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Posted by drifter-paul
 - June 14, 2021, 05:25:40 AM

You can't do this with the bike level and propped in the middle. Not enough clearance to get the fender below the fork ends, it has to be slid down - it can't be pulled thru the forks horizontally because the fender is waisted between the  forks.

Using the side stand with the rear tyre on the ground and a side jack to lean the bike to the right should clear it, after dropping the tyre. I don't like the potential stress on the sidestand - although I use this (less drastically) when replacing just the tyre.

Raising the bike at the front quite considerablely from the horizontal, (use skyhooks attached to the handle bars to keep it stable) and dropping the forks was the best for me. This means you can leave the tyre in place and simply slide the fender up the forks (after detaching the brake caliper), this works best for me. IMHO

Posted by mittico68
 - June 14, 2021, 04:31:21 AM

What Troll said +1

Posted by Troll
 - June 12, 2021, 17:49:46 PM

Tale off the front wheel, and then the fender...no big deal, except that the front caliper can be a PITA to get back on.

Posted by Bucko
 - June 12, 2021, 11:31:30 AM

Anyone had their front fender off the bike?  Do the forks need to be removed to get the fender off?

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