Front Fender Mods XT660X
 

This is just an idea which reflects a "road & track" only mentality... I like it.

I haven't done it to the bike yet but I would like to see if anyone else has actually found a part that would do the job instead of going the hard and complicated path of making one.

Yes it is Photoshop!
Just a quick representation... nothing fancy.

http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/...er_mgccopy.jpg

Standard front fender...
http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/...r/0015_557.jpg

Ktm Duke 690 has this fender and it looks awesome in the flesh... can't understand why Yamaha hasn't stepped in with this type of part, at least as an optional part to be purchased in addition to the bike.

Thanks folks all comments are welcome... :toothy3:

Can you post a Photoshop of the fender in place and the new one as well? I like the mod it would certainly improve what is frankly a rubbish at stopping water spray stanard fender.

On it's own the jury is still out for me. :023:

I think if the mudguard was bigger it would look good.

The rooster tail hitting you in the face is amusing first time it happens, but it soon gets annoying.

I made a small fender out of an empty Halfords oil container which had a nice front to back curve on it that looked like it would match the tyre curvature.
Mk 1 version is the purple one on the left

http://www.xt660.com/gallery/display...p?imageid=2001

I shaped it to fit around the fork leg protectors and made two holes to mount it under the alloy fork brace using the two front bolts.

Mk1 was OK under about 35mph, above that it folded back so that it was vertical, the plastic was too thin.

So I made a MK2 out of a thin (1-2mm), steel sheet I had lying around. It was the backing to an old LCD monitor.
I drew around the plastic version and made it slightly longer.
Took a bit of filing to get it to fit and was thin enough to bend by hand around the tyre to give it some shape.

Finished off with a couple of coats of matt black spray paint.

http://www.xt660.com/gallery/display...p?imageid=2002

http://www.xt660.com/gallery/display...p?imageid=2003

Can't really say how effective it is yet as it has not rained on my daily commute for the last few months. :003:

The road was very wet in places the other day after a heavy shower and I did not see a rooster tail.
Now I actually want it to rain so I can test it out.

fender
 

has anyone tried an existing fender from other yamahas, which could replace the rear section and cover front and rear ?

Hi RedDog, love your front fender mod, any updates on how's it going please, like u say, its a pain having all those rooster tails in your face.

Hi mudrock, it's working very well.
Have ridden through some really bad weather in the last couple of months and no more water in the face from the front wheel.

The only thing I am not sure about is will it go through the MOT. I think it may need a rolled front to it to make it pedestrian friendly.
MOT is due in early Jan, I won't mention it and will see what happens.
I can take it off in a couple of mins so no big deal.

Wow I would LOVE to get something to avoid the rooster tails in the face when raining but I am NOT as handy as Red Dog. Has anyone found a standard front fender that can be fitted to replace the stupid standard one??? Help please!!! Thanks

This one is an Acerbis Supermoto one, it stops the rootster on the front, its far better than the stock fitted guard. You have to cut it down at the back to fit though but thats a really easy job to do.

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/g...x/100_0168.jpg

Hey Tony thanks for the response but now I am more confused......the bike you show in the pic looks to me to have the standard front half hugger with the blue high front piece so er where is the Acerbis bit??? Please forgive me as I am a newbie on here so perhaps I am being thick....Thanks Simon

Ah is the Acerbis the blue top front half???? I was really looking to leave the top standard and fit a "hugger" low down to replace the standard short half hugger and cover far more of the tyre to keep the water off the engine as well as off me!!!!! Thanks and ps fortunately the weather looks good at the moment hehe....

yes he has removed the standard upper fender and replaced it with an ascerbis one

OEM fender mod
 

I'm thinking of modding the existing fender to create a beak (ala F800GS and triumph Tiger 800) and mount the forward section down on the tyre (ala Husqy Nuda 900) - I'll have to fabricate a bracket out of aluminium and/or carbon arrow shafts.
I've done a styling mockup in paper-mache (used the orig fender as mold) - see attached. Currently both pieces will come out of one standard fender, and the bottom piece can actually be a bit bigger - but I don't want to block airflow too much to the radiator.
There's a tool storage container supporting the fender in the side view - there'll actually be a gap there (between the fender and tyre - with the final bracket prominently visible I imagine).
Also thinking of chopping the light cowling (hence the black tape) - maybe a black flyscreen floating on top (ala Buell Ulysses).
The beak will eventually contain 2 x LED driving lights: http://www.bikevis.com/motorcycle-cr...aux-light.html (BTW, bikevis say you can order 1 x 10deg and 1 x 60deg as a set as long as you arrange it prior and during your order)

Mock Up #2
 

This is made with better glue-based paper mache - more accurate.
Still playing with the exact form of the lower portion.

Liking it. Are there no other front mudguards that could be used which would only require a bracket being made to fit?

Thanks, and no - the fork protectors are an issue with anything you try to mount on the wheel - I don't want to mess with them.
The chopped down XT fender coincidentally (physically) fits nicely in there - and I want to keep the XT theme - I think it still looks immediately identifiable as an XT ... just (IMO) better and still looks dynamic. I've seen plain/road fenders installed, and frankly, they look pretty lame/docile - it's not just a practical exercise: I'd rather put up with water in my visor than ride an ugly bike.
Worth mentioning that my inspiration is the Husqvarna Nuda front fender - yes, I have thought of mounting that too ... but I think it will lose its XT-ness and look like like I bunged a Nuda fender on it.
The project is on the back-burner (for now). I have a business I have been neglecting, and if this is anything like my tubeless wheel conversion (must do a write-up for that in the forum) it will be lengthy and all-consuming.