Second the nomination for steel fenders. I replaced the plastics on my
old Komet with steel. In short order I then a) hit a deer carcass
doing around 40 mph and b) had a tire disintegrate doing around 70mph.
Aside from some cosmetic damage (one red stripe, one black stripe),
the fenders came through unscathed. Plastics would've been reduced to
shrapnel.

The mounting holes can be a pain if the radius of the new fenders isn't
precisely the same as the old; it's hard to use the existing fender as
a template. I ended up welding some additional material to the fender
to create a wider mounting flange; cheap and easy.

Erik Mann
LS8-18 (P3)