I took the bike out for a long ride on Sat and came home tired and exhauted. On Sunday, my wrists and fingers were hurting so I decided to stay home and frabicate my fender chop.
I decided to use the reflector bracket because it serves as a safty feature plus it also hide the cut on the sides.

I went to Lowe's to get a multi purpose drill bit and some t-brackets along with washers.
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0459.jpg

1. use a dremel at medium speed to cut the fender. i found that if you stop and go your cut will not be straight. try to cut in 1 motion. use a sander bit to smooth out the cut.
here's what th cut looks like.

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0430.jpg

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0429.jpg

2. bend the t-bracket into an L shape. have to play around with it to get it into the get angel.

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0432.jpg

3. mark the now L-bracket with sharpie to drill 2 holes for the bolts because the 3 holes don't line up with the reflector bracket.
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0433.jpg
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0434.jpg

4. i took a piece of wood put it on a chair and drill a sheet rock screw into the center hole to hold the bracket.

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0437.jpg


5. use a metal drill bit to drill the 2 holes.
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0438.jpg

6. bolt the L bracket onto the reflector bracket with 3 bolts. (i changed my design toward the end of he project).

7. hold the reflector bracket up to the rear to mark a hole to bolt the bracket onto the seat compartment.

8. I took a small bit to drill a pilot hole. the tire is in the way so i have to drill at an angel.
I then use a bigger bit and drill from the inside of the seat compartment down. this way i will get a straight hole.

9. bolt the bracket onto the compartment.
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0440.jpg

here's what it looks like
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0439.jpg

this is when i changed my design cuz i didn't like the 3 bolts on the bracket.
I took the pieces to a local shop and asked the guy to weld everything together. $20 dollar for the job.
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0441.jpg
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0442.jpg

this is what it looks like on the bike
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0443.jpg

10. i took the led license plate bolts from street glow and screw into the other bracket. i broke one of the bolt that's why one is shorter.
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0449.jpg
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0452.jpg

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0453.jpg

here's the final product.
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0455.jpg

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0456.jpg
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0454.jpg
http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/DSCF0461.jpg

the bolts i used for the license plate don't have light.
i'm waiting for these to come home.

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm39/tinng321/fender%20chop/untitled.jpg

Nice job! I'm confused though. What are the wires coming out of the bolts if they don't have light?!

A disc cutter on the dremel will cut allot smoother :P

Nice job! I'm confused though. What are the wires coming out of the bolts if they don't have light?!

those wires are coming from the streetglow led bolts i orginally bought for the plate. Since, i broke one of the bolt it's too short to hold the plate so i put them behind the plate to shine down. i'm waiting for the new license plate lights i ordered to come home to wire all together. I will also take apart the bracket, sand it down and spray it black.

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A disc cutter on the dremel will cut allot smoother :P

true, but it's harder to turn with a disc.

Thats where we ave to sacrifice quality, if your really anal about looks you can get down and dirty with the sander or something, maybe you could use a sanding attachment on the dremel :P

And i read recently that you can smooth it out even more after sanding with a lighter

Thats where we ave to sacrifice quality, if your really anal about looks you can get down and dirty with the sander or something, maybe you could use a sanding attachment on the dremel :P

i did bought the sanding attachment. my dremel is #$%@ up. I can't change the bit. :D

A disc cutter on the dremel will cut allot smoother :P

Now that it is done, you can smooth it out using sand paper, and then a lighter to melt the sanded parts smooth. This also restores the black color to the sanded plastic.

Now that it is done, you can smooth it out using sand paper, and then a lighter to melt the sanded parts smooth. This also restores the black color to the sanded plastic.

Good advice travis :rolleyes: :D

I just posted a stinkin DIY on this. I had it up on my PC for a couple o days working on it here and there. I wasnt checking threads so I completly missed this. :o

Good advice travis :rolleyes: :D

I just posted a stinkin DIY on this. I had it up on my PC for a couple o days working on it here and there. I wasnt checking threads so I completly missed this. :o

Joe,
Could you please change your avatar.
You're making me hungry bro.
:D

mm mm m. mouth watering:drool: :D

Im going to change it soon though.

Cool best DIY on the subject I've found so far. Nice work man!

Good job. And it is a pretty good DIY, as far as the best you have found so far, I hope U didnt look too hard. Theres literally about 50 of these, alot are in this thread... http://www.ninjette.org/forums/showthread.php?t=964