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Back fenders flopping
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Posted by: trailblazin joe

I am getting ready for Rumble on the Ridge ride next weekend. Typically the Ohio clay gets very thick and very heavy. Last year we had to sport cut my sons 400EX on site. He mentioned that my Z's back fenders were flopping around like Dumbo's ears. What ideas are out there for reinforcing the back fenders? I was thinking about running a piece of curved metal bracket from the grab bar all the way out to the edge of the fenders.

Posted by: ifixtheyride

I had problems with KFX400 on the track the brackets holding the fenders kept cracking then they would flop all over. I did what you said put a flexable metal band on that was about 2" wide and fastened it to the four screws holding plastic down then out at the ends attached to fenders with finish screws.

Posted by: sprocket226

Hey Joe, taking the wife to her first "Rumble" next weekend, can't wait!

Anyway, I learned about 4-5 years ago when I took my Z to it's first rumble, the mud literally broke the tabs off on the rear fenders. So I fabbed up this mount, all steel:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/sprocket226/100_1759.jpg

Posted by: CR125Honda

Looks good Sprocket!! Gotta love the quick fixes.. Looks like it should last..

Posted by: sprocket226

Quick pic of the Z after the first loop @ the Rumble...
Not too bad actually

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v495/sprocket226/100_1777.jpg

Posted by: RATPACK Z400

Cool fix ! you could make taps a little longer and it would be stronger and less flopping but it looks great ,I ride in Md and mud is like that too but never had it bend the metal before. By the way were did you get rear light ,mine broke off whats it off of ? and how much?

Posted by: sprocket226

It's a LED light from Auto-Zone for like $20.

Posted by: ifixtheyride

Here is a picture of what I did. The metal band goes all the way across.

Posted by: trailblazin joe

I ended up fabricating the metal brackets and they did a great job on the first lap, unfortunately on the second lap they spun around because I did not fasten them to the end of the fenders and they broke the plastic tabs off of both sides. Now I need to figure out how to correct this without drilling any holes through the plastic. I want to keep the look of the Z clean.