I'm trying to figure out my rear fender on my bike. I've installed the visual impact brat kit. I made my rear fender out of fiberglass. It was originally mounted to the swing arm. Now I'm trying to mount it to the frame. But I'm having a rear hard time trying to figure out clearance.
I took the shocks out. Supported the frame. Then lowered until the distance between the shock mounts was at a maximum compressed shock length. Then I taped the rear fender to the wheel and proceeded to fiberglass up a new seat pan that would allow me to support the fender. I was trying to pull off something like the OP's photos in this thread
And once I installed the shocks my mistake became painfully obvious. The amount of frame travel was substantial and because of this the rear fender is so high and at such an awkward angle it looks like a dirt bike got rear ended.
The photo shows what it looks like after I played with it for a bit but it still looks silly.
My question is how in the world are people out there getting away with such a little amount of fender clearance on their bikes when they attach them so close to the rear tire on a rear suspension bike like the ones in the link I posted above?
I took the shocks out. Supported the frame. Then lowered until the distance between the shock mounts was at a maximum compressed shock length. Then I taped the rear fender to the wheel and proceeded to fiberglass up a new seat pan that would allow me to support the fender. I was trying to pull off something like the OP's photos in this thread
And once I installed the shocks my mistake became painfully obvious. The amount of frame travel was substantial and because of this the rear fender is so high and at such an awkward angle it looks like a dirt bike got rear ended.
The photo shows what it looks like after I played with it for a bit but it still looks silly.
My question is how in the world are people out there getting away with such a little amount of fender clearance on their bikes when they attach them so close to the rear tire on a rear suspension bike like the ones in the link I posted above?