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Offline kevdog3019

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Average distance wheel/fender?
« on: February 06, 2015, 08:10:37 PM »
Fabricating a front fender mount.  Need an average distance wheel to fender.  Anyone have any ideas?  Want a hugger, but safe distance.
Thanks!
« Last Edit: February 06, 2015, 08:11:21 PM by kevdog3019 »
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Re: Average distance wheel/fender?
« Reply #1 on: February 06, 2015, 08:28:51 PM »
Give it as much distance as you need to get the wheel out and avoid ripping the tire on a trapped rock.  Otherwise, the fender and the wheel both have an arc.  There's a point of distance where the two arcs appear complimentary to your eye.  That part is a ymmv thing.


Something that always looks 'funny' to me is a fender arc that suggests the wheel should have been taller or shorter.  (or wheel arc that suggests the fender was for a taller/sorter wheel).

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Re: Average distance wheel/fender?
« Reply #2 on: February 07, 2015, 06:09:16 AM »
Figuring Guzzi knows what they're doing,  ;D I measured the stock Lario at 22mm. Rosie's carbon fender is 20.
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Offline kevdog3019

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Re: Average distance wheel/fender?
« Reply #3 on: February 07, 2015, 06:35:54 AM »
Thank you guys.  I will use these tips and make hay. ;-T
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