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Front Mud Flap
01/15/15 at 21:32:04
MMRanch wrote
on 01/12/15 at 23:10:55:
I weigh just under 200lbs, run a big windshield/ Bags / Trunk and full fenders /w/ mud flaps.
When you say full fenders, do you mean the stockers, or did you find other, even fuller fenders to fit?
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01/16/15 at 21:24:22
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No just the stock fenders with a mud flap big enough to actually do what its supposed to. I'd like even more front fender so the water doesn't come back on my pants legs .
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01/17/15 at 12:20:06
I would, too, that's why I asked
I'm a fan of the heavily valanced fenders they used to use on motorcycles back in the day, as well as the old beach bars (I think that's what they're called nowadays)
too bad there's no 'c' version of the S40 to steal fenders from
I'd also like a comfier seat, sheild (that, at least, I can get) and luggage
how'd you do the mudflaps? make your own?
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Re: Front Mud Flap
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01/19/15 at 04:28:58
This is a useful thread for those folks who ride in wet weather. The stock fender can be improved for wet weather riding. You can buy a universal mud flap like shown in the following video - or you can just cut one from heavy rubber or plastic. The longer/wider you make it the more protection you will get - however you need to balance looks and function.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R36UMa5bUc
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Re: Front Mud Flap
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01/19/15 at 06:13:34
Rowboat has a nice mudflap...
Hmmmm,, sounded okay in my head,but,don't look so good in print..
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01/19/15 at 06:49:31
Thanks Dave, didn't mean to revisit a covered topic, I need to learn to use the search function
Also I should quit hijacking threads
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You do all that and nobody will know you're still here... you aren't hurting anyone that I've seen...
Thread drift is no biggie and anyone can redirect one at any time.
Poodles,,anyone wanna talk about poodles?
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Re: Front Mud Flap
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Art Webb wrote
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Thanks Dave, didn't mean to revisit a covered topic, I need to learn to use the search function
Also I should quit hijacking threads
Yep....No biggie. I just split the thread apart so that it wasn't hidden in a pulley thread and everyone could benefit from it.
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Re: Front Mud Flap
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01/19/15 at 13:36:32
When the front tire goes through a puddle, it splashes the water up and to the sides. My boots catch that splash as the front pegs (and my feet) travel through the splash.
Now, when I ride my other machine with rear sets, I don't get this problem as much. I suspect that's because the additional distance of the pegs gives the splash time to clear the area around the foot pegs.
A mudflap helps reduce the amount of water that hits the frame tube, but it does nothing to keep my feet dry on puddle wet roads.
So, until I can figure out how to fit some 'foot fairings' to the pegs, I make do with waterproof boots and snow gaiters that allow the water to splash around my ankles.
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Re: Front Mud Flap
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01/19/15 at 20:12:41
If I were a better fabricator I'd try to figure a way to make a valanced front fender
Maybe someone out there makes one that might fit
Hmmm
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01/20/15 at 06:51:15
I've been seen with my boots up on the motor in the cold and wet.
A Deflector down on the pegs,,,hmmmm...
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justin_o_guy2 wrote
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I've been seen with my boots up on the motor in the cold and wet.
A Deflector down on the pegs,,,hmmmm...
probably easier than making (decent looking) skirts for the front fender
I'd love to see the feet on engine thing, I'm sure I simply lack imagination,. but I can't picture how you are doing that
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Re: Front Mud Flap
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01/20/15 at 19:40:47
Oddly enough, one of the first things on my "to do list" for the S40 was a front mud flap. I wasn't thinking of my feet, more the crankcase from getting sand blasted on gravel roads.
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01/20/15 at 19:52:02
Man,I was huddled up, thighs on the tank, feet on the cases, it wasn't pleasant, I wasn't Just Cruising,, I was Mizrubble,,it was Cold,yukkk.
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01/21/15 at 19:36:56
justin_o_guy2 wrote
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Man,I was huddled up, thighs on the tank, feet on the cases, it wasn't pleasant, I wasn't Just Cruising,, I was Mizrubble,,it was Cold,yukkk.
sounds brutal, I'd have been hating life
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