the right one for me; '76 Goldwing. Still working out how it gets attached exactly, but it'll be mounted to the swingarm hugging the tire, just like it would on the Goldwing front end. Fits the tire perfectly!...

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SimonTuffGuy Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline i like to thump... ;) Posts: 1159 Central PA Gender:	Re: Let's talk about Blue Collar Bobbers' rear fen Reply #22 - 06/19/12 at 14:26:26 Those are pictures of the fender sitting on top of the tire without any sort of mounts. I'm still debating what the best way is to handle it is still.
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Badass94Cad Senior Member Offline This space for rent Posts: 313 Mass-->Jerz-->PA! Gender:	Re: Let's talk about Blue Collar Bobbers' rear fen Reply #23 - 06/19/12 at 18:40:49 Tebowl, very good idea. I may end up going that route or trailer fender if I have to. Simon, nice pics. Is that the BCB fender? What size tire?
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Badass94Cad Senior Member Offline This space for rent Posts: 313 Mass-->Jerz-->PA! Gender:	Re: Let's talk about Blue Collar Bobbers' rear fen Reply #24 - 06/19/12 at 18:48:08 Not much space to the front of the swingarm. A taller tire would probably need that front most section of fender chopped. I wonder what else...
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Re: Let's talk about Blue Collar Bobbers' rear fen
Reply #25 - 06/20/12 at 15:02:49

That is BCB fender without any sorts of mounts. They sell them by themselves for $125 + shipping. That's the route I went for now. I may go back and pickup the whole kit just to have the axle and mounts and then sell off the seat and mount, but we'll see.

Stock rear tire (which needs replaced this season).

Again - that is not mounted to anything at this point. So technically you could mount it anywhere along the rear swingarm there as far front as it would allow (and then up or down as much as you made the mounts go).

I've got a local guy looking at it sometime this week to see what he thinks on fabbing custom mounts. If it's too much hassle, I'll just pickup the kit and sell of the parts I don't use to make some of my $$ back.

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Cavi Mike Serious Thumper Offline Thumper n00b Posts: 1005 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: Let's talk about Blue Collar Bobbers' rear fen Reply #26 - 06/20/12 at 17:01:47 I have to chime in here on this fender. I've seen this fender on peoples bikes and, in a tire-hugging position, it clearly doesn't have the same curvature as the tire. If the tire was larger in diameter, I think the fender would actually look better.
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skeebo Senior Member Offline Ride It Like U Stole It........ Posts: 328 Fresno, Cali Gender:	Re: Let's talk about Blue Collar Bobbers' rear fen Reply #27 - 06/21/12 at 07:33:00 It's next to impossible to find a fender that has 15'' radius....maybe something from the scooter family...ha
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Badass94Cad Senior Member Offline This space for rent Posts: 313 Mass-->Jerz-->PA! Gender:	Re: Let's talk about Blue Collar Bobbers' rear fen Reply #28 - 06/22/12 at 20:32:30 Any pics of the BCB fender mounted?
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SimonTuffGuy Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline i like to thump... ;) Posts: 1159 Central PA Gender:	Re: Let's talk about Blue Collar Bobbers' rear fen Reply #29 - 06/22/12 at 23:41:53 Mine? Not yet... Waiting for a friend with some fab skills to assist. Our schedules just haven't meshed yet. Although from Google searching, I think I want them to look something like this:
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