[pgrillone]

quick question, is 16 guage strong enough for two up riding? without the need of additional supports

 

[royale5]

How are you attaching the fender, are you using the stock struts?

 

[pgrillone]

i am using the stock struts

 

[royale5]

If possible I would try to utilize the stock "turtle shell" as a safeguard.I assumeyou have a 1 piece seat or will you be doing a stick on pillon? I don't have first hand experience with it but I would assume the type of seat you are using will have a lot to do with your answer.

 

[pgrillone]

so, if i use a one piece seat it would require additional support? is that what you're saying

 

[unforgiven]

Beforeanyone could even guess at the guage you would need, it is all relative to the weight of the passenger, length of the fender etc...

 

[pgrillone]

im 210lbs my wife is 115

 

[pgrillone]

i need advice guys, ive only got till the end of the workday to decide[:'(]

 

[Pep]

If your wife is the driver, it ain't gonna' work!

 

[Gilly]

I have the 280 rear and my fender is 12 1/2 " wide, 14 ga. ,and you could ride on it. I don't know what the stock fender ga. is but that thing without the inner support shakes like crazy.To me it's not strong enough without the support. So maybe that will give you something to go on.

Guy

 

[arizonawarrior]

16GA is very close to 1/16" and isn't enough for the purpose you describe assuming passenger retention is important

more thickness is needed. Plus sheet metal needs 'shape' to be strong so use the already-shaped under-fender.




Standard sheet metal gauges


Gauge
Steel[2]
Galvanized steel
Stainless steel
Aluminum
Zinc[2]

3
0.2391 (6.0731)
-
-
-
0.006

4
0.2242 (5.6947)
-
-
-
0.008

5
0.2092 (5.3137)
-
-
-
0.010

6
0.1943 (4.9352)
-
-
-
0.012

7
0.1793 (4.5542)
-
0.1875
0.1443
0.014

8
0.1644 (4.1758)
0.1681
0.1719
0.1285
0.016

9
0.1495 (3.7973)
0.1532
0.1563
0.1144
0.018

10
0.1345 (3.4163)
0.1382
0.1406
0.1019
0.020

11
0.1196 (3.0378)
0.1233
0.1250
0.0907
0.024

12
0.1046 (2.6568)
0.1084
0.1094
0.0808
0.028

13
0.0897 (2.2784)
0.0934
0.094
0.072
0.032

14
0.0747 (1.8974)
0.0785
0.0781
0.0641
0.036

15
0.0673 (1.7094)
0.0710
0.07
0.057
0.040

16
0.0598 (1.5189)
0.0635
0.0625
0.0508
0.045

17
0.0538 (1.3665)
0.0575
0.056
0.045
0.050

18
0.0478 (1.2141)
0.0516
0.0500
0.0403
0.055

19
0.0418 (1.0617)
0.0456
0.044
0.036
0.060

20
0.0359 (0.9119)
0.0396
0.0375
0.0320
0.070

21
0.0329 (0.8357)
0.0366
0.034
0.028
0.080

22
0.0299 (0.7595)
0.0336
0.031
0.025
0.090

23
0.0269 (0.6833)
0.0306
0.028
0.023
0.100

24
0.0239 (0.6071)
0.0276
0.025
0.02
0.125

25
0.0209 (0.5309)
0.0247
0.022
0.018
-

26
0.0179 (0.4547)
0.0217
0.019
0.017
-

27
0.0164 (0.4166)
0.0202
0.017
0.014
-

28
0.0149 (0.3785)
0.0187
0.016
0.0126
-

29
0.0135 (0.3429)
0.0172
0.014
0.0113
-

30
0.0120 (0.3048)
0.0157
0.013
0.0100
-

31
0.0105 (0.3200)
0.0142
0.011
0.0089
-

32
0.0097 (0.2464)
-
-
-
-

33
0.0090 (0.2286)
-
-
-
-

34
0.0082 (0.2083)
-
-
-
-

35
0.0075 (0.1905)
-
-
-
-

36
0.0067 (0.1702)
-
-
-
-

37
0.0064 (0.1626)
-
-
-
-

38
0.0060 (0.1524)
-
-
-
-

Thickness is in inches except for values in parentheses