Please check your plastic front fenders for any cracking around the mounting bolts. Sitting at Billy's place last night I noticed a trike with the right side cracked pretty bad..not sure if it is fixable. This trike is not custom paint so would be cheaper to replace and paint but anybody with custom paint that wrecks their fender is going to pay more for paint
It almost seems that you should reinforce any of these plastic fenders "before" shit happens...if it breaks and falls off while riding would not be good and that is what nearly happened to me with my 502 trike and could have maybe to this trike I noticed last night.
What is the saying..an ounce of prevention is worth....
Chech front fenders!
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Re: Chech front fenders!
Barry,
Great thing to be looking at during the pre-flight (ride) inspection.
Where can I buy a couple of front fender mounting clamps?
I had mine apart last week, fixing that lower fork leaking problem that others have had. Changed the fork oil while I was at it.
During reassembly, I noticed the threads inside one of the clamps was looking a little iffy.
Great thing to be looking at during the pre-flight (ride) inspection.
Where can I buy a couple of front fender mounting clamps?
I had mine apart last week, fixing that lower fork leaking problem that others have had. Changed the fork oil while I was at it.
During reassembly, I noticed the threads inside one of the clamps was looking a little iffy.
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Mark
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Re: Chech front fenders!
immaupin wrote:Barry,
Great thing to be looking at during the pre-flight (ride) inspection.
Where can I buy a couple of front fender mounting clamps?
I had mine apart last week, fixing that lower fork leaking problem that others have had. Changed the fork oil while I was at it.
During reassembly, I noticed the threads inside one of the clamps was looking a little iffy.
I don't know if Boss Hoss gets these made special for them or not. If they do then you need to order from Boss Hoss I guess
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Re: Chech front fenders!
The plastic cracking issue is simply a " lack of sufficient" surface area support. Craig H.
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Re: Chech front fenders!
Did this problem happen on the pre 2000 forks as well ?
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Re: Chech front fenders!
Finally found an advantage to having the older trike !! having said that Id rather my front fender cracked than my framerandy burkey wrote:I think it's more of a problem on the inverted forks
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Re: Chech front fenders!
Hi GordonBH, no unfortunately they I won't be building these for sale. After designing the shape, I had the 4- piece pattern cut out by a water jet cutter @ $50. The chrome job on two pieces was another $50 !! CraigGordonBH wrote:Nice looking piece of kit. Are you in production?