I was thinking of heading to lowes for some pieces of steel brackets but then I hopped on ebay again: rear fender is $55, tail light is another $30 that includes a license plate holder. I'll have to compare some more diagrams and photos because the seller pointed out to me he had a rear hoop added to the frame (See first post of the bike in the van) so a stock fender may not even fit without me cutting that hoop off. My concern is if there was a cross-brace removed to accommodate this rear hoop, I may be stuck with this bobber/cafe racer modification. I'll look at it more on my lunch break or after work.get some muffler hanger strap. same as the erector set stuff.
Another issue is with the current shocks that rear hoop is about 3/4" away from the rear tire. Sitting on the bike that gap is still there with the shocks on the stiffest setting. If its just a hoop that isn't necessary and no other frame modifications, I think I'd be comfortable cutting that off and using a factory fender to sort out the tail light and plate holder so it doesn't look like I used Home Depot brackets to mount stuff.