| Author | Message | ||
     Jersey_thunder |
is the S3 and S2 the same front fender? jt | ||
| Edv |
I will probably get an argument here but no they are different | ||
| Gowindward |
I think it depends on when the bike/fender was produced. I have a '96 S2 and the front fender is the same shape as the S3 fender. Definitely the '95 bikes and I believe some of the '96 bikes certainly have a differently shaped fender. | ||
| Kc_zombie |
The 1997-98 S3, maybe. 1999 and up, no. | ||
| Sportyeric |
The early S2 fenders were thick fibreglass and the front edge curved around to the point that there had to be a small hole in the front surface to allow an allen wrench to get at the lower mounting bolts. Later S2 fenders are very similar to S3 fenders but, I think, have a more pronounced dip in the transition from the main surface to the vertical struts. On the S3, that surface is more or less a constant curve. | ||
| Kc_zombie |
I believe the 95 S2 was a CF fender and and 1996 was FG... | ||
| Sportyeric |
That would be the rear. | ||
| Jersey_thunder |
WOW...ok, let me reword it... will a S3 fender work on a S2 ?  JT | ||
| Sportyeric |
Yes. Mine had one on when I got it and I never knew til Frank Skinner called me on it when awarding "most original" at the first S2 rally. | ||
| Sportyeric |
OK, Court, but back to the OP, what about the front? Late S2 and early S3? (Not that Jersey seems to care anyway.) | ||
| Trouble_enabler |
An S1 front fender fits on there too and I think looks better:  | ||
| Phat_j |
will they interchange? certainly, as will s1,x1 as the photo above shows. just nothing sexier than an original s2 (early) fender. | ||
| Kc_zombie |
JT, I think the final answer is yes a 1997-1998 S3 rear fender will fit your S2 (same swingarm) 1999 and up use the aluminum swingarm and the fender will not retrofit to the steel... (Message edited by kc_zombie on September 20, 2013) | ||
| Lynrd |
Front fenders all seem to interchange between models with the earlier inverted forks. My S2 (Rhonda) has a S1 fender on it (the way I got it) My 1998 S3 (Veronica) had a stock S3 fender on it. I swapped it for a S1 fender, which bolted right on. I also like the looks of the S1 fender. The later S3 looks like a big ugly hat to me. That said, if anyone wants a later S3 fender, I have an Ice White Pearl one I would let go cheap so it's ugliness will no longer offend my eye in my garage. I guess the one question that remains, is that, if you are restoring, is an early S3 fender the same as an S2 to return to a stock, as from the factory, look. That, I do not know. |
