After going thru all the trouble of buying every repop three piece fender on the market . I decided to go stock on one bike and repop on one bike.
I sent the origional fender which was a 45 front fender and had the struts changed to big twin struts. I sent this fender to a person I know who has rebuilt at least a hundred of these. The sheet metal is perfect and the struts are wonderful as far as the fit is concerned but he put a 1/8th in gap between the strut and the side of the fender. When I questioned this he said he did it intentionally because on some of these the vibration wears thru either the strut or the inside, side of fender. My question, is this a standard practice and would points be deducted for this. He said he would change it if I couldn't live with it. He also sent me pictures of other fenders with the same gap. He rebuilt both my front and rear fenders. He takes them all the way apart and puts them back together exactly like they are suppose to taking a picture of every step of the operation so you know exactly what was done to your fender. I was very impressed all the way around. He even sent me pictures of all the jigs and fixtures that he made to rebuild these fenders. I don't want to ask him to change it unless I'm sure it's a definite points issue or it's just not right.
All information would be appreciated on this subject. Thanks
FNA
I sent the origional fender which was a 45 front fender and had the struts changed to big twin struts. I sent this fender to a person I know who has rebuilt at least a hundred of these. The sheet metal is perfect and the struts are wonderful as far as the fit is concerned but he put a 1/8th in gap between the strut and the side of the fender. When I questioned this he said he did it intentionally because on some of these the vibration wears thru either the strut or the inside, side of fender. My question, is this a standard practice and would points be deducted for this. He said he would change it if I couldn't live with it. He also sent me pictures of other fenders with the same gap. He rebuilt both my front and rear fenders. He takes them all the way apart and puts them back together exactly like they are suppose to taking a picture of every step of the operation so you know exactly what was done to your fender. I was very impressed all the way around. He even sent me pictures of all the jigs and fixtures that he made to rebuild these fenders. I don't want to ask him to change it unless I'm sure it's a definite points issue or it's just not right.
All information would be appreciated on this subject. Thanks
FNA
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