charliechitlins Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Today was the first time in my 3-year Sherco love affair that I felt let down. I was riding in some very gooey river mud and it kept loading up under my front fender and stopping the wheel from turning. It was very infuriating. My riding buddy with "other" brand was convinced that this was due to: a) My crappy riding, leading to a reluctance to go fast enough, and The fact that the fork brace is under the fender and the edge of it catches mud. He said his TL125 used to do the same thing. TL125!?!?!? My Sherco compared to a TL125?!!? Them's fightin' words! Whatever it is, his bike didn't have a problem. Of course, this led to all kinds of unkind words about what kind of bike I SHOULD have bought.... Can anybody help me save face and fix this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaff Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 I had the same thing with my Montesa, i ended up putting some longer bolts and washers between where the fender bracket bolts to the fork sliders, thus lifting the fender away from the tyre. Gaff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Here in the south of England it is pretty much a weekly problem, beta actually supply a lifting kit and all makes were affectted even those withstays above, was ever thus! Take 2 fat (heavy)M6 washers under each bolt and this should suffice. 3 not usually ness. Uncle dabsters tip no. 767 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinell Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 Raise the front of the mudguard up (with washers/spacers) this will tilt the back down. You need a small gap at the back between the tyre and mudguard. E.g. 1" gap should only let in 1" of mud - if the gap then increases towards the front then that 1" of mud *shouldn't* get trapped as it has more room to move before exiting at the front. Disclaimer Theory doesn't always work in practice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munch Posted February 14, 2004 Report Share Posted February 14, 2004 sammy miller does a nice kit of spacers and longer bolts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
29r Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Take 2 fat (heavy)M6 washers under each bolt and this should suffice. 3 not usually ness.Uncle dabsters tip no. 767 Took tha' words right outta' me mouth ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sherpa Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Last year was a particularly wet year in the North East US. We road many gooey trials. One time my wheel did the same thing, turned out I had sucked up a twig that got caught up and made like a dam so the rest of the mud couldn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alan bechard Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 At Cartersville last month the same thing was happening. The rednecks took their fenders off when they saw the scenario. I saw many folks on the ground because of locked tires. The weirdest for me was that my boots were getting pushed off the pegs from the muck peeling off the rear down the singarm and being forced out. Add a little clearance as suggested and it should not be a problem, or ride front wheel light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cota kid Posted February 15, 2004 Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Spraying the underside of mudguards with WD40 helps stop mud sticking. CK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charliechitlins Posted February 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2004 Thanks, guys. Uncle Dabster's TT#767 will go into effect and become UCTT#843. You didn't think I came up with all of them myself, did you? And I did have the mud pushing my feet off! Things were so slimey I couldn't even shift. The pedal just folded. An interesting day of riding! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
copemech Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 Charlie, Stay out of mud, you will sink! Are these KITS to raise the fender or the fork brace? Two washers, thats about 3-4mm, not much help for the mud we have here, black clay. Maybe a motocross high fender mount would work! But then it would just bind against the forks! And YES Charile , they all do it! Cheers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted February 17, 2004 Report Share Posted February 17, 2004 Yes 3-4 mm is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayneg Posted February 18, 2004 Report Share Posted February 18, 2004 So the idea with the washers is that the back of the rear mudguard will scrape some mud off the tyre and stop the mud getting stuck between the fender brace and the tyre further up?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nigel dabster Posted February 18, 2004 Report Share Posted February 18, 2004 No it just provides an extra clearence which does the trick, twigs excluded. There seems to be a clearence which allows the build up without block up. The snowball effect doesn't happen, not to sure why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw dave Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 Funny Story - Back in 1970 - my new Sherpa T came with Knobby tires out of the box - So we have a trial that weekend in Edmonton Alberta Canada, first section - deep mud - over the bars - second section deep mud - over the bars - third section CLEAN - after I went back to the parking lot & took the front fender off - many years later I talked to the Distributor and recounted my tale (it cost me the Premier award) - He told me that the factory used to put on whatever tires they had available. !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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