original vs repro fenders

[Chris Haynes]

Pass those leads onto me Sarge !


As luck may have it, my buddy took the liberty of sending me an aftermarket fender he needs repaired. I came home the other day, and low and behold !!! A big UPS box was a sittin on me porch ! He is such a stinker some times ! I only had to take a quick taping of the skirting to know why he sent it. 7-3/4" from edge to edge. 7" is what you need. Tried re-shaping these without removing braces before. No luck though. I will end up removing all of the brace rivets, including the mounting ones. I hope this one will go easier than the ones I have done in the past. Several of the past ones needed ground after re-shaping. The tip eagle stamping was off when the fender was in correct alignment. When this becomes the case, fender tip emblems are the only fix. If you can't go with emblems, it is either fender after fender or oem. Paps

Dixie has the correct rivets.

[dommi7]

Is this hinge used on ALL years? I know it is reversed 48-57 with the clip, but from 34-70something does it have the 3 narrow rings and two wide?

Can I swipe a hinge off a shovelhead fender to rework into a replacement fender for a '41 to at least have decent cosmetics from the outside?

[flthead]

it's easy to rework the narrow hinge area to make it wider . the picture i posted is of a aftermarket hinge i widened in a fast experiment ,now i'll spend a lil more time an clean it up

[Chris Haynes]

Is this hinge used on ALL years? I know it is reversed 48-57 with the clip, but from 34-70something does it have the 3 narrow rings and two wide?

Can I swipe a hinge off a shovelhead fender to rework into a replacement fender for a '41 to at least have decent cosmetics from the outside?

That hinge is the aftermarket hinge and is not correct on anything.

[flthead]

That hinge is the aftermarket hinge and is not correct on anything.

wow chris i originaly posted that pic last week an after posting above that i modified a aftermarket hinge ,your just now saying it's aftermarket . are these 2 hinges original harley hinges or aftermarket ?

[46WL]

Those are original.

[flthead]

ya sure ?

it's easy to rework the narrow hinge area to make it wider . the picture i posted is of a aftermarket hinge i widened in a fast experiment ,now i'll spend a lil more time an clean it up

one of 'em is the aftermarket after final cleanup

[46WL]

I Should have put they are original looking...

[Chris Haynes]

In the photo is looks like all the loops are the same size. Are they not?

[flthead]

In the photo is looks like all the loops are the same size. Are they not?

no there not

[motorhead1]

An opinion on this fender as far as being original.

[koanes]

Looks like stock WL fender front half, the side panels on tail section look to be add ons.

[D.Mac]

Fender brace rivits

Dixie has the correct rivets.

Well,
This may be the dumb question of the week, but how do you contact "Dixie"? Or is there anyone else that carries the correct fender hinge/brace rivits?
Doug.

[Ohio-Rider]

Dixie International Company is a wholesale motorcycle distributor. (dealers only)

http://www.dixieinternational.com/