rear fender elim write up please.

[PorcelainRabbit]

im currently modding my new bike and i cant stand the "cheese grater" but also cant afford the over priced rear fender and tail light kits. ive seen a few made from the stock tail cut down, but just a picture. please some one do a write up on how to cut the stock tail and tell me how to mount my turn signals to the modded tail . thanks.

buellxb members are so helpful and i always know i can count on yall to help me out.

[ridendude]

Ok Porc rab...
The 'cheese grater elim' isn't quite as difficult as you may think. Take the taiil section casting off and flip it over. use a hacksaw, dremel,angle grinder to remove all the excesss metal. Follow the line under the tail light for a guide. The key to this mod is haaving trust in your own abilities and being patient enough to achievve the results expecred. You can do it!
Cheers!:D

[MickD]

Here's a thread with some good photos of the process.
http://www.buelletinboard.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3434

[klan52]

here's a post to mod I did last weekend, if u don't want to go the route of the one MickD posted above, I went with a longer horned looked, if you need a right up let me know i'll take some better pics and see how I can help ya
long horn tail (http://www.buellxb.com/Buell-XB-Forum/Buell-Lightning-XB12S-XB12Ss-CityX-XB12Scg/weekend-project-long-horn-tail)

[crissy]

If you find lefox he has links to most mods on his profile thing,heres mine i did a few months ago!

http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/2586_20090617090803_L.jpg
http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/2586_20090617090604_L.jpg

[PorcelainRabbit]

thats insane clean! what did you cut it with? and what signals are you using? what about paint?

klan. very nice look. different and very well done!

[PorcelainRabbit]

thanks alot. going to work on this tonight or tomorrow maybe. ill post pics when im done. maybe take some pics along the way for others to refer to in the future :p

[crissy]

i used 1mm thick slitting discs to cut with,the indicators are motrax,ok but not what i wanted really.i think it took 3hours ish including spraying,drying and re-installing!,i used something called pj-1 to spraypaint it (fast drying).

cheers

[PorcelainRabbit]

well i did it :D
i also did a tail paint job.
i did what you said ridndude, used the hack saw then dremel with rotary saw, the went over it all with a file then sanding block and paper.

painted the tail and and side rails with rustoleum black primer and tomorrow will light sand and finish it with rustoleum professional grade flat black. im pretty satisfied with it so far, not quite as clean as the one above but still looks good. ill post pictures this weekend.

thanks alot guys

[PorcelainRabbit]

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[PorcelainRabbit]

cant get pics to work. they are saved to my; computer and to my photobucket (i hate photobucket) but they are not jpeg and i dont know how to simply add them to a post like this.

[His_and_Her_Buells]

click on "members buell pictures", then click on "upload your photos". After your photos are uploaded you will click on "add your photo" above this reply box. hope this helps.

[Stevenc150]

How to Load Pics on BuellXB.com. (http://www.buellxb.com/Buell-XB-Forum/Technical-Issues-with-the-Forum/How-to-Upload-Pics-on-BuellXB.com)

[PorcelainRabbit]

the beginning

http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/3081_20090622183633_L.jpg

take a hacksaw to it!

http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/3081_20090622183649_L.jpg

both sides

http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/3081_20090622183857_L.jpg

then dremel with rotary saw bit to get aroung the tail light

http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/3081_20090622183657_L.jpg

file it down. (or grind it) i filed and it took about 45 minutes but the time flew by because i was havn so much fun! lol.

http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/3081_20090622183908_L.jpg

sanded my tail pieces

http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/3081_20090622183712_L.jpg

http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/3081_20090622183729_L.jpg

primer and paint



http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/3081_20090622183738_L.jpg

http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/3081_20090622183746_L.jpg

[PorcelainRabbit]

finished product!

http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/3081_20090622183808_L.jpg

http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/3081_20090622183818_L.jpg

http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/3081_20090622183827_L.jpg

i know i know, funny towel and lottsss of hangers. yard sale lol. and i used the towel to wipe my sweat off lol. My garage was so hot.

http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/3081_20090622183759_L.jpg

[Rocky Bar]

I like it, good job. Will be doing mine sooooon. Hope you don't mine a copy. New to Buell City Cross, and lovin it.

[PorcelainRabbit]

haha, thanks alot! and its time consuming i warn you, but youll be so happy with the outcome! i could probably do it better now that ive done it once.

and for anyone who questions their ability to do a DIY tail chop, ill be more than happy to do it for you...for a fee ofcourse lol. just shoot me an email to

sadkites@aol.com

:D i can do it the day i recieve the cheese grater and send it the next business day. so minimal waiting

[PorcelainRabbit]

anyone?

[Macbuell]

Looks really good. What paint did you use?

[PorcelainRabbit]

rusto-leum primer and rust-oleum "flat protective enamel" black paint. pretty pleased with it. one coat primer, sand it lightly, two coats finish

[mowgoli84]

Did my tail chop tn =) gotta figure out what i wanna do as far as blinkers go. I drilled new holes and put the stock ones back on for now.

http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/7914_20110118123819_L.jpg

http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/7914_20110118123712_L.jpg

[WALLSXB]

It's strange and sad seeing this thread pop up since PorcelainRabbit passed away last year. [sad].

[mowgoli84]

I wasn't aware of that. I wasn't on this forum then. Don't wanna rehash, but what happened to him?

[WALLSXB]

Last march he and his girlfriend were on his Buell and a car turned in front of them . They were both killed , he was 19 and she was 17. It's really sad . It was just weird seeing his name on here again.

[mowgoli84]

Terrible.. its hard to think about two people that young gone because of an error that could have been avoided.

makes you put things in perspective a little more.

[WALLSXB]

Yea, go to his profile , to the things he posted on and there's a thread with links to the info. He seemed like such a well balanced young man that was full of life and very positive.

[mjbueller]

I just finished my tail chop on my 06 xb12Ss long and it turned out great! I whacked off the end of the original, bolted it underneath, and used it for the license plate and turn signals and license plate light. I swapped the front and rear turn signals and made a bracket similar to crissy above but narrowed. It did a good job of sucking the turn signals in alot. I'm trying to figure out posting pics. Sorry. P. S. ALWAYS hate to hear about a rider down...

[xfirex]

looks good... i have to do this to my bike.

[Ailen Xb9]

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[Ailen Xb9]

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[Ailen Xb9]

i did the head light mod tail mod and wind screen mod:D