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Hideous rear fender replacement

Started by aviationfred, October 11, 2017, 06:22:51 PM

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aviationfred

 :bad:  The FJ came with the hideously ugly extended European/Australian rear fender.

I had to do something about it. Solution....replace with a U.S. Spec rear fender half. Much better IMO.



Fred
I'm not the fastest FJ rider, I am 'half-fast', the fastest slow guy....

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2008 VFR800 RC46 Vtec
1996 VFR750 RC36/2
1990 FJ1300 (1297cc) Casper
1990 VFR750 RC36/1 Minnie
1989 FJ1200 Lazarus, the Streetfighter Project
1985 VF500F RC31 Interceptor

X-Ray

Much better, however I think it's the European/Japanese bikes that have the long guard, the Australian models all had the "sporty" short guard. Whenever a Japanese import comes in it usually has the awful long guard, :)
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'93 FJ1200 Dark Violet/Silver
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ct7088

Fred that looks a lot better. What's next?

Chris
Chris

Tuned forks

Not often a Euro spec part looks worse than a US spec part.  Car or motorcycle.
1990 FJ1200-the reacher
1990 FZR 1000-crotch rocket

PaulG

Keep the original to play Jai Alai with. :sarcastic:
1992 FJ1200 ABS
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Bezmozek

While in Europe those short fenders are hard to find, I did the same mod, but with a hacksaw and blade designed for steel. 15min incl. sanding and looks same as USspec  :smile:
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