Rear fender
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Rear fender
Hello Guys and Girls, I have a question regarding my 93 sportster 1200. I want to put a bobber style rear fender but I do not want to cut my fender struts as they are very close to mint condition. Can I buy shorter fender struts that will allow me to install a bobber rear fender so I don’t have to chop the originals in case I sell it one day? Thanks in advance for your input. Geeker….✌🏻
Im pretty sure those fender struts are
part of the frame, so I think the answer would be “no.”
But, you could cut your fender such that it still utilizes the full length of the fender struts to attach the fender but the fender doesn’t run the full length. Kind of like cutting an “M” shape in the rear of the fender, if that makes sense. The sides are full length, but the middle is not. I’ll try to find some examples and post them here.
Is you bike completely stock right now? I wouldn’t be worried too much about this mod affecting resale unless it’s completely stock, in which case I wouldn’t modify it at all (for resale purposes, if that’s your main goal). If it’s already modded somehow, I say cut away. Make it yours and enjoy it. Just my two cents…
part of the frame, so I think the answer would be “no.”
But, you could cut your fender such that it still utilizes the full length of the fender struts to attach the fender but the fender doesn’t run the full length. Kind of like cutting an “M” shape in the rear of the fender, if that makes sense. The sides are full length, but the middle is not. I’ll try to find some examples and post them here.
Is you bike completely stock right now? I wouldn’t be worried too much about this mod affecting resale unless it’s completely stock, in which case I wouldn’t modify it at all (for resale purposes, if that’s your main goal). If it’s already modded somehow, I say cut away. Make it yours and enjoy it. Just my two cents…
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Hello Guys and Girls, I have a question regarding my 93 sportster 1200. I want to put a bobber style rear fender but I do not want to cut my fender struts as they are very close to mint condition. Can I buy shorter fender struts that will allow me to install a bobber rear fender so I don’t have to chop the originals in case I sell it one day? Thanks in advance for your input. Geeker….✌🏻
Below is a 1993 Sportster that's had it's rear fender bobbed.
Here is a 2009 Iron 883 so that you can see how it's stock bobbed rear fender looks.
There are plenty of used stock late model Sportster Iron and 48 rear fenders for sale, during last years COVID-19 lockdown I bought a used 48 rear fender on Fleabay to replace the one on my 2011 Iron 883 that was showing signs of corrosion.
Good luck with your project.
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Your Sportster is in near mint condition, if it was my machine I wouldn't bother bobbing the rear fender and keep the stock fender, it matches the period of the motorcycle. Some things weren't mean't to be tampered with, I think your Sportster is one of them.
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Dude, that is a really clean Anniversary model, do not hack anything on that bike, big mistake for sure.
Now if you need to Bob her, find another fender and struts on the Bay and hack them. Save the original parts in storage, very safely. They will become more valuable over time.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/13376544529...temCondition=4
https://www.ebay.com/itm/16423183517...temCondition=4
The Bay is your friend. But seriously, I would leave that bike alone.
I would go the other way and fix everything that is not stock, make her 100% they way she left Milwaukee. Find the exhaust etc.
Now if you need to Bob her, find another fender and struts on the Bay and hack them. Save the original parts in storage, very safely. They will become more valuable over time.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/13376544529...temCondition=4
https://www.ebay.com/itm/16423183517...temCondition=4
The Bay is your friend. But seriously, I would leave that bike alone.
I would go the other way and fix everything that is not stock, make her 100% they way she left Milwaukee. Find the exhaust etc.
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