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Flippy Flappy rear fender 2011 FE 570 S?

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brian011952

Joined Sep 2011
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The rear fender on my 570 is constantly flapping up and down. This is bad enough that all of my riding buddies have stated it looks about ready to fall off. It isn't, it is tight and simply bendy right behind the seat? Last weekend, the taillight lens broke loose and disappeared leaving the screws behind. Nothing hit the lens, and there was no wreck involved, I think the plastic just stress fractured around the lens screws.

Is anyone else having this issue, and if so has anyone come up with a good way to stiffen the fender with no subframe back there?
 
Yes. Funny, my buddies just told me the same. The screws that just go into plastic were ready to fall out (the ones at the midpoint of the bracket). They were stripped. I drilled them threw and put bolts all the way through the fender from the top with nuts on the underside. It stiffened it up a bit. I don't think I need reinforcement now. It still looks a bit silly when I ride at speed, but I think it will be ok.
 
Mine flip-flops around as well. I have never lost anything or stripped any screws but it looks silly. I haven't come up with a good way to reinforce so if someone comes up with anything chime in.
 
If it flaps too much the tip of the fender can be caught by the knobs of the rear tire, which makes for a no good very bad event. You can heat the thing up with a heat gun and then pull up on it as it cools to straighten it enough to keep it clear of the rear tire.
 
I appreciate all the advice, I might look into another light set up. I'm going to be placing some bags over the top of the fender back there, so I might have to reinforce whatever I put back there. I've been looking at the last two bolts on the subframe and considering a bracket from those bolts to the brackets under the fender as a stiffner. Has anyone done or seen something similar?
 
Just buy the standard Husaberg enduro fender with the smaller tail light and mount some Siccass flush
mount turn signals, and move on. Trying to half-*** the stocker is waste of time and the enduro fender looks
better anyway.
 
light part#76514040000
plate and light holder part#81208016000
your blinkers will work with this set up
 
Thanks for all of the posts. I may end up with replacing the fender and light as suggested. I had it all apart today, and I think I can build a nice little support and hide the support almost completely. I purchased some spacers for the rear two subframe bolts, and did a test fit with my seat, it still fit. Using the spacers, I intend to weld a 5/16 support to the spacers. The support will then go through the rear fender and attach to a metal plate that will be installed at the rear of the fender in front of the taillight. I know it sounds funny here and probably is difficult to imagine what i'm talking about, but I'm sure it will work, I laid it all out today, but I was short two flat head 8/25 metric bolts 1.5 inches in length. As soon as I get the bolts, I'll be fabricating and installing.
 
I ordered and received the rear fender with the integrated turn signals from Paul. It's a pretty slick set up and now the fender is stiff. It was money well spent. :cheers:
 
Mine was flapping hard enough that the tail light lens went bye bye leaving the bolts in place on my last ride. It's time to fix it.
 
I fixed the flippy flappy. I wish I could upload photos, but I can't. Here is what I did. I built two rods that connect to the last two bolts of the subframe, pass through the rear fender under the seat, and connect to the inner fender and read fender just in front of the taillamp. Where the rods bolt through the inner fender and the fender, i sandwiched a metal plate between the iner fender and the sub frame. The fender, plate, inner fender, and rods are all bolted with two polished stainles steel cap head bolts. The rods are bent to follow the contour of the fender and actually sit tighter against the fender than the subframe. With the seat on, all you can see is two stainless bolts on topm two uts underneath, and about 5 inches of two metal rods. It looks very sanitary, and the back of the bike is rock solid now.
 

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