Sportster rear fender Chop
 

Hey guys, I'm thinking of chopping my rear fender. Anybody have any suggestions on where and how. Maybe some pictures too.

Good question! My cousin wants me to chop his rear fender too.

Use masking tape to cover the area where you want to cut and draw it out. That will give you an idea of what you want.
If it were me, I'd cut it different than the Nightster/Iron/48 fender. There is already about 6 billion fenders cut that way. Make it different.

I did mine on the bike with a fine jig saw, blue tape protecting the paint. It took about 15 minutes. Nothing fancy but I did get rid of that monster tail light...


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I am gonna revive this thread. I want to do something with my rear fender. I do not want to just bob it cuz that has become to common. I was gonna do a bob tail but I want something custom. I have to be able to put a 2 up seat back on to take my old lady out when she deserves it. :) So I am looking for some pics or ideas. I am thinking of bringing it to a point but wanna see your ideas. Thanks.

I did that, but didn't like it (probably due to my shitty skillz), so I just cut it straight across.

I used a Nightster take off fender, and can switch between seats. I just installed both seat anchors.

Still got both 2008 "C" fenders, got no use for them, if any one wants them to chop up. PM me an offer.

I wonder about going the other route and putting a tail dragger on it? Wonder how that would look?

By the way, if you plan on chopping the fender, here is a tip from a LOT of experience! Locate your center line, then draw out where you want to make the cut on half of the fender. Trace the pattern out on a piece of paper, then flip it over and transfer the outline to the other side. It will be perfectly symmetrical.

I had cut my fenders this winter before paint (which is still ongoing!!). I did a cut that ended in a point on both front and rear fenders. But I did trim the rear fender smooth with a curved end, definitly not an ugly straight cut! Here is a pic of the front, but I may still cut this smooth also.
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I used thin black pin stripe to mark the cut then put masking tape on top to protect the paint, I could still see the pinstripe thru the masking tape.
I cut it with a dremel type tool following the pinstripe, took about ten minutes.
Then I just used the chrome door trim stuff for cars to cap the end.
You can see the end result in my gallery below my signature.

Stevaki, did you ever chop it?

I considered chopping mine somewhere above the taillight but below the plate mount holes, that leaves it a little longer than the nightster fender (I think) but still gives it a bob'ed look

haven't got around to it because I don't want to get into messing with the wires for the turn signals

Try shaving it before you cut it...just an idea. I shaved my wife's because she doesn't want road debris hitting her in the back (like mine) so I just shaved it smooth. I think it looks pretty slick.

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I just tossed my stuff back together to see how my fender looked when mounted (for the first time actually). I may do some more trimming yet.
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To me, when someone just cuts the fender in a straight line across, that shows lack of imagination.

Oh, and I did find a pic of the rear fender when it was trimmed to form a point. But I didn't like that too much so cut it off.
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Pics of my rear end chop.
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I actually like that alot. But there isnt much you do that I don't like. I wished I lived down there by you. You seem to always have some pretty good projects going on.

There are a lot of good fender bobs on here but I have to have room on the back for the old lady. But I think this is the top of my list now. Did you weld sheet metal in to cover the holes?