Weld in a comfortable position

After another hour or so of looking and moving things around ever so slightly I finally manned up and committed welding the rear fender to the bracket.

 

Just tacked it in place on the bike and then came up with this ridiculous contraption to allow me to weld the inside seam.

 

It actually worked really well! Also seem to have got my mojo back for TIG welding, I had the gas down low and the power way up high.

I was going to make some little triangular insets for the gaps at the side but instead I just blobbed it up with a thick weld rod. I am going to round those corners off so doesn't need to be perfect. Next I'll clean this up and start thinking about that brace!