Rear Fender

My local Yamaha dealer has OEM SR 500 parts ordering easy. K&N Yamaha in Tulsa, OK. Their website is www.knmotorcycles.com. Simply go to the OEM parts button, click motorcycle, click on your year, then click on your model. The selection of components will be available in groups, with exploded schematics, descriptions and SKU numbers, pricing. You can order what you want and have it shipped the way you wish, and use your credit card.
Simple and easy.
I didn't look, but I'd bet they have that rear fender.

thanks! when i went to the site and selected my bike I didnt list any parts. do you see any listed?

sfsr, where are you?

Not trying to pry, but unless I know what continent you're on, it's difficult to point you to parts. Shipping and customs have a way of screwing an otherwise good deal.

I haven't followed soonerfan's link, but another site that gives the "official" price is:

www.yamahapart.com/

It lists the chrome rear fender for $160. But the fender is in two parts. You may also need the plastic fender that attaches to the front of the metal one.

Unless you're restoring the bike — or just want to have all the parts so you can put it back to stock when you want to sell it — why not fit a different fender? Something cool.

Until bobbed, the stock chrome fender looks pretty clunky to my sensitive, artistic eye.

www.airtech-streamlining.com/

This is a good place to look for solo/cafe seats

I've noticed this summer that I can't bring up parts diagrams on Yamaha dealership sites when I do the make/year/model search. I have to enter a part number (I use the rubber grommets for the rear blinkers) and click on the one that is listed for the SR. It will then bring up the entire list of parts diagrams and you can select anything you want. I have no idea why it does that.

sfsr, well, if you lived in Jordan, Minnesota...

There's a guy there who drives all over the U.S. to find junk bikes, brings them to Jordan and dumps them in a field. You could walk around his yard and no doubt find lots of fenders that would work.





Probably there's no place like that near SF — real estate's too valuable to use for dumping old motorcycles.

Over the years the chrome on my bike's fenders and chain-guard has started to pit. Before I pay to have them re-chromed or pony up for new ones ($$$) I'm going to look for alternate parts that can be painted and coach-striped.

There are 103 motorcycle fenders on eBay today, some starting at less than a dollar, and one or two of those might be made to work. Some guys I know who up to now have been doing expensive custom work on Harleys aren't as busy these days as they used to be and are willing to weld mounting tabs on a fender at a bargain rate. Or you could just make your own tabs and bolt them on.

For re-sale it would be good to have the stock parts if you can get them at a reasonable price (Karamsay?), but you also have the option of being creative.

Think about what kind of seat and taillight you want too. If you're going to stick with the stock seat, cowl and taillight they will limit the non-stock fenders that will work.

The neat thing about an SR is you can have a cool ride without spending a lot of money.