Rear fender / Mud Flap Removal

[Banzai]

Did a search found nothing, Looked at many websights can't find our part. Anyone done this? any tips or links to a replacement part?

Don't like the big hangy down thingy back there.

Thanks, Banzai.

 

[Ignacio]

Don't know anybody who has just removed it all. Some have replaced it with a hugger. Might try searching on that term.

 

[GalaxyBlue]

Ask Slapnpop, He's got the pics of is rear fender mod.

 

[Geezer]

I removed the dangly thing from the bottom of the rear fender and replaced it with a piece I cut from an old office trash can. The new piece sticks down about 5 inches from the bottom of the fender and is the full width of the fender. The color is a good match. I took the reflector off of the original dangly thing and put it on the new piece I made. I used the screws that held the dangly to hold the new piece on to the bottom of the fender.

It does a better job of keeping mud off of the back of my top box, but if I were to do it over I'd make the piece a couple inches longer.

I'd post a picture but my camera is still full of Christmas pictures.

 

[MotorSWATCop]

If you are looking to shorten it; use a Dremel. I followed the contours of the existing "flap" and removed it up under the tag. You really have to be looking to tell it's been cut. I think it gives a cleaner look and it shows off the size of the rear tire. Forget about trying to keep the bike clean if the road is wet! Works for me though.

 

[doit]

This is something I want to do, the previous models don't look to bad, but the '06 seems to come down another inch or so and the reflector is not removable unless the dremel comes out.

 

[warsw]

This is something I want to do, the previous models don't look to bad, but the '06 seems to come down another inch or so and the reflector is not removable unless the dremel comes out.

On my 06 the reflector is removable. I just removed the reflector and cut the bottom 1 1/2" off and moved the reflector up and re-attached. It look much better IMHO.

 

[FJRottie]

but the '06 seems to come down another inch or so

I'm quite sure the 06 and beyond has a longer flap than previous models.

 

[Geezer]

Here is a picture of my home made rear fenda-extenda. It took this after riding on wet roads. Before I swapped out the dangly thing for the home made extender I would have a lot more mud on the Givi trunk. I was worried about the mud ruining the lock.

 

[Warchild]

but the '06 seems to come down another inch or so

I'm quite sure the 06 and beyond has a longer flap than previous models.

I haven't actually measured this myself, but if you're correct, I suspect Yamaha did this due to the significant amount of mudsplash that is rooster-tailed-up from the rear tire when riding in the rain.

Yamaha apparently took note of the many Iron Butt riders, year-round commuters, etc who actually went the other way with regard to rear fender length, as in the above photo that Geezer posted.

If one is primarily a fair-weather rider, or lives in the dry, barren desert, etc, then I suppose cutting down the stock fender would be fine, if you're after that look. But those of us who commute on the bike daily or who engage in these insane Iron Butt activities, it doesn't take long to realize how fast the entire rear light assembly can get covered in dirty rainwater. And as geezer pointed out, if you have a Givi or similar, that'll get the mud-water treatment also.

The remnants of the rear fender from my old, beloved ST1100 now serve to reduce the mudflow of the back of my deer-strike FJR:

 

[tripletango]

F off and die. I never knew what that meant until I saw it on the bike and looked for the acronym!

Like it

 

[Feejer/Weejer man]

Here is a picture of my home made rear fenda-extenda. It took this after riding on wet roads. Before I swapped out the dangly thing for the home made extender I would have a lot more mud on the Givi trunk. I was worried about the mud ruining the lock.

What material did you use for the extension piece? I am interested in doing the same. Forget cutting it off. I did that with my FZ1 and had to buy a hugger.

 

[quicksilver]

My search took some drigging, but I knew it was there.

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