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Old Aug 30, 2016 | 08:09 PM
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Very nice.

Love the rear fender.
 
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Old Aug 31, 2016 | 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by TwoBit
Nicely done! How was your experience with the fitment of the West Eagle fender? Did you have to do a lot of fabrication to get it to fit properly?
fit right on, no mods needed.

 

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Old Sep 1, 2016 | 03:58 PM
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Beautiful looking bike! I'm planning a similar fender chop on mine this winter, but modifying the stock fender instead. Any advice on chopping down the struts? I like how you incorporated the rear lights on the bolt.
 
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Old Sep 1, 2016 | 04:05 PM
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love it. looks awesome
 
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Old Sep 2, 2016 | 10:06 AM
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OH!! last but not least, I also filled in the upper space on the left side of the engine with a dummy horn cover from a 72.







 
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Old Sep 2, 2016 | 04:38 PM
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Originally Posted by scottylonebull
OH!! last but not least, I also filled in the upper space on the left side of the engine with a dummy horn cover from a 72.







why not do a coil relo? not just a hanging piece of metal.
 
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Old Sep 3, 2016 | 03:53 PM
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@ drinktothat421,
the truth is, I just didn't feel like doing the coil relocation, I thought about it, but ive had that horn cover for a lot of years, on 2 other bikes. I just used the 72 reference so the sportster people would know what I was talking about. I had it on my fatboy, & road king. it was just sitting in my garage and wanted it on the 48, I kind of have an attachment to it . no other reason lol
 

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Old Sep 3, 2016 | 04:30 PM
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Done? Blasphema!!!!!
 
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Originally Posted by scottylonebull









Hey OP,

You didn't end up using the provided bolts to attach the fender to the struts as I see that you are using the oem turn signals. Any tips on how or where I can get the bolts? I'm running some super short double ended threaded bolt to barely hold mine in place.
 
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