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Modifying the rear fender

The Beginnings

The rear fender on “The Ugly Ironhead” was just the stock fender that had been cut down. In fact, the previous owner held it up to a wide belt sander and flattened the entire lower edge. It’s a little square, and not too interesting to my eye.

Now, really, I’d prefer to hardtail this bike and have a nice fender mounted tight to the tire. I don’t have time, and I want to ride NOW, so we’re going to do the best we can with this fender.

From the rear it’s not terrible…

Making an ugly tank...not so

The Ugly Bike Cometh

Didja ever get the crazy idea to buy a bike you don’t really need? To start a new project when you’ve already got three or four already cooking? I’m probably the only one that ends up in these situations.

It was a nice spring day, and I’d spotted a bargain Ironhead Sportster on CraigsList. Damn computers. I went over and looked at it with my buddy Brian. We got it started (MAN it was hard to start, I had a whopper bruise on the inside of my leg that night!) I rode it around, convinced

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