May 16, 200521 yr I need to raise the front mudguard slightly, spent most of saturday clearing the mud out. I lost marks before i noticed it was clogging up and the front wheel sliding sideways on turns. I have looked at it but the front clamps round the fork legs seem to be in a groove stopping me simply sliding them up a bit, has anyone else done this with a tidy result, are any parts available to lift it? Forgot to say, its a 98 Techno... Edited May 16, 200521 yr by MickRayner
May 16, 200521 yr Experienced exactly same thing with my '97.....made some alloy spacers and fitted them neneath the m/guard...think I lifeted it 10mm or so...good luck. Mark.
May 16, 200521 yr Consider having the rear of the mudguard closer to the tyre than the front. So, when mud rolls up from the bottom of the tyre, some of it will be scraped off by the mudguard and any that manages to fit through the gap rolls into a bigger gap and out the front without getting clogged up - hopefully. Please note that the opposite happens when rolling backwards
May 17, 200521 yr Mmmmmm...rolling backwards...yep..I know all about that. BUT not with my feet up unfortunately.
May 17, 200521 yr have you got usd forks or standard forks, my sons 94' has usd and i had to cut away all the ali bracket, travel 10 foot in the southern mud and the front whell locked solid, i have seen the standard fork brace cut away as well this means the mud has nothing to clog against.
May 17, 200521 yr Is your bracket a U shape or is it flat, My gas gas had a U shaped bracket and clogged up all the time but my flat sherco one has never cloged up. If you can try making a flat bracket
May 18, 200521 yr Sorry..forgot about the other mod...file the leading(front) edge of the aluminium bracket to a sharp edge thus reducing the chance of mud building up at the intersection of the bracket and the m/guard. Good luck, Mark.
May 18, 200521 yr Author Its got normal forks with a curved mount....going to make some small plates to go between the original clamp and mudguard mount...just have to make a tidy job of it Thanks for the advise
May 18, 200521 yr It seems that curved, U shaped brackets are a bad design, It would be a good idea if possible to make a new bracket with the sides as close to the fork legs as possible so it is as close to being a flat style one as possible hope that makes sense
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