taking off front 450R fenders?

[chris450R]

well i would just like to start off by saying that i really love my 450R. it is just freakin awesome!

anyway, i was just wondering the best way to take off the front fenders? i am not really sure about how to get the rivets out without tearing up my plasitc. i had thought about just cutting them but i like the no fender look with the 450R and i would really like to keep my fenders like they are just take them off. help would be greatly appreciated.

also this is a great forum. i have found so much information on the 450R here it is crazy. just the other day i set my shocks like some had said to do, so they would handle better and set lower. and it did, i handles great and it lands better off of jumps.

thansk alot, chris:cool:

hose rivets are a PITA...to get them off permanately which is the only way you drill them out with a large drill bit (thats what I did anyway).. you can then unscrew the rest of it & pull them off & reattach them later...heres mine with my fenders off...it looks like a four wheeled crotchrocket :devil: http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid118/pe3e3a7697e484c07685414623c8fe671/f891d1a8.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid118/p5211fc67086a489e2980e5016fee46fd/f891d19e.jpg

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid118/p3a3b69a5d502ac8840513568bd5bd07e/f89222c0.jpg

[tkwarrior]

I removed the entire fender assy and the used a dremel to cut through the rivets head.

http://www.kg4vpv.com/~ncliborne/pictures/450R003.jpg

[chris450R]

thanks alot guys! i will see what i can do tomorrow.

oh and yeah, crotchrocket is right! did you listen to the motor rev out with the baffle in, it really does sound like a crotchrocket. i mean while you are riding it.

[dreth]

YES drill them, let the bit cut with little presure and they will come right out

[Goat397]

dont use a big drill bit (no wider than the rivet itself) you dont want bigger holes in the plastic than they already are

[trout]

Jumbo,

if you drilled them out.........then how iwll you be able to re-attach your fenders? or is that not the plan?

also, I see you have Works shocks on your R, do you think they handle better? I think the stock suspension is pretty much amazing. My Cannondale had high dollar ohlins, and this stuff works much better.

trout

[thump4863]

you can drill them out and put another rivet back in there....but you need to use a bit that will go through the center of it not any bigger otherwise you will have a bigger hole.

i just tapped the one rivet out from the middle & the rest of it fell apart...my fenders reattach fine