Dropping the front fender on Deluxe
Cruiser
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From: Arizona
It does leave quite a bit of a gap between your lighting cluster and the fender. However, it is a way to make your bike look like it's slammed without messing with the suspension or ride. Definitely limits you to keeping a 16" wheel on the front.
Road Warrior
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From: WA - The State
With a 16" rim a lowered fender looks great. I'm still thinking I might have room to lower my fender a bit with the 21 on it. Someday I'll get around to it. If it makes it look even lower then I'll be all over it.
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From: kansas city,mo
To me the appearence of a slammed bike is NOT how low your fender is to your wheel but how low the bike is. With the fender just lowered looks alot different than a 21" wheel. A 21" wheel gives it a whole different styling. As far as cutting tabs off a fender and dropping it???? It cost about the same. Buying a wheel vs. cutting tabs/drilling holes/paint/ect. IMO...Cosmetically a dropped fender looks wrong..Kind of like sticking 15" wheels with low pro tires on a Chevy 2500 4x4 lifted....
Road Master
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From: Howe, TX
lol j/k.
I'm all about the 21" wheel. One of my favorite looks, however the cost are nowhere near the same. A fender can be cut and re-drilled for free. No painting, it's that simple. Cut tabs of right inside fender lip, slide fender between forks, mark holes, drill, bolt up. Free.
With all that said, I love my lowered fender, pics do it no justice, but damn I want a 21!!!!!!!!
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From: Gray's Creek NC
21" rim does look good, then again you kind of hit it right on the nose. You see them everywhere and every swing dick seems to be doing it. I love the look do not get me wrong, but what about the first guy who shoved a 21" rim in a FLST fender. He had something that look different.
We buy bikes and say we want to make them our own but then we make them look like every other bike. Some are so damn worried about what every one will think or what they are doing.
I do not know, I have thought about the 21" rim slammed front and back with fishtails but hell that is the standard norm. I am trying to step back and think outside of the box.
I am for sure going to get my bike repainted but keep the copper and black just do it in another style. Maybe a copper fad to black. May or may not keep my fish tails...
I think this winter while I am busted up I may be doing some staring at the bike to decided if the 21" is for me or outside of the box.
We buy bikes and say we want to make them our own but then we make them look like every other bike. Some are so damn worried about what every one will think or what they are doing.
I do not know, I have thought about the 21" rim slammed front and back with fishtails but hell that is the standard norm. I am trying to step back and think outside of the box.
I am for sure going to get my bike repainted but keep the copper and black just do it in another style. Maybe a copper fad to black. May or may not keep my fish tails...
I think this winter while I am busted up I may be doing some staring at the bike to decided if the 21" is for me or outside of the box.
Last edited by Dixie Dreg; Nov 10, 2009 at 03:45 PM.
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Road Captain
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From: Southern Maryland for now
Wait-thats wrong? Crap.
lol j/k.
I'm all about the 21" wheel. One of my favorite looks, however the cost are nowhere near the same. A fender can be cut and re-drilled for free. No painting, it's that simple. Cut tabs of right inside fender lip, slide fender between forks, mark holes, drill, bolt up. Free.
With all that said, I love my lowered fender, pics do it no justice, but damn I want a 21!!!!!!!!
lol j/k.
I'm all about the 21" wheel. One of my favorite looks, however the cost are nowhere near the same. A fender can be cut and re-drilled for free. No painting, it's that simple. Cut tabs of right inside fender lip, slide fender between forks, mark holes, drill, bolt up. Free.
With all that said, I love my lowered fender, pics do it no justice, but damn I want a 21!!!!!!!!
Dusty,
can you post up some more pics of your bike with closer shots of your fender and rim?
Thanks
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Joined: Nov 2008
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From: kansas city,mo
Wait-thats wrong? Crap.
lol j/k.
I'm all about the 21" wheel. One of my favorite looks, however the cost are nowhere near the same. A fender can be cut and re-drilled for free. No painting, it's that simple. Cut tabs of right inside fender lip, slide fender between forks, mark holes, drill, bolt up. Free.
With all that said, I love my lowered fender, pics do it no justice, but damn I want a 21!!!!!!!!
lol j/k.
I'm all about the 21" wheel. One of my favorite looks, however the cost are nowhere near the same. A fender can be cut and re-drilled for free. No painting, it's that simple. Cut tabs of right inside fender lip, slide fender between forks, mark holes, drill, bolt up. Free.
With all that said, I love my lowered fender, pics do it no justice, but damn I want a 21!!!!!!!!
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Road Captain
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From: Southern Maryland for now
B&C,
I love the look of your bike and that 21" does look good but does it bother you that your bike and ELSUPERMO look all most similar? No disrespect both of your bikes look GREAT and obviously you two have the same great tast. I am just trying to decided what to do cuz once you slam that fender it makes it hard to got back!!!!
Hell I am still trying to figure out if I want apes or beach bars!!!!
I love the look of your bike and that 21" does look good but does it bother you that your bike and ELSUPERMO look all most similar? No disrespect both of your bikes look GREAT and obviously you two have the same great tast. I am just trying to decided what to do cuz once you slam that fender it makes it hard to got back!!!!
Hell I am still trying to figure out if I want apes or beach bars!!!!
Last edited by BigSeaDaddy; Nov 10, 2009 at 05:23 PM.
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From: kansas city,mo
B&C,
I love the look of your bike and that 21" does look good but does it bother you that your bike and ELSUPERMO look all most similar? No disrespect both of your bikes look GREAT and obviously you two have the same great tast. I am just trying to decided what to do cuz once you slam that fender it makes it hard to got back!!!!
Hell I am still trying to figure out if I want apes or beach bars!!!!
I love the look of your bike and that 21" does look good but does it bother you that your bike and ELSUPERMO look all most similar? No disrespect both of your bikes look GREAT and obviously you two have the same great tast. I am just trying to decided what to do cuz once you slam that fender it makes it hard to got back!!!!
Hell I am still trying to figure out if I want apes or beach bars!!!!
When i got my bike new in Sept. 08 the first thing i did was to look at pics from the internet. Then i made a list of what i liked/disliked. Thats what make these forums great...are ideas...If you like a dropped fender then hell drop your fender. Its ur bike....
I like bikes with all sizes of wheels up front 16" - 21" ....hell "chromedome" bike is runnen a 16" up front and not lowered up front and i think he has one of the top 10 deluxes around.
Last edited by BLKnCHRME09Deluxe; Nov 10, 2009 at 06:25 PM.