rear fender saver?

[300rman]

anyone ever made a bracket to support the sides of the rear fender on their trike? like on the 250rs how the rear sides extend out and flap like birds.......

well, my rear plastic is splitting in half from the flapping, and i made a bracket to support it. granted, i had to drill 2 holes in the plastic, i on each side for a bolt, but it will save my plastic for at least 6 months +.

the design is so primitive and stupid, it is stupid simple.
it is 1 piece of metal, about 3 inches thinner than the rears are wide. it goes from end to end, is bolted to the fender, and is bent to the bracket rests on the grab bar and holds the fender up. this way the rear fender is still 100% removable, without ANY other actions, other then the factory latch.

heres an example pic, as pics on the actual product are not possible at this time.
does this thing make sense? does anyone understand what i did by chance?

http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n313/NightBiker07/modbracketpic.jpg


is a great mod for people doing jumps, will make the fenders last much longer.

*EDIT* damn that text is small..........sorry!

[SYKO]

yea one idea suzuki had right was having built in suports on there quadracer grab bars to help hold up there fenders, your on the right track, but ive never really had any problem with my fenders sagging ot breaking either

[TwoHundredEx]

I did this to the front fenders on our Kawi Bayou, only difference was that I used aluminum checkerplate so the fenders could still flex if they needed to, but still enough to support them.
I wanted to that to the 200X too, but I couldn't think of anything that would still let the fenders be removeable. What thickness metal did you use?

[300rman]

umm. not really sure, just raided the scrap pile till i foud something usable.

it wasnt quite a quarter inch thick, but larger than eighth for sure.
i would say about 3/16ths by about 3/4 to an inch wide.

[super90]

On my 200x I made a little aluminum bracked that attached right under the muffler to the fenders. I did that on the other side too and attached them with wingnuts. Never really had to remove them that much so it wasnt much of a problem, but it could be done on the trail if needed.

[300rman]

yeah, but this design is part of the plastics, so the only thing that must be done is unlatch the factory latch! absolutely no other BS with it, and it seems to work very well.

[rally4x4racer]

Is that dog poo on yer tire?

[300rman]

naw thats mud. you should see the thing now......its filthy and a half.

[Chevy200s]

I did something like this on my 250R, the fenders were sagging a lot and at the end of the ride they would always droop down, especially if they had a lot of mud on them. so I just took a light piece of steel that was about 1/4 thick probably a little less by about 1/2 inch and it was about 3 feet long or so, ended up being about 2 inches shorter than the width of the fenders giving an inch at each end. I just drilled 2 equally spaced 3/8 inch holes through the plastic and the steel, ran bolts through them and ground down the heads, works great, hardly noticable, and the fenders dont droop when they get covered in mud. I'll post some pics when I get a chance.

[oldred95]

The 250SX's had some springy metal supports for the rear fenders stock. A set of those might make the cleanest looking setup but they really didn't do much more then stop any flapping of the fenders, didn't really support them any extra.

[Huffa]

The 250SX's had some springy metal supports for the rear fenders stock. A set of those might make the cleanest looking setup but they really didn't do much more then stop any flapping of the fenders, didn't really support them any extra.

Yea, they are pretty weak but would look the nicest.

The R fender is pretty stiff though towards the SX, I don't really understand why you would need them ? It's not often at all that I see 83/4 R's with cracked fenders.

Why did you drill a whole ? Why not just leave the fender rest on it and rubber mount it using some simular to the ones on frame ?

I'd at least use a domed carrige bolt so it looks nicer instead of a bolt, ya know ?

[RacerRichie]

B2 tecates have a support for the rear fender........

[300rman]

i used what i had at hand.

doesnt really matter. the fender wont look good at all if ida left it alone.....it is splitting in half!

[Chevy200s]

Why did you drill a whole ? Why not just leave the fender rest on it and rubber mount it using some simular to the ones on frame ?


If its anything like I think it is, just letting it sit on top would still not keep it solid if its already got big cracks through it. I think he's more going for function than looks too, thats kinda how it was for my fenders. Just having the plastic rest on it would still let it bounce up everytime you went over a bump and if the cracks already started that would just let it get worse. On mine it serves a double purpose of making them nice and solid, which is handy if you ever accidentally roll it down a hill or have family members that like to use your atv as a shelf to put stuff on:mad: when its not being ridden. when I get a chance I'll take a picture of mine

[Bryan Raffa]

get some 200m brackets and modifie them to fit...they have the rubber grommets on them too.