Z1 900 with v&h sidewinder, what front fender?

Hey guy's, im going to be running the vance and hines sprortsman sidewinder type pipe on the z1 after the rebuild. As of right now i have a front fender off of a 77 kz 650 on there, but will i bottom the fender in between the header pipes under hard braking? Could i still use the stock z1 front fender? I was thinking about using the kz 650 front fender, but cutting it down a couple inches past the trees on each side. I think it will end up looking like a shorter LTD type fender.

Hey Jim try one of these fenders. I think you can get them at jcwhitney.

that looks killer don, i will check it out right now.....thanks

I had one on my 80 also but it didn't look right with the square body but it looks good on the older ones. I'm thinking about getting another one for my 77.

what is the fender called early superbike or something like that?

I think it was something like that. I only have another 6 1/2 hours to look it up while at work. :laugh:

LOL.......well then theres no hurry now is there???????LMFAO

Will this fender work? Loks like it will.

www.jcwhitney.com/SPORT-STYLE-FRONT-FEND...+600014394_10111.jcw

I thought I read somewhere that the early model front Metal fenders on the Z1's (not sure how many years or models this covers) acted as a fork brace also.

yes they did but you have to do something different so the front end won't bottom out on the front wheel that fender might do it