Front fender mod on the X

im actually goona do this today or tomorrow i just dont know how many inches to cut lol

There are a few posts on this over on SMJ and on TT. Most round it out right where the duck bill widens if they're just Dremeling the stock fender.

This works:
http://www.rockymountainatv.com/viewLargerImage.do?prodFamilyId=224&navType=type with some effort. See here: http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-665998.html

See here: http://www.supermotojunkie.com/showthread.php?p=880376

I was all ready to trim mine back until the rains started coming about 3 weeks ago. Then I realized just how much cr@p that the stock fender keeps down.

Well, it definitely makes it look better. I think that was the first thing I did after removing the passenger pegs.

I think it may decrease buffeting and increase highway speed too, but that's only a subjective feeling as I didn't record before and after numbers.

The SMJ posts on the topic have some good tips. I used masking tape to mark mine, then a utility knife.

A shorter front fender should certainly help on any highway riding, but after playing in some muddy water last weekend I can't help but think the longer front kept me quite a bit cleaner.

So I'd guess it's a trade-off depending on what you typically ride.

just did mine last night


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MagikSC has a vinyl overlay that you put on the front fender and works as a cutting guide, pretty much eliminates the duck bill portion.

Here is my cut and dremeled beak.

Looking good man.

Can you get a picture looking down on the fender?

Hope you meant me.....Here are a couple of top pics.

Thanks. I meant you. That last one was the shot I was looking for. Very nice.

How did you cut it? Your edge looks quite nice.

I cut the original part straight across about 1 inch past the "point" that is left.
I then took the cut off piece and used it as a template with a permanent marker.
Used a Dremel to cut off the pieces.

Once everything was cut I used alchohol to remove the remaining marker lines and fine sandpaper to smooth everything out.

Hope that explains everything.

THanks for the compliments. I am pretty happy with the results.

I chopped my stock fender to about the length of superbee24's......and as i live in the northwest I sometimes regret doing this mod!....looks killer, but when it starts to get wet or muddy out.....watch out for flying debris lol. Almost unbearable to ride at highway/freeway speeds when it really starts to pour. Its actually very distracting to see a stream of water that looks like a hose shooting at your face going 70.........worth it........????? YES. Definitely. I'm young. And I wear gear. I should be able to take couple of rocks and jet stream of water in the face/chest once in a while. Not a big deal. Lil 250x looks sweet now.

I guess my in a little longer than yours . Mine quits throwing water back at me at about 50 mph !

yeah i'll post some pics here soon

mlacey56 wrote:

yeah i'll post some pics here soon

so...found a pic. hmmmm. it looks like mine is a little longer, so Im not sure why I'm getting so much spray in the face at speed. mine does appear to look a little more squared, or duckbill shaped.....perhaps there's some extra turbulence? ahhhhh I don't know what I'm talking about. VERY happy to see someone cutoff more than I and achieved (somewhat) positive results, as I am definitely worried about chopping more off!!! (((((((sorry for the crappy pic, I'll try to take some more.)))))) If anyone sees a major (design) flaw in the cut.....PLEASE let me know what COULD work better. I need to do work on this.