While I'm down here in Palm Springs I put my brother to work and had him modify my rear fender. Many of you remember me riding down here earlier this year and having him split my tank and expand that. Tried of all the water that fills my sissybar pack so have always wanted my rear fender extended.
So I put him to work again. This in addition to having him build me a tough exhaust bracket that are always breaking on me. After we got most of the fender down we stripped down his Big Bear Chopper to prep it for paint.
Here are some pictures of the process. More to come
Creating a template of the fender curve with cardboard
Some 16 ga steel
Drawing the centerline down the fender
Tacking the plate to the fender after I sanded down about an inch of the paint and filler
Cutting and shaping
Our fenders are 11 in. wide and a sheet of standard paper is the same so we folded a piece in half and came up with a design after many attempts at deciding what we wanted
This is what it will look like when done
We threw it on the bike to see what it looked like and I'm liking it. No more soaked pack now
Shot through my brothers BBC Merc
A little more cleanup
Just a little more shaping and it will be done
Finally Jerry and I take a break and decide to strip his BBC Merc and get it ready for paint after we drilled all the holes in the frame where we had laid out the wiring harness and figured where all the wires would be hidden. He had me pull the motor. Those things are sure heavy
Biggest "juggs" i've ever had in my arms
And that rear wheel sure is more heavy than my "little" 250!
Pulling the motor plate and getting it stipped the rest of the way down
His custom oil bag he built and the sheet metal work he's doing to the hardtail frame. Getting the oil bag out is a bitch
That is about it for today. Will post some more pictures of the rear fender as we finish it off today and prep it for paint.
Happy New Year all
:2thumbs:
So I put him to work again. This in addition to having him build me a tough exhaust bracket that are always breaking on me. After we got most of the fender down we stripped down his Big Bear Chopper to prep it for paint.
Here are some pictures of the process. More to come
Creating a template of the fender curve with cardboard
Some 16 ga steel
Drawing the centerline down the fender
Tacking the plate to the fender after I sanded down about an inch of the paint and filler
Cutting and shaping
Our fenders are 11 in. wide and a sheet of standard paper is the same so we folded a piece in half and came up with a design after many attempts at deciding what we wanted
This is what it will look like when done
We threw it on the bike to see what it looked like and I'm liking it. No more soaked pack now
Shot through my brothers BBC Merc
A little more cleanup
Just a little more shaping and it will be done
Finally Jerry and I take a break and decide to strip his BBC Merc and get it ready for paint after we drilled all the holes in the frame where we had laid out the wiring harness and figured where all the wires would be hidden. He had me pull the motor. Those things are sure heavy
Biggest "juggs" i've ever had in my arms
And that rear wheel sure is more heavy than my "little" 250!
Pulling the motor plate and getting it stipped the rest of the way down
His custom oil bag he built and the sheet metal work he's doing to the hardtail frame. Getting the oil bag out is a bitch
That is about it for today. Will post some more pictures of the rear fender as we finish it off today and prep it for paint.
Happy New Year all
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