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Re:Fender Bag Spacers? 11 Months ago  
Blue, those are beautiful!!!
 
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Re:Fender Bag Spacers? 11 Months ago  
Thanks For blowing the Picture up for me...

THANKS EVERYONE FOR THE POSITIVE COMMENTS......

FIREMAN,
They are much thicker then sheet metal, I bought a 2 foot piece of it at my local MENARDS STORE for about $12...I first started out with a piece of thick posterboard to make a template, then i made my first set out of sheetmetal, but they were way too flimsey, then I used this thick ass metal. It took me about 3 hours to make with trimming and shaping, I had left over paint and Clear from when I did the bags and faring, and the rest is history
 
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Re:Fender Bag Spacers? 11 Months ago  
Blue you did a great job and I would be real surprise if your not in the sheet metal Industry
 
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Re:Fender Bag Spacers? 11 Months ago  
fireman922 wrote:
So are those sheet metal?

If they are I made a set just like those with sheet metal, one day I hit a bump and the fender and bags did a little tail wag and sliced a brand new tire. It had alot of room and looked like there was no way it could move that much but it did. If you ever see the inside bottom corner bent ,it hit the tire. I replaced them with set made from material off a ford Taurus front rubber bumper. here is a pic of the one that hit the tire.


BTW they do look good
 
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Re:Fender Bag Spacers? 11 Months ago  
Ultrastar...First time ever fabing anything out of metal for me, and I loved it when it all came together

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Re:Fender Bag Spacers? 11 Months ago  
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Ultrastar...First time ever fabing anything out of metal for me, and I loved it when it all came together

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Brother keep on creating you do good work
 
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Re:Fender Bag Spacers? 11 Months ago  
davej wrote:
fireman922 wrote:
So are those sheet metal?

If they are I made a set just like those with sheet metal, one day I hit a bump and the fender and bags did a little tail wag and sliced a brand new tire. It had alot of room and looked like there was no way it could move that much but it did. If you ever see the inside bottom corner bent ,it hit the tire. I replaced them with set made from material off a ford Taurus front rubber bumper. here is a pic of the one that hit the tire.


BTW they do look good


DAVE....Thanks for the good comment...
I double checked mine for clearence from the tire and it seems i'm good to go. Thanks for the tip. I was thinking of heavy bendable Plastic at first too...
 
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Re:Fender Bag Spacers? 11 Months ago  
Very nice....I wish I was that talented. I can see it in my head but by the time it gets to my hands it looks like a 5 yr old drunk blind monkey slapped it together.
 
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Re:Fender Bag Spacers? 11 Months ago  
Nice work they look great,been thinking of making some also but covering them in leather since I have the HD Roadking bags,nice satisfaction when you do it yourself
 
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Re:Fender Bag Spacers? 11 Months ago  
Making them was really pretty simple, all ya need is steady hand and remember to Measure twice, cut once
 
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