Front Fender

[88' 600]

I have painted 2 kats now and on both of them the back of the front fender was melted and deformed is this normal?? what can i do to stop it (if anything)?? and should i even bother worrying about it?? my biggest worry is that the plastic will melt and push agenst the tire an then if something happens and i get a flat at any speed or i get something in my tire that i will crack and or tare the fender (not likely but its possible)

[chinto]

it is not normal. something is wrong with the setup. The fender should not melt. Nor have I seen this as a common problem.

[catfish]

is it the stock fender? how close is the rear end of the fender to the exhaust?

[88' 600]

its all stock an i am unsure of the clearance i just sent the parts out for paint last week but it was not close and also the inner pieces of the front fearing were waived two (i hope thats a good enough of a description) i was gunna try an make the bike breath better...i figure that the last guy musta let it idle alot or something but i do ride hard so the engine gets hot and its usuley stop and go traffic to get from point A to ride place

[chinto]

you have something seriously wrong if all of the plastics are melting. have you got any pics of the bike at all?

[88' 600]

ya but nothing with the damage in it i can snap some with the plastics off an i can upload some with the plastics on

this is the best pic i got

sorry its too big to upload send me an e-mail at [email protected] an ill show ya them

[Astro4x4]

Here ya go.

[88' 600]

thanks for posting the pic for me Astro

[chinto]

including the 2 that you have experienced. I have heard of this happening 2 times.

[88' 600]

sweet im one of a kind...both bikes that it happened to are up there

[roscoe73]

I've got the same thing on my 95 600. Kinda annoying since it was'nt like that when I picked it up. Noticed it the next day.

[FASHER]

My 96 600 had the same issue when I bought it. I immediately replaced the fender and never saw anymore sighs of melting

[arsenic]

something has to be causing it to run really lean to cause that kind of heat. If it's running that lean, how does it even run right

[FASHER]

You might be on to something there Chris. My bike had been serviced just before I purchased it, and I had it serviced while I owned it. So it's very possible there could have been an issue that was repaired before I took ownership.

[daniel_depetro]

Are these plastics still waved/melted?