I wish I could see this guys mounting set up for his sissy bar. His bike obviously is not strutted, so the swing arm has to travel up and down. Thus his sissy bar must move indipendently of his fender. Or did he hinge his fender behind his seat, so the fender moves with the swing arm ....fuck....wish I had a better photo....I really dig it though, love the seat. TL
Roth's Oink was the first bike I know of set up like that in 68. From the photos I've seen, the fender just mounts at the front bottom of the swing arm and at the sissy bar. A reinforcement of some kind is usually run up the center of the fender for strength. The whole assembly (fender & sissy bar), moves with the swing arm. It looks cool but think it would be one shakey sissy bar.
ReplyDeleteChris, shakey sissy indeed. Roth Oink..cool bike?? Got any pics?
DeleteI would slot the fender and front so it could travel in the arc , behind the oil bucket . Then youd have 3 points of attachement.
ReplyDeleteThats was I was thinking, wanted to run some fender braces off of my swing arm. Was going to mount the fender off the swing arm with a sleeved heavy duty bushing set up. Nice mount off the end of the swing arm, just behind the shock mount..bushing as well, then a slot mount that could enable fender to have some wiggle room as well..lots of work for a swing arm sissy!
DeleteThanks for the reply guys