How To Met Fender on Ruckus TripleTree

mr_o_uk · December 20, 2020, 8:59am

The ruckus triple tree is wider than the met triple tree. Therefore the stock met fender doesn’t fit over the ruckus tree without modification.

Original Fender:

Option 1 is to modify the original fender.

A) This can be done by trimming the sides of the original fender, although the rear panel may also have to be removed to fit the wheel dependent on wheel and shocks.

Photo courtesy of Tre Watkins:

Photo Courtesy of Jonathan Breigh

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B) The fender can apparently be heated to fit over (there is approx 1/2” different on width between the two trees).

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C) the fender can be cut down the middle and widened.

Photo courtesy of Michael French:

Options 2 is to fit a later 2013-2017 met fender. This requires modification and a new bracket also.

Later Fender:

Photos courtesy of Aaron Ford (he used to sell brackets):

Photos courtesy of Derek Marciniok:

Photos courtesy of Oslo Zoomer Garage:

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And a final one from Jay Braxton as to how to wire up the indicators:

mr_o_uk · December 20, 2020, 9:01am

My plan was to create a bracket for the later fender that can be laster cut and bent from one piece of metal.

Which I almost did, but it was two piece to allow washers to be used to adjust in both directions, and also it was for a different fender.

Link here:

2round_tonton · July 31, 2021, 9:02am

So many great tips very useful !!
Thank you for sharing

mr_o_uk · April 16, 2024, 1:13pm

Ok, so I finally put a real Met fender on my Met. I tried to heat the fender to get it to fit. End result I would give a 7.5/10. Difficulty I would give a 9/10. If you are happy to just cut the fender then it would be so much easier! But then you’d still need to find a way to fix it to the tree etc anyway…