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I am fabricating the front fender support from one of the pieces I cut off the 36" long sissy bar, a piece of thin aluminum angle and a piece of 1/4" threaded rod. I cut one side of the angle off about 3 inches long, drilled a 1/4" hole in the middle, stuck the threaded rod in the hole with a nut on the bottom. Threaded on a nut on top and bent the aluminum around the nut. I drilled 2 more 13/64 holes to mount it to the fork. Positioned the fender and cut the threaded rod to the correct length to fully thread a nut under the fender then measured and cut the scrap piece of sissy bar tube. And voila. A cheap front fender mount.
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Sting Ray Lover said:
I am fabricating the front fender support from one of the pieces I cut off the 36" long sissy bar, a piece of thin aluminum angle and a piece of 1/4" threaded rod. I cut one side of the angle off about 3 inches long, drilled a 1/4" hole in the middle, stuck the threaded rod in the hole with a nut on the bottom. Threaded on a nut on top and bent the aluminum around the nut. I drilled 2 more 13/64 holes to mount it to the fork. Positioned the fender and cut the threaded rod to the correct length to fully thread a nut under the fender then measured and cut the scrap piece of sissy bar tube. And voila. A cheap front fender mount.View attachment 280180

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Will the fender be able to move with the wheel when there's weight on the springer fork?
 
Sting Ray Lover said:
It's the same design Schwinn used on the 69-73 Krate bikes. If you just bolted a fender, on a 26" bike, to the same spot in the bottom of the head stem in the fork it would have the same effect.
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But didn't the mount on those original Krate bikes also pivot with the fork? The way you have it mounted makes me think the fender will stay rigid with the steerer tube while the wheel pivots with the fork arms.
 
Bike from the Dead said:
But didn't the mount on those original Krate bikes also pivot with the fork? The way you have it mounted makes me think the fender will stay rigid with the steerer tube while the wheel pivots with the fork arms.
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I see what your saying. The mount should be around the fork mounting bolt side to side instead of a screw front to back. But the large fork bolt is 1" up in the steerer so I don't think changing it would allow it to move much, if any. Oh well, that screw also holds the headlight and would not work if I change it. I guess this old man won't be going over any jumps.
 
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(2-1.5 volt AAA batteries). If anyone knows a easy method and cheap way to make that happen, please let me know.
(Operative words....cheap....easy.)
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Bike from the Dead said:
But didn't the mount on those original Krate bikes also pivot with the fork? The way you have it mounted makes me think the fender will stay rigid with the steerer tube while the wheel pivots with the fork arms.
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I'm going to try and will of drill a hole in the steerer 90 degrees to the one there now and turn the front fender support 90 degrees. I also will have to drill another hole for the headlight Maybe that will work better.

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Bike from the Dead said:
But didn't the mount on those original Krate bikes also pivot with the fork? The way you have it mounted makes me think the fender will stay rigid with the steerer tube while the wheel pivots with the fork arms.
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Sting Ray Lover said:
Bike from the Dead I took your advice and drilled 2 holes in the steerer, 1 for the fender, turned the fender support 90 degrees and moved the headlight higher. Function is better now. Thanks for the heads up.

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Looks good! Here's a photo of a regular Schwinn Krate springer for comparison. I forgot to share this earlier.
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Bike from the Dead said:
Looks good! Here's a photo of a regular Schwinn Krate springer for comparison. I forgot to share this earlier.
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These cheap Chinese Springers have a tube that runs all the way through the fork. There is no way to mount the support to the fork pivot bolt without cutting it out.

Sting Ray Lover said:
The plan is to use a Stratolite No.38
3 1/4" rear trailer reflector and a 3" Chinese LED headlight to make a taillight. I wanted it to flash by just wiring it to a flashing head light but I haven't figured out how to make that work. The headlight is 3 volts
(2-1.5 volt AAA batteries). If anyone knows a easy method and cheap way to make that happen, please let me know.
(Operative words....cheap....easy.)View attachment 280294View attachment 280295View attachment 280296
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