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Homer
| Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 04:10 pm: |
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Attached pic is of my Uly after less than 10 miles on a wet dirt/gravel road. I know it's been mentioned here before, but the high mount front fender doesn't appear to be very effective. Even worse if this had have been at night my lights would be been totally covered in mud and all but worthless in no time (and I've had this experience before). Since it's too cold to ride I thought I'd start a topic to see what other front fender options there were. I already have a regular Lightning front fender on order that I'm going to try. So what other ideas do folks have out there? Especially all you aftermarket parts folks on the board. |
Homer
| Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 04:30 pm: |
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I'm having a heck of a time posting images...
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Lowflyer
| Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 06:20 pm: |
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I wonder if lowering and extending the beak would work. |
Dragon_slayer
| Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 06:27 pm: |
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Like I said before, mud looks good on black. It helps hide the color! |
Az_m2
| Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 07:35 pm: |
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Is that from the front wheel kicking up mud? You'd think the fender would catch that. |
Homer
| Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 07:57 pm: |
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It doesn't. When you're riding at night in the wet you can see all the spray coming up off the front tire and over the beak on to the headlights |
Electraglider_1997
| Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 08:30 pm: |
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Yes, it spins off the tire and then you run into it. |
Al_lighton
| Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 09:30 pm: |
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Well, I'm working on one, but the tuning stuff has slowed my progress on body parts of late. I'm marrying an XB front fender to an S2 front fender. It'll have the larger size of the S2 fender, with the mounting provisions of the XB fender, with some additional fork-tube protection and stiffness added. Here is a picture of the roughed out fender plug, still lots of work to go.
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Lovehamr
| Posted on Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 10:54 pm: |
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It'd be interesting to see if an Acerbis dirt bike fender could be modified to work. Get some extra length, extra width and a bit more curl and I think that problem could be attenuated to a great extent. |
Lowflyer
| Posted on Friday, December 30, 2005 - 10:47 am: |
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Maybe some brushes mounted to the underside of the lower fender would help. |
Steveford
| Posted on Friday, December 30, 2005 - 11:52 am: |
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Al, Drop me a line on the Ulysses fender when it's done, please. Steve Ford |
Namibian
| Posted on Friday, December 30, 2005 - 04:11 pm: |
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Al, Please also notify me when Uly front fender available. It's a must have. Thanks, John A Becker |
Bosh
| Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 03:17 pm: |
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How about this? http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Mud-Flap-Fringe-Concho-Spots-FREE-SHIPING-220_W0Q QcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35561QQitemZ4599934746QQrdZ1
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Lowflyer
| Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 03:38 pm: |
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Electraglider_1997
| Posted on Sunday, January 01, 2006 - 09:39 pm: |
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They throw in a pair of assless chaps with one of those. |
Johnb
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 02:08 am: |
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looking at Homer's pic i kinda wonder about buell's uly adv testing.. Al's got the right idea. bimmers have been doing fenders that way for awhile. |
Lowflyer
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 11:29 am: |
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There you have it. If you want to stay clean and snooty, buy a BMW. |
Johnb
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 12:46 pm: |
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Lowflyer
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 07:39 pm: |
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Or buy a collector bike? |
Crusty
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 08:01 pm: |
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Hey, Al; the hell with the dyno; let's get that fender into production. I did my New Years Day ride, and after a 1/2 hour , the TOP of my front fender was covered with salt and sand. The stock beak just isn't doing the job. |
Snub13
| Posted on Monday, January 02, 2006 - 09:18 pm: |
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I bet an Acerbis fender would be easy to modify, you would just have to fool with it a bit to get it to look right. |
Dlrides
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 03:52 pm: |
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KTM - SuperMoto front fender with an EXC fender support. Longer in the front and back,support for stability at speed. Comes in gloss black also. Might want to check it out ! |
Lowflyer
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 05:38 pm: |
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Here's an option:
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Chadhargis
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 05:48 pm: |
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You could try one of these after your ride:
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Pbransonii
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 07:00 pm: |
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Actually, the KTM product looks pretty good it doesn't have the droop that the acerbis unit does. http://www.2wheel.com.tw/SPARE%20PARTS/UFO%20KTM%20SUPERMOTO%20660.jpg http://ktm-liberta.com/part05/img_parts05/5030801020030.jpg |
Electraglider_1997
| Posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2006 - 11:45 pm: |
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I can't see that KTM fender/beak being any better. The spray goes out and then up and over. |
Bienhoabob
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 09:22 am: |
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Looking at the beamer pictures, it appears that the answer to the spraying problem is a longer lower fender, not a longer upper fender. Appears that Al is taking that approach in his prototype also. Just a thought, Nap time, Bob |
Electraglider_1997
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 11:10 am: |
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Exactly, You've got to direct the tire spray downward to the road and the only means to do that is a close fender that wraps well past the top of the tire. The back wheel could use the same sort of fender. I hope they take care of this design flaw so that we can buy the next generation fenders from Buell. |
Lowflyer
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 11:36 am: |
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I can't help but marvel at the marketing genius behind all of these "design flaws" you guys keep discovering. It is indeed fun to watch all the "needs" develop around a new product. |
Dlrides
| Posted on Wednesday, January 04, 2006 - 01:48 pm: |
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I have used the previously mentioned KTM set-up on my two previous adventure bikes(Tiger,KTM 950) without any "splashing" on the headlight area. Both bikes were running a 21" front wheel though. The mentioned fender is considerably wider at the front than it appears. You can also take a black plastic 5 gallon bucket, some rivets and create an extension for the back of the fender if required. If I add a ULY to the stable this will be the first mod for non-pavement riding. |