TheDude

Hey everyone. I am pondering doing a bobber job on my new rebel. I took off the rear seat, and the saddlebag guards and like the look already. Chopping the rear fender seems to be an imperative, lol.

I am assuming I will need to take the fender off the bike. How is it attached? From quickly looking, it seems to be attached to the frame under the seat (plan on puting on a new one anyway). Is it bolted on? And can I cut it with a dremel tool? If so, how many rpm's does the dremel tool need to operate at to cut through successfully? And after the fender is cut, what is the proceedure to repaint it?

Also, have heard of attaching the fender to the swing bar to make the fender and the tire move together. How hard is that?

After the fender is cut, painted, and reattached, what turn directional, license plate, brake light set up works on a highly chopped fender? Pics of successful chops would be very helpful. Thanks guys.

The Dude

PS. Thinking about handle bar swap....maybe drag bars or superbars. What should I look for in replacements? How hard is the swap?

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DaPeach

There's bolts under the struts that hold the fender in place. You'll also need to unplug & fish the wiring out from under it.

The dremel worked great on mine, I had it up high, but not all the way. Just go slow. I laid out my cutting line on one side w/ masking tape & then traced it on paper & laid it out on the other side after the first was cut. I had planned on having it powdercoated, but opted for a spray can instead.

look in my pics for an idea of what I did.

Mine is reatttached to the original frame points w/o using the struts. Eventually it will be attached to the lower frame, but the tight bolts are holding it quite well for now.

I'm using a side mount plate bracket w/ bullet lights beneath the fender bolts (I made brackets). If I did it again I'd use a plate light for the brakes & the bullet lights for the signals. The way I have it now is too dim, but it does look cool.

Bars are easy to swap, you need 7/8"...if you go shorter, your cables are a little longer. If you go taller they might run too short.

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1986 Rebel 250

ROne

Hey there......just thought I'd throw my two cents worth in. Here is the latest stage of my '96 250 Bobber project.







Rone
(Melbourne, Australia)

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sox

http://www.heiwa-mc.jp/dotnetnuke4/t...1/Default.aspx

Check out the Rebel bobber on their site...out of this world!!

sox

PS...your bobber's coming along most excellent...keep up the good work

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Chopper Rick

Sweet mods ROne.

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Chopper Rick

DaPeach Quote..."Mine is reatttached to the original frame points w/o using the struts. Eventually it will be attached to the lower frame, but the tight bolts are holding it quite well for now."

DaPeach...Were your rear fender attaches to the original frame point, how did you get the fender flushed up against the frame point without a gap? If i recall without the struts the fender doesn't rest up against the frame points.

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DaPeach

no gap, in fact the fender is stamped to fit tight in between the frame mount holes...you may be able to see in a couple of my pics I have on here

unless I'm confused as to what you are asking...

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chadt

i have to say that dapeach's and rone's rebel are my favorite so far. i'll be getting a rebel from my father in law in a couple of weeks. i think it's an 87 250. i was stoked to find these site and see people are bobbing these things.

dapeach, did you mod the stock fender or is that some sort of aftermarket fender?

as for whitewalls, is everyone painting blackwalls? i've searched and it seems there are no whitewalls for the rebels rim size.

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AlabamaRebel

Yeah those are pretty sweet. They gave me a few ideas on what to do with my bike.

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1986 Honda 250 Rebel
Bobber project done for now.
2007 Shadow Spirit

Henryinva

Dude,
You answered your own question. Pics. The internet has thousands of pics. Before I started my build, I literally looked at hundreds of bobbers. I spent weeks looking at bikes from Harleys to honda c70's that had been bobbed. I saw things I liked on each bike. I saw mistakes, one offs, stuff I wouldnt have dreamed up in a hundred years. The trick is, picture your bike. Now change what you can on your bike with things that you liked and are capable of doing, from all those ideas you've seen. Dont make your bike a clone of every rebel bobber because thats the way its done. Make it your own, thats the whole idea of a bobber. You've got plenty of time, dont rush a build. It will look like you did, if you do.

(stepping off soapbox) Thats my two cents....

Henry

Build pics: http://community.webshots.com/user/Henryinva

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