'79 Special

After looking at it more I decided to go ahead with a few mods to go along with the new seat. I fitted a '69 DS6C front fender. It has different style mounts, so I cut off the bottom mount tabs and welded on new mounts. Other than that it just needed spread slightly. Being rusty, it will need sandblasted and painted.


The stock '75 tail light and bracket were too big, and would point the light up at an angle if used on the shortened fender, but I also wanted to keep an OEM look to the bike. I cut up the stock bracket and made a roughly 2/3 scale version with a Lucas style lens, and everything at the right angles.


I just need to do some minor finish work and paint it. It gives the bike a neat roadster look. I have to get the '75 XS cafe' sheet metal painted first, so I'm going to put the original fenders on tank back on for the time being.