I decided to go with a trailer fender for this project because 1.... they are strong and 2... I had a thrashed one laying in my pile of parts. I have always hated trailer fenders..... I guess this is because they are often times used without being made a part of the bike. Sometimes they look right with very little work but most of the time not so much. I had some work to do before it was an exceptable bike fender.
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As you can see this fender does not follow the radius of the tire.
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It was also riddled with holes. It looked like this all the way around.
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I radiused the fender to the tire and added a flip to the one end. This is just tracked together and the radius is to tight. I zipped apart a few tacks and opened the radius because the fender wont be mounted right on the tire.
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Welded
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English wheeled
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After I had my fender look'n pretty I aimed to make it ever more attractive. I took some round stock and put it through the rollers until I had the radius of my fender.
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Adding strength and aesthetics
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adding some more flare
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I made this fender mount out of stainless then made bungs and welded them into the fender
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I welded some brake line to the backside to run my wiring through. I also added some steel where I welded in the bungs for more strength.
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Bacon set me up with this sissy bar. I reworked it so the lines flowed better and made the fender mounts. Clean... solid.... strong