Bremel to the Front Fender?

[The ModFather]

Can I really safely take a Bremel to a 620  front fender and end up with a 696 looking front fender. I'm a newbie and havent played with a Bremel at all. How hard is this and what else is needed to make sure it comes out looking clean and not choppy? Any tips/pics would be greatly appreciated.

[Slide Panda]

Bremel? Do you mean Dremel?

I'd suggest practice on something that won't cost you.

And if it's just the plastic fender I'd say use hand tools. Lay down tape and draw out your new shape. Rough cut it with a coping saw and then use files and sanding blocks to get the smoothed lines. The plastics used for the body really don't need powered tools to shape quickly. If you're not experienced or steady with one, you can very easily bite too far into a soft material like that.

Also a lot depends on the bit you use, if you do use something like a dremel. A fine grit sanding drum wouldn't be so dramatic... but one of the spiral cutting bits would chew through the plastics like it was hardly there.

[ducatiz]

Bremels are a dremel-like gadget from Brazil.  They work a little and then you have to listen to samba for an hour, smoke half a pack of cigarettes and then put on a thong before they'll work again.

[Streetfighterkz]

If you want to use a Dremel with a cut-off disk set the Dremel to the slowest speed.  This will keep the plastic from melting too much and making a mess.

But as suggested by Sad Panda, hand tools will take a little longer but you'll most likely end up with a nicer finished product.

Later, Doug

[uglyducky]

Bremels are a dremel-like gadget from Brazil.  They work a little and then you have to listen to samba for an hour, smoke half a pack of cigarettes and then put on a thong before they'll work again.

[2-Skinny]

Buy a 696 fender on ebay...?

[The ModFather]

Yeah I've been looking on ebay but they aint cheap. I just lost one for $90 cause I was and cheap didnt go with the buy it now as I should've. I'd like to find a Matte Black and not another color that I'd have to paint. I'm also not really interested in a carbon fiber front fender I'd like a stock matte black.

[Two dogs]

A handy way to get the curve profile matched depending on how much material you want to remove :
Cut the end off  in a straight line just behind where the curve starts , then use the tip as a templet
to mark the squared off fender giving you a matched curve to the original , tape then cut.
Don't try to cut full depth straight away , make a slow shallow cut first time and go over it a couple of times to finnish.

[Scooter Montgomery]

Draw a guideline on the fender with a pencil first, it helps. I did it on my 620. I shortened them right to the side braces.

[DucHead]

Bremels are a dremel-like gadget from Brazil.  They work a little and then you have to listen to samba for an hour, smoke half a pack of cigarettes and then put on a thong before they'll work again.

Much better than the Bremels from Brussels or Bratislava.

[hillbillypolack]

Just my 2 pesos.  If you're not familiar with machine tools (the 14t sprocket thread), washing a bike (the power washing thread) or Dremels, maybe practicing on something like a wood block, Uncle Fondle's lawn mower or mom's wicker baskets might be cheaper than ambitiously digging into a Ducati headfirst.

I understand the enthusiasm, but you can make a costly mistake on any bike if you don't know what you're doing.

[The ModFather]

Would a hack saw with the right blade work/be a safer way to go? Then after Last question is always the dumbest but I got to ask... do I take the fender off the bike an put it in a vise while cutting or can I cut it while on the bike? (I dont have a benchmounted vise so thats why I ask. I'm assuming I'll have to take it off.)

[Rameses]

I would take it off the bike, but I wouldn't put it in a vice.

I'd use a dremel before a hacksaw.

Using a dremel, I'd put the fender on a wooden block with the block right up tight against where I'm making the cut.  Use good pressure on the fender right up pretty tight to where you're making the cut against the block.  This'll keep the fender from vibrating and bouncing while you're cutting it.

[NateNewThread]

BREMEL 

[The ModFather]

Cant wait to try this mod on my Brucati !!!