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Rear fender fit issues
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<blockquote data-quote="TouringGodet" data-source="post: 95922" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>I just re-fitted the touring guards on my Comet after repairs and painting. When I built up my basket case Comet, I bought a NOS rear touring guard, the holes for the hinges were not drilled. Before even worrying about fitting the pieces to the bike, I worked on getting the hinge pieces mounted correctly to provide a nice gap between the mudguards. It was 30 years ago now, but I recall a lot of careful measuring and trial fitting. One side of the hinge also uses rivets to mount it to the mudguard, so if you end up with elongated holes in the fender to get the hinge pieces just right, the rivet holes can be drilled last to anchor it in position. On my Shadow and Comet, the holes for the wires are on the part of the hinge towards the front of the bike, I think that is the only way that makes sense. The lifting handle does swap 180 degrees between the twin and singles, due to the chain guard, so yes, the wires on the twin come up the lifting handle, and angle slightly to the rear of the bike (in relation to the lifting handle) to get to the hinge, while on the single, the wires angle to the front of the bike to enter the hinge, but that is because the whole hinge is in front of the lifting handle on a single, and behind the lifting handle on a twin. For me, the natural resting position of the flap is such that I have to slightly push the flap towards the tire in order for my rear stand to clear the flap.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]22279[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TouringGodet, post: 95922, member: 27"] I just re-fitted the touring guards on my Comet after repairs and painting. When I built up my basket case Comet, I bought a NOS rear touring guard, the holes for the hinges were not drilled. Before even worrying about fitting the pieces to the bike, I worked on getting the hinge pieces mounted correctly to provide a nice gap between the mudguards. It was 30 years ago now, but I recall a lot of careful measuring and trial fitting. One side of the hinge also uses rivets to mount it to the mudguard, so if you end up with elongated holes in the fender to get the hinge pieces just right, the rivet holes can be drilled last to anchor it in position. On my Shadow and Comet, the holes for the wires are on the part of the hinge towards the front of the bike, I think that is the only way that makes sense. The lifting handle does swap 180 degrees between the twin and singles, due to the chain guard, so yes, the wires on the twin come up the lifting handle, and angle slightly to the rear of the bike (in relation to the lifting handle) to get to the hinge, while on the single, the wires angle to the front of the bike to enter the hinge, but that is because the whole hinge is in front of the lifting handle on a single, and behind the lifting handle on a twin. For me, the natural resting position of the flap is such that I have to slightly push the flap towards the tire in order for my rear stand to clear the flap. [ATTACH=full]22279[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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