Originally Posted by
noglider
No, I didn't. I ended up running the cable over the rear rack to the tail light.
I could take an ohmmeter to the fenders to see if it is correct. I won't be able to do it until next week.
I just checked. As I suspected the aluminum is encased in plastic. There are 3 foil sections (left, right, and center) separated by 2 plastic sections, but the braces for the fender stays connect the 3 sections - not well, electrically speaking, but it looks like a high impedance short to me. Bad photo follows.