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Title: Extend the inner rear fender of a Cali Vintage (or others)?
Post by: janguzzi on February 28, 2019, 05:50:26 AM

I was thinking about extending the inner rear fender to avoid dirt in the area of gearbox and battery.
The rear fender ends at the same height as the battery baseplate, I think it should be longer.
Has anybody already done this. e.g. by using rubber or...? 

Title: Re: Extend the inner rear fender of a Cali Vintage (or others)?
Post by: RinkRat II on February 28, 2019, 09:20:58 AM

      I have a Ducati 907ie and they use a flexible rubber sheet approx 5" wide with a slight fold to connect the swingarm to the inner fender. Works well.

         Paul B :boozing:

Title: Re: Extend the inner rear fender of a Cali Vintage (or others)?
Post by: Sheepdog on February 28, 2019, 11:04:33 AM

I had not noticed that, Jan. Perhaps I'll add a mudflap to the front of the rear mudguard...

Title: Re: Extend the inner rear fender of a Cali Vintage (or others)?
Post by: janguzzi on March 01, 2019, 01:46:12 AM

Maybe it is not a good idea ...a piece of e.g. rubber will touch the swingarm an could grind off the powdercoating/paint (the Calvin frame is powdercoated).

Title: Re: Extend the inner rear fender of a Cali Vintage (or others)?
Post by: asaleo on March 01, 2019, 12:09:20 PM

I mounted a rubber cloth two years ago on my V7 II. Easy to mount and good protection.
(https://i.ibb.co/bQwPLp6/IMG-2229ps.jpg) (https://ibb.co/bQwPLp6)

Title: Re: Extend the inner rear fender of a Cali Vintage (or others)?
Post by: janguzzi on March 11, 2019, 09:19:00 AM

I couldn´t get hold on good quality tape for rubber/metal.
The one I bought did not work.

So I decdided to go for polymer adhesive.
Maybe I cannot remove protective rubber anymore but for now it works  :wink:


(https://i.ibb.co/YchVrCZ/20190301-191822-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/YchVrCZ)


(https://i.ibb.co/wQWy2qn/20190301-191843-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/wQWy2qn)


(https://i.ibb.co/y4Ww9Qn/20190301-194049-1.jpg) (https://ibb.co/y4Ww9Qn)

Title: Re: Extend the inner rear fender of a Cali Vintage (or others)?
Post by: Sheepdog on March 11, 2019, 09:35:01 AM

That looks excellent, Jan. Well done.

Title: Re: Extend the inner rear fender of a Cali Vintage (or others)?
Post by: janguzzi on July 17, 2019, 03:01:23 PM

I just uploaded a slideshow video for this topic on my YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omqa4puMhSg