Things are coming along really well. Looks great. I was wondering about fender coverage. I thought I had read that pavement travel to your destinations would be a priority. Will they cover enough for regular road and highway/freeway travel?
Performance on the road, specifically the interstate, is a key goal......basically the ability to go 80mph with cruise control.
Tire coverage. Luckily I live in a state that doesn't require it. I haven't had issues with traveling and my flat fender either. I'm sure at some point I will get hassled, but I take a 'legal in my home state of registration' stance, it isn't a commercial vehicle. For what I want to do on the trail it just isn't practical to cover the tires. I would be replacing the fenders after every run. The narrowed body and wider axles further complicate the issue.
That said, if it was an issue for some reason, it would be pretty easy to make wider fenders for a future owner or whatever. I think they would look like big dumbo ears though with a 56" wide body and an 80" overall width to the outside of the tires....