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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 09:16 PM
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I finally got a 16" on the front of the NT. I love it. Now I just need to find a minimalist fender for it. I tried HD, but they wanted $200 for an unprimed fender used for a Fat Bob!! Put the detachable rails on so I could pull the sissy bar and luggage rack when I didn't need it.

Let me know if you have any good fender ideas. Arlen Ness has a nice composite fender for the front. I will enjoy the fenderless look until it rains here in CA again!
 
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 09:52 PM
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looks great. man that changes the whole look. you can get fenders cheap off ebay if your patient.
 
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Old Jan 10, 2009 | 10:53 PM
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 06:13 AM
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Hey that looks good, a fender should be no problem to find, many choices
 
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 09:08 AM
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Looks good! Isn't it funny allot the FL softail guys are swapping out 16's for 21's?
And allot of the train riders are swapping 21's for 16's?
Yet they all look sweet! LOL
 
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 10:48 AM
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I did the same thing to my 06 FXSTI and I ended up getting a fender from Sumax. Its a composite fiberglass...it is very strong...I think I paid about 130 for it...I like it so far.
 
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Old Jan 11, 2009 | 12:20 PM
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What about a fat boy fender? Would that be small enough for you? That should be easy to find and cheap too? I think it would look good.
 
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Originally Posted by armorup
Let me know if you have any good fender ideas. Arlen Ness has a nice composite fender for the front. I will enjoy the fenderless look until it rains here in CA again!

You might want to try an aftermarket fat boy fender I used from
Custom Chrome: Custom Chrome part 78312 , (Steel Front Fender for FatBoy Models)

See here:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/chass...n-softail.html
 
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I have a fender I was originall going to use when I did my 17" swap...it's at a buds house, I'll see if I can get a pic to ya...I'd let it go cheap, it's not doing anything but sitting around.

My swap (OL ridin it now):

 
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Thanks for the comments, guys. I will check out those fenders. Don't know if the Fat Boy fender would look like too much. That's why I was looking at the Fat Bob style front fender. Drag Specialties has a Ness fender for $73.95.
http://www.dragspecialties.com/fatbook/11/192/5923350

I would prefer a steel fender, but that's pretty cheap!

Keith
 
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