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matress

Hi everyone,

Last Friday night, I was alone, except for a bottle of cheap Shiraz. I thought it would be a good idea to start hacking up the stock Thruxton fender that was living beneath my bedside table.

I had most of the tools I needed...

- a hacksaw (blunt)
- electrical tape
- a rusty file
- a sanding block

I marked out the rough shape of the cut I wanted to make on one end of the fender. I then took to it with the hacksaw and cut to the line of the tape.

Once cut all the way through, I taped the off cut to the other end of the fender and marked a line to match its size and length.

Both cut ends ended up being fairly dissimilar from one another in terms of shape, so I took to them with a file, so that I could reshape them, measuring and re-taping the lines so I could check the shape as I went. After a bit of a filing and inhalation of powdered plastic, I had the shape I was after.

I then used a medium/fine sanding block and smoothed out the edges ready for paint.

I took the fender to the local paint shop and matched a tinned paint colour to the colour of the fender. I bought a small paint brush and touched up the edges of the fender and left it to dry.

And now, after spending $11 on a tin of paint, a brush and a new sanding block after I lost my old one, I have a newly chopped fender!

Mat

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2011 Triumph Thruxton
Triumph gel seat, TORS, Ikon 7614 shocks, de-snorkelled, FEK, 1" clip ons, bar end mirrors, 17T front sprocket, O2 sensor elimination, de-activated AI, 150/70 rear tyre, 110/80 front tyre.
My other love, my design business

midnightmethane

that mod has been running through my mind...may just have to do this

Mach1na

Nice! Been meaning to do the same thing. Didn't cross my mind that I'd only need to paint the edges.

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gbc

I did the front on my TBS at the same time I bobbed the rear. It worked out great just moving the fender bracket up to aline with the last hole forward. I then filled in the hole no longer used and took a couple of inches off of the back.

bluesman77

It looks really nice and, in my opinion, much better than with no fender. Plus, the bracket functions as a fender brace - couldn't tell from the photos if you used it w/o the fender. In any event - great-looking modification!

I've never been crazy about the looks of mine, but am too lazy to keep things clean and have even considered a Fenda Extender or skid late to cut down on the dirt. Unfortunately - neither an improvement looks-wise.

zip tie

Nice job!

steve betts

Don't even try this without the cheap Shiraz.

After reading so many clinically precise, craftsman-like posts of various mods, it's refreshing to read about one that resembles my flailings. All's well that ends well.

matress

Definitely don't try it with expensive wine, it definitely won't work! :-D


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2011 Triumph Thruxton
Triumph gel seat, TORS, Ikon 7614 shocks, de-snorkelled, FEK, 1" clip ons, bar end mirrors, 17T front sprocket, O2 sensor elimination, de-activated AI, 150/70 rear tyre, 110/80 front tyre.
My other love, my design business