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trip
11-13-2007, 10:13 PM
The other night I was cleaning my bike and noticed several dings on my front fender. Since I have a tank bra, engine guard bra and hard bag covers, I got to thinking....why not have a front fender chap or bra?????

I posed the idea to Delinda of phcustoms who happens to be a member of this forum. She said that she and her husband have contemplated that idea but couldn't figure out how to secure the chap to the front fender properly without it coming off at high speed.

So, I'd like to get some ideas from you guys and gals as to how it might be secured on the front fender.

What do ya think?

Trip
socwkbiker
11-13-2007, 10:16 PM
It could be held on with a three fabric straps that clip on in the front with magnets holding it to the sides of the fender, then another clip at the bottom. Just a starting place.
trip
11-13-2007, 10:28 PM
That could be one way Socwkbiker.....I was thinking that a piece of metal could be cut and shaped the same size as the underside of the fender. Then make a leather cover that could be glued to the metal part. Then make a pocket that would slide over the front of the fender with the covered metal part sliding underneath. Then, the top could be fastened with velcro. If you ever wanted to take it off, just use some GooGone to get the sticky off the fender.
socwkbiker
11-13-2007, 10:46 PM
Or use velcro to close the back end so all you have to do is slide it off?
dlarue
11-13-2007, 10:46 PM
The only problem that I see with using a magnet is the thought of riding down the interstate at 70 mph during extreme weather... I don't know how it would hold up... we are going to start working on it some more tomorrow, so maybe between several ideas, we can find something that will work. Thanks in advance for everyone's help!
lw
11-13-2007, 11:06 PM
how about attaching the front of the chap to a chrome cap/bumper that fits the end of the fender? slip the cap over the front and have the tension controlled at the rear attachment point?

disclaimer: The ideas expressed in this posting are my own, unless they sound stupid; in which case they are the work of a clever imposter.
ringadingh
11-14-2007, 12:03 AM
Use stick on velcro strips on the fender and sewon velcro on the leather cover to hold it on securly, its easy to remove for cleaning
blowndodge
11-14-2007, 12:21 AM
How about not following so close to gravel trucks?????????
trip
11-14-2007, 07:38 AM
How about not following so close to gravel trucks?????????


LMAO.......... http://s2.images.proboards.com/grin.gif
dlarue
11-14-2007, 09:09 AM
I like the idea of using velcro.. it seems to me to be the easiest thing.. my only worry is that the sticky part on the velcro might somehow have a reaction with the paint, and damage it. Has anyone had any experience with this before?
socwkbiker
11-14-2007, 09:21 AM
Would it be any different than the glue used on the stickers they put on new bikes? You know, the fuel, saddlebag stickers.
dlarue
11-14-2007, 09:33 AM
hmmm... you have a very good point...
dogdoc
11-14-2007, 09:38 AM
How about some Krylon Trip, shiny Black??
dlarue
11-14-2007, 10:15 AM
Does anyone know if they changed the fenders when they moved from the 1500's to the 1600's? They look about the same to me....
trip
11-14-2007, 10:48 AM
How about some Krylon Trip, shiny Black??

Surely one can get the glue off with a little GooGone. That stuff works well without dulling or hurting the finish.
11-14-2007, 10:51 AM
Does Kawasaki use crap paint or what? I only have 5000 miles on my bike and I have several paint chips. Even one one the BACK fender don't ask me how that happend!
trip
11-14-2007, 10:54 AM
I think most of my chips came from the washboard roads in New Mexico.
dragon57
11-14-2007, 11:04 AM
they use a hard plastic thing; kind of u shaped, but long. Hard to explain! it would hook over front edge and sides, with same at rear, only elastic type strap.
similar to how they secure some of the fairing bras.
trying to figure how to explain this plastic thing; if you took a hard plastic tube, and cut a groove out of the length of it, so, it would slide over an adge....
oh, well, I tried !! LOL !!
flightdoc
11-14-2007, 01:10 PM
I thought I had seen some kind of vender bra on the web before. Maybe a year or so ago. It may have been for protection when working on your bike. Not sure.
trip
11-14-2007, 02:12 PM
I thought I had seen some kind of vender bra on the web before. Maybe a year or so ago. It may have been for protection when working on your bike. Not sure.


A vendor bra????? Are you from Germany flightdoc? ...LOL.
socwkbiker
11-14-2007, 03:20 PM
[quote:lzbnt1fe]I thought I had seen some kind of vender bra on the web before. Maybe a year or so ago. It may have been for protection when working on your bike. Not sure.


A vendor bra????? Are you from Germany flightdoc? ...LOL.[/quote:lzbnt1fe]

Vendor bra?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2154/2021784671_fdb6e5be53_o.jpg
dlarue
11-14-2007, 04:18 PM
I don't know if we can come up with anything like THAT for a motorcycle... lol.. Thanks everyone for your help with this, I think we are much closer to figuring it out... appreciate all the comments...