Just be careful of one thing. DO NOT attempt to adjust fender line by
pulling on the fender struts.
Yes, that's how you do it with plastic fenders. Doing it with aluminum
fenders is the kiss of death.
You adjust the fender line (i.e., the arc of the fender and how its
curve matches up with the curve of the wheel) by spreading out or
squeezing together the edges of the fender. Pulling the edges out
decreases the radius of the curve of the fender, while squeezing the
edges together increases the radius.
I'm sure I'm belaboring what you've been told before, but there's a
reason. The right way with the plastic fenders most of us are most
used to is the deadly wrong way with aluminum fenders.
As for "pilfering" ideas -- that's why they're put out there, so we can
learn from them. There's no :theft" here; not even "folk process."
On 7/11/20 6:35 PM, 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch wrote:
Thanks, Steve. I pilfered the front strut from something I saw on
Jan's site. Used a theology book (they are all beefy) to bend it
uniformly. Grin. I think Ye Ol' Shoppe left the rear fender out as far
as the struts allow, also, it's in low gear, so wheel forward, which
exaggerates the look vs. high gear. This gives good clearence for tire
in out. I may play with bringing it in a bit. Good eye on the strut
length of the front fender stays. I may cut them or leave them, but
want to be able to adjust them as needed for a while.
With abandon,
Patrick
On Saturday, July 11, 2020 at 3:57:42 PM UTC-6, Steve Palincsar wrote:
I like what you've done with the front extra support strut. I
kind of wonder about the rear fender line -- that's a lot of space
behind the wheel -- but you may need that to be able to remove the
wheel, I don't know. But those fenders sure do look nice on that
silver QB. Looking at the photo under magnification I can see you
could cut the struts a lot shorter: there's a lot of extra
material ahead of the R clips; they don't need to extend beyond
the ends of the clips.
On 7/11/20 5:09 PM, 'Deacon Patrick' via RBW Owners Bunch wrote:
Here's how it looks:
IMG_1674.jpeg
Here's how it rides:
IMG_1671.jpeg
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