Has anybody seen this fender before???

[Guest]

Hi Gang,

Since you all did such a great job nailing down that "Harris" exhaust for me a few weeks ago, I figured I'd try my luck again with this new mystery part…………a fender.

Attached is a picture of an older GS that was transformed into a sweet café racer, and I absolutely love the front fender but I can’t seem to find it anywhere on the web, and I’m starting to think that it might be some custom job.

What I’m hoping is that I just haven’t found it yet, and that is an “off the shelf” item that I can buy & bolt on.

Take a look, and thanks………….


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[rwnielsen]

Clean looking bike, even with the Yamaha colors

[ShadowFocus603]

That bike was never built as far as I can tell. It was an inspiration to me as well. It has what looks like a TR750 solo tail which you can get from Airtech. The tank looks like a later (82+) G tank and the fender looks to be a cut down stocker. This pic was a project for a design school if I'm not mistaken.

[Neveragain55]

Thanks....

I had this gut feeling that it was some type of computer generated drawing or something but I wasn't sure, and I also had a feeling that the front fender was modified from its original shape.

I spent weeks searching on every aftermarket and cafe racer parts web site you can imagine, and I couldn't find anything close to it.

In the end I decided to just go with the Early Superbike Maier fenders that Dennis Kirk sells. That's what I have on the bike now and it looks good so I just bought a new one since the one I had was getting raddy.

Thanks for the input, and that yellow bike is gorgeous, real or not.......

[akckhim]

http://www.suzukicycles.org/photos/suzuki-history/1973/1973_TM250_450.jpg

The paint looks like an old Suzuki tm dirt bike

[Big Rich]

Do a Google search for Oberdan Bezzi - he does a lot of computer designs. IIRC, that picture is one of two GS850's, and he did a fantastic rendering of a GS500 as well.

[Neveragain55]

Thanks, will do..........

[ShadowFocus603]

Myself personally I love the last bike. Old school gs1100 I think with the TR looking tailpiece and the front fairing gives me wicked thoughts.