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Old Mar 31, 2008 | 08:39 PM
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I just got a fender blank for my 150 front tire on my nightrain and I want some ideas of how I should cut it. I'm not a very creative guy and have problems imagining what looks good together. Take a look at my bike and tell me what shape fender you think would look good. I also attached a picture of a fender I think looks cool but I'm not sure how it fits with the look of my bike. What do you guys think?

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May I suggest you go into the Night Train Picture Thread and check out some of the bikes in there. Lot's of custom front fenders. I should be getting mine back from paint sometime this week.
 
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Old Apr 1, 2008 | 05:13 AM
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May I suggest you go into the Night Train Picture Thread and check out some of the bikes in there. Lot's of custom front fenders. I should be getting mine back from paint sometime this week.
What fender do you have?

Pfft, I tried that,300pages of BS.That nightrain pic thread is pretty much useless. That thread started out good, but the last time I tried to look at it all I found was endless rambling from the same five or six guys. It would take a week to look at all of it, and out of 300 pages, maybe, what, 10% of those are actually of pics? That threadWAS a good idea until it was ruined..
 
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Long and skinny gets my vote.

Take a pencil and follow the contour of the rim. Than go from there.

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I just got a fender blank for my 150 front tire on my nightrain and I want some ideas of how I should cut it. I'm not a very creative guy and have problems imagining what looks good together. Take a look at my bike and tell me what shape fender you think would look good. I also attached a picture of a fender I think looks cool but I'm not sure how it fits with the look of my bike. What do you guys think?

[IMG]local://upfiles/50095/7A40BA6BCB404B5CA4C194F0A2977DE8.jpg[/IMG]

[IMG]local://upfiles/50095/A14933752B5F4C438DE46ACF392F8387.jpg[/IMG]
I would recommend going with no fender or a really small fender. With a fat front tire your bike is looking more like an Exile type bike -- which is definitely a good thing! Check out their website for some ideas.The fender you have as an example would be better on achopper/street type bike with thin front tires. Just my opinion ...... Keep up the good work!

 
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dude, I think that would look **** on your bike. That's actually something like what I want on my train. If you do it let me know, maybe I'll pay you to make one for me.. Haha
 
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Maybe follow the shape of an FLH fender with the wide tire. That's a classic look that never gets old. Don't know what a long fender with a 150 would look like,never saw that combo. This a Kendal Johnson fender with a 90/90-21 on my Train.

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After looking at A LOT of fenders I've decided to try the long fender and see how it looks on the bike, then if I don't like it I can always make it smaller. The pic below is what I have so far. I know I know, t looks like **** right now. I need to make the finish cuts on the front and back, I just ran out of time tonight.

I checked out the exile site and DAMN those are some fatazz front tires!They use 5" wide wheels with 200 tires. Theykinda make my 150 look likeit belongs on atricycle. lol I do dig those small fenders too. I guess I'll just do some experimenting and see what I come up with...

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get you some blue painters tape...start taping out the pattern you like...if at any time you don't like remove the tape and start over.....
 
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