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12Bravo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 628 Mid-Missouri Gender:	Re: Front Fender Option Reply #30 - 12/11/16 at 09:53:18 ohiomoto wrote on 12/09/16 at 12:06:30: Pics?
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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: Front Fender Option Reply #31 - 12/11/16 at 10:24:55 I didn't get to the Harley shop Saturday because of the weather. Thanks for showing us how you did the graft of the Harley fender. I will get some measurements soon and see what will fit.. Kenny G
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Re: Front Fender Option
Reply #32 - 12/11/16 at 10:45:23

Bravo12 ,I used the sportster front fender it would easily complete your look and adapts well ,it has indentations in the fender so it fits well between the fork tubes, the rear of the fender ends up below your running boards so there's no need for a mudflap .you'd only need to cut off about 1/2 " of it to square it and match the "tail dragger "look you have at the rear.

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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: Front Fender Option Reply #33 - 12/11/16 at 11:11:46 BatMan, Do you have any pictures of your bike? Kenny G
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Reply #34 - 12/12/16 at 20:55:17

Sorry no pics , I took a section out of the stock fender were it mounts to the forks,then cut it to take out about a 1/4 inch in the center,and tucked it inside the Harley fender and mig welded it in place. I then ran rear braces from the rear bolt on the fork to the existing fender bracket on the Harley fender, the braces were made from tubing from an old wind chime,flattened and drilled the ends.

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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: Front Fender Option Reply #35 - 12/13/16 at 18:27:22 The powder coating on the fender didn't work out as good as I had hoped it would. There is a lot of ripples in the metal from stamping the fender. Back as far this fender goes I don't think Japanese steel was what it is today.
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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: Front Fender Option Reply #36 - 12/13/16 at 18:30:00 Mounting the fender backwards looks better to me than having the streamlined section at the front. I will try this for a week or two and if I like it I will pull it off and prep it good with primer and Bondo for painting. Kenny G
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Kenny G Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com The Singles Club...LOL Posts: 1754 Robson Ranch, Denton, Texas Gender:	Re: Front Fender Option Reply #37 - 12/13/16 at 20:59:03 Another pic.
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Re: Front Fender Option
Reply #38 - 12/13/16 at 21:57:56

Just my opinion ,but are you going for a dirt bike look? I think you should mount it the way it was designed ,the square tip in the front is what my sportster fender looked like at both ends ,that's why rounded the front ,didn't look good to me.if you mount it the way you have it you're passing up on the length in the back that would afford you protection from road spray.Why change fenders,what have you gained?

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Re: Front Fender Option
Reply #39 - 12/13/16 at 22:20:45

BatMan,

No I am not going for a dirt bike look.

I am going for a Sportster look since I cannot afford to get a Tracker or Scrambler look.

The fender is the same length front or back, it doesn't matter which way I mount it I get the same distance from the road to the fender. I know the first picture looks like the squared off end of the fender is longer than the tapered end. That is why I added the third pic.

I am not sure yet that I am going to keep this fender, let alone which way I am going to have it mounted. I do appreciate what other guys on the forum think it will look like.

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ditz YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 40	Re: Front Fender Option Reply #40 - 12/14/16 at 13:14:57 I am just an old fart and I like the old look. I personally like the rounded end of the fender on top. That is just me......
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Re: Front Fender Option
Reply #41 - 12/14/16 at 13:54:35

ditz wrote on 12/14/16 at 13:14:57:

I am just an old fart and I like the old look. I personally like the rounded end of the fender on top. That is just me......

You can't be a hell of a lot older than me because most people I know my age are already dead....LOL....Maybe I shouldn't laugh..

Here is a picture of the fender mounted the other direction. If I was capable of designing a fender I would make the ends exactly like they are from the Suzuki factory on the Savage/S40.

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Tocsik Serious Thumper Offline the singularity Posts: 1140 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: Front Fender Option Reply #42 - 12/14/16 at 15:46:51 Dave wrote on 01/28/16 at 06:24:50: A "parts" bike.....that is just a bit too nice to part out. It is a 2002 that was stolen and recovered - but they tore it apart and it has a Salvage title. So, it's a Suzuki Sa(L)vage?
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ditz YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 40	Re: Front Fender Option Reply #43 - 12/15/16 at 06:15:12 Kenny G......yep weld it......pointy to the front. I'm 69 next month.
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Re: Front Fender Option
Reply #44 - 12/15/16 at 06:25:36

Ditz,

I hate to pull age rank on a guy that has lived as long as you but I will be 79 in February, and I ain't dead yet. LOL

So far there is one vote for putting the fender on forward, and no votes for installing it backwards.

If anyone is entertaining the idea of installing the Kawasaki fender on there Savage/S40, I can write an epistle about all of mistakes that I made. LOL.... A myriad of mindless first time errors.....LOL......Something like a kid would do...... Undecided

Kenny G

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