Rear tire Blown!

Phalanx said:

Whoa, and that little deflector really worked?! Wouldn't be so hard on the touring as the fender is plenty low and if it really works that would be very worth it.

Do you still remember the general idea of how you made it?

From the picture it looks like a couple metal banded pipe clamps on a section of corrugated hose attached to...maybe a vacuum cleaner pipe chopped into a sort of shovel/spade shape?

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idk said:

Nice artwork @Rocket Scientist. It reminds me of early Picasso - very early Picasso - like at about 12 months old.

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Rocket Scientist said:

Still pumpin' out the classics !

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Rocket Scientist said:

It was made out of a piece of rubber diaphragm material I got at work. It was approximatley 1/8" thick. I'm sure about any rubber that thick will work. Here is a really crappy picture I drew in "paint". It shows you what the basic outline looked like. When you bolt it to the fender it kinda "cups" all by it's self. Easy peezy



P.S. the metal banded thing is just the fender decoration piece. It has nothing to do with the flap. I held mine on with screws and nuts.

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DaddyRabbit said:

Yesterday, about 6 miles from home, in front of a mulch yard front hit then rear hit and POP! Found a road to pull into! Checked it out and saw a piece of wood mulch split the tire about an inch or better! Wood is still in the tire! Had about 2000 miles left on it, just glad it didn't spill me!

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Rocket Scientist said:

It was made out of a piece of rubber diaphragm material I got at work. It was approximatley 1/8" thick. I'm sure about any rubber that thick will work. Here is a really crappy picture I drew in "paint". It shows you what the basic outline looked like. When you bolt it to the fender it kinda "cups" all by it's self. Easy peezy



P.S. the metal banded thing is just the fender decoration piece. It has nothing to do with the flap. I held mine on with screws and nuts.

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