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How I modded my fender to fit a 120 tire (big pix)
#279874 07/18/2008 11:37 PM
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I've seen a lot of people ask about this, and so did I when i was looking into the whitewalls, so I took some pix.

MODS-I'm not sure if this is the right place for this, please move it if it's not.

There's probably a more professional way to go about doing this, but I had a free afternoon and a six pack of fat tire to kill. I'm also not a great photographer or narrator, so bear with me.

I started out by just cutting the center out of the bracket with a cutting wheel, and mounting it normally.


It looked really cool, and the fender hugged the tire nicely. I kept it like that for a while, but after a few high speed runs, I noticed some rubbing and it ended up looking like this:


So I decided I needed to try something different before I completely destroyed my fender. I went to home depot and found some steel braces. I'm not even sure what they're for, probably bracing screen doors or something. They're maybe 2.5 to 3 inches long. If I could have found something better I would have used it, but i just worked with what I could find. They looked like this:


I then had to cut the end off with a hacksaw, with the idea of just raising the fender up a little.


This is basically what I was looking for:


I had to drill out the holes a little to the size of the fender mounting bolts. I also rounded off/cleaned up the edges with a file, and painted it with some black spray paint. I then attached them to the fender mounts.


Here is a pic close up of how it's mounted. It looks a lot closer to the rim/tire in the pic than it actually is.


The finished product with no more rubbing:



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KaiserSoze #279875 07/19/2008 8:25 AM
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Nice job . Love the white walls


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+ 1 ! I like the white walls too.


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KaiserSoze #279877 07/19/2008 8:39 AM
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Looks like a good post for the "How To" section of the "Tech Vault". Moderators?

Thanks,

Tom

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KaiserSoze #279878 07/19/2008 9:12 AM
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Where'd you get the white walls?


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good job, looks really good. would like to see it in person

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can you please post the manufacturer and the sizes of the front and back tire so I know what to order. I know a few other guys are interested in this as well. Thanks! Your bike is so darned sexy!!! Awesome!


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skydivejeff #279881 07/20/2008 12:09 AM
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Maxxis Classic wide white walls. Rear is same as stock 170/80/15, front is 120/90/18. You can find them on denniskirk.com, jpcycles.com, bikebandit.com and probably some other places. Bike Bandit had the best price, but the front was backordered, denniskirk will match the bikebandit price if you call them.


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skydivejeff #279882 07/24/2008 3:08 PM
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I just bought mine from: http://www.powersportsuperstore.com

and they were both in stock and I rec'd them in a week to my APO address in Germany! I'm happy with them!!!! Here's the info:

TR68-1701 Maxxis Tire M6011 120/90-18 WW CLASSIC FRONT
$63.85

TR68-1698 Maxxis Tire M6011 170/80-15 WW CLASSSIC RR
$101.25


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Re: How I modded my fender to fit a 120 tire (big
KaiserSoze #279883 07/25/2008 7:49 AM
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hey i got a 120 fitted today and yep had to lift the guard took a different approach tho

cut the bottom of the mount come fork brace off and welded a wider pice of flat steel and redrilled the mounting holes


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hey Dog yep thats a IRC wild flame got a 170/80 fitted to the rear at the same time $210 for the both
oops sorry folks me bad thanks Brett

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