Servicar-sportster trike: front fender.

October 4, 2005

The front fender on my trike was the stock front found on most narrow glides. The chrome bracket was rusted and the rivets were loose. I bead blasted the bracket and replaced the rivets with plug welds. I also welded up the gap between the bractet and the fender, making it look one-piece.

Some Dupont sand-n-fill primer and some acrylic spot putty brought it to this point (you can also see where I was working on smoothing the neck on the frame). Now its just a lot of block sanding, repriming, spot putty, repeat until perfect. After all, it going to be black. For those who don’t know, perfect means that when you look across it, in bright sunlight, with your eye down near the surface, you cannot see any waves, ripples or other imperfections. The darker the color and the better the shine, the more mistakes show.

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