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Old Nov 2, 2020 | 10:22 PM
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I was told this is a Harley Sportster Fender. Please take a look at the photos and let me know your thoughts. The fender is 27.5" x 12".

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Old Nov 2, 2020 | 10:28 PM
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Gosh, if it is, I'm thinking it's an aftermarket type.
 
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Old Nov 3, 2020 | 06:03 AM
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100% After Market. Could fit anything or nothing, including a Jap bike. Honestly if I had to bet $10, I would say Jap or some other Metric like a Triumph.
 
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It's a horrible shape whatever it's off .
 
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Old Nov 3, 2020 | 03:22 PM
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Does not look like a stock Sportster fender to me. But my experience is limited to the bikes in my signature line. so would say it is not from a 1997 to 2006 Sportster.

It might fit a Sportster, it might be from an older Sportster than the ones I have owned.


It has clips on both sides for brake lines. Most Sportsters do not have dual front brakes. And I have never seen a Sportster fender with clips like that for brake lines. Just did a search on E-bay and doesn't look like any Harley front fenders.
 

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Old Nov 3, 2020 | 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by VAFish
Does not look like a stock Sportster fender to me. But my experience is limited to the bikes in my signature line. so would say it is not from a 1997 to 2006 Sportster.

It might fit a Sportster, it might be from an older Sportster than the ones I have owned.


It has clips on both sides for brake lines. Most Sportsters do not have dual front brakes. And I have never seen a Sportster fender with clips like that for brake lines. Just did a search on E-bay and doesn't look like any Harley front fenders.
Could this be from a Harley Sportster from the 70's or 80's..Guy was old who gave it to me
 
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Nope, the fenders from the 60/70's had straight brackets from the fender mounts to the edge of fender.
 
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Originally Posted by Architect
... a Jap bike. , I would say Jap..
I broke a kids nose in the 9th grade for calling me a Jap. I never ceases to amaze me how people can hide behind a computer keyboard a throw out ethnic slurs without batting a eye. Just saying...
 
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It looks like an aftermarket fender that "may" fit the sportster front end? I have seen where people put "big bike" style tins on sportsters to try and make them look like big harleys.
 
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