Gas, tires, oil.

Harley front fenders are known for having problems with the rivets holding them on the bracket. On my trike, I drilled out the rivets and plug welded the holes and even welded the the edge of the fender to the bracket. But on my daily commuter ‘89 sportster, I first tried tightening up the rivets, but it didn’t last long. The parts that I peened over just broke off. As an emergency fix, I used a couple pop rivets and washers. Then there was the adventure with the new larger tire that caused me to remove the entire fender.
But now rainy season is approaching and I need a front fender. First I need to make sure it doesn’t rub against the tire. I adjusted my vise to the width that the bottom of the bracket needed to be to mount to the forks. This also prevents the bracket from just “veeing” out when I spread it. Then I used a hydraulic spreader and a portapower to bend out the top of the bracket.

Next I drilled out the rivets.

Then I replaced the rivets with stainless steel 10-32 screws and nyloc nuts.

Here it is mounted:

Still not looking forward to riding in the rain though.

Another ad from the April 1960 Car Life magazine.

Now go google “chassis research” and check out the history of this company (nitrogeezers is probably a good starting point).

Here’s some scans out of a 1960 JC Whitney ad. As a kid, I didn’t have money for comics, but JC Whitney and Edmunds Scientific came for free. Check out these stickers, I would have assumed that this sort of thing wouldn’t have shown up till later than 1960. Anyone know the artist (or if there are color images anywhere)?

Hey Coop, how about re-doing the “girl with head” with one of your devil girls?
The “Voodoo Head” shifter about halfway down the pic below is interesting

I think they still sell the exhaust cutout (and use the same artwork).