Keith - thanks for another post of your beautiful V - one of my all time favorite color schemes. I have the same set up on my Expedition and yes it gets down as low as the longboards. I've never had a problem with the length. I thought of moving those over to the Voyageur but the Expedition has a threaded mount on the underside of the rear brake bridge so I'd have a hole and I'm a little nervous about jostling around 28 year old plastic fenders.