Now that I've got my bike together, I fukked up the rear fender. I had cut the edge to follow the radius of the rim. It was a perfect match but once I got the fender and rear suspension put together, I realize I had to raise my adjustable shocks so the fender wouldn't bottom out.

The problem is, as I raised the rear fender, the arch for what I cut no longer follows the wheel curvature. I'm so disappointed in my stupidity.

The other problem is, in order to make sure the rear fender doesn't slam the swingarm, I've had to raise it so high, the gap looks stupid.

I really wanted to use a fender that welds to the swingarm so I can make it look like a rigid (as far as gap) but I don't know what to do with the "gap" between the seat and rear fender then.

Anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks,

Mark

 

The only choice you would have there is building a support for the seat.It is a cool look.

 

When we used to do this on the Ironheads and Shovels the seat of choice was a Bates solo, or at least a knockoff. If a passenger torture device was wanted, a p-pad was installed on the fender. The Sloptail frame is built differently, but close enough that a similar seat will work. I've seen a couple of Sloptails that used a "modern" style solo seat. IMHO, the seat didn't "work" as the lines of the seat could no longer "flow" with the frame/fender. Made it look kludgy, to my eyes.

 

I HAD THE SAME DILEMA WITH THE BIKE THAT I AM BUILDING !! I LOOKED THROUGH A LOT OF BIKEMAGS AND GOT A LOT OF IDEAS FROM THERE. I MADE MY SEAT PAN WITH THE BACK UP OFF THE FENDER ABOUT 3 1/2" AND MADE IT SO THE SHEET METAL FOLLOWED THE SAME LINES AS THE REAR FENDER.

 

I kinda did the same thing except I wanted mine to look like it was mounted to the fender... as you can see in my sig. pic.

 

You can mount it there with out a problem . You can buy some 3m protective film to put behind you seat so it want Scratch or rub your paint off when your shocks move . At most it probably want move more than an inch at the seat .

 

sweet ride mark!!! i like the looks of the bike!! is the back of the seat hinged some how or is the back tin of the seatpadded between it and fender??
ron

 

Thanks Ron, the seat pan is made so it is self supporting. (the seat weighs like 40 lbs...lol) I had padding put inbetween the rear backing and the rear fender so it looks like it's touching. If you were to look at it up close, you'd see there is about an 1/8" of an inch between the seat and fender.

When I sit on it, the seat barely rubs on the fender. I put some 3M clear on the fender and it works fine.

My only problem is I cut the backing down about an inch and a half and by the time I put foam on it, it really shortened up the backing.

At some point, I'm gonna have to redo the seat pan and weld on a longer backing. I hate having to do things 3 and4 times...

 

i can relate to the 3 and 4 times over thing. have done that a LOT on my build. anyways that is one sweet ride you have there !!!!!
ron

 

Check this out, maybe it will give you some ideas.

https://www.hdforums.com/m_844687/tm.htm