I’ve been jumping from one part of the bike to another. I’ll run into a problem or an unknown and then move to something else. It gives me time to process the issue instead of doing something dumb. It also gives me time to touch base with SMC member Dorsey Uptain for any solution or encouragement. I recently received my rivets in the mail so I started to reassemble my junky / bobbed front fender. The fender had broken brackets and numerous dents.
These are the rivets I used on the brackets
Of course the fender would not fit. For some reason it was too tall and hitting the bottom of my steering damper. I called Dorsey and we compared measurements to his Servi-car. We measured everything twice and determined that my front brace was almost an inch longer than his. If this brace was homemade someone did a pretty good job with it. Maybe it was on a longer than stock aftermarket springer front end. Who knows!
The top of the fender is hitting the bottom of the steering damper
I disassembled everything again and cut the brace to match Dorsey’s and then reassembled. I mounted the fender again and this time it finally fits.
Finally a mounted fender!
Also mounted the coil and assembled the clutch
Another example of something to think about. Straightening this crash bar!!!