I have a 2006 Heritage Softail with the passenger pillion. When the pillion is removed, there is a plastic "sticker" that protects the fender. What do most of you do when you ride solo without the pillion. Will it harm the paint if the protective sticker is removed and what about the 2 bolts for the pillion. How can a clean look be achieved?

Thanks.

 

Get a rubber plug (made by harley) with the bar and shield on it for the holes. Don't know about the fender getting damaged or not, but you can take a hair dryer to the sticker and peel it and use wd40 or goo gone to remove the rest of the glue...I have a double seat obviously.

 

www.hogdeluxe.com Check out his fender bibs!

 

I will be putting the pillion back on. Is the sticker needed for the pillion or will the fender be ok without the sticker and the pillion on the fender?

Kent

 

I would assume it is there for a reason but don't for certain...

 

Geez, sounds like that fender protector was on pretty well for your motorcycle. The plastic protector under my seat was essentially the same material they use to make the clear car bra's, so it's "sticky" but not adhesive so I was able to pull it right off. I've also bought a roll of the material off the internet since it's not that good to resuse the stuff on the chance that particles have gotten onto the "sticky" surface that might scratch the paint.

It's a bit of a pain to cut out and put on the fender if you're going to be removing and putting back the passenger pillion often, but if it's just something you do now and then, the stuff is clear and does a pretty good job of protecting the fender.

 

It may not be an adhesive. I just wanted to be sure before I started pulling it off.

 

I've left it in place, anduse a bib from Mustang to cover it.

 

I use the MustangFender bib too. It looks great and it's inexpensive.

http://www.mustangseats.com/softail/softail.shtml#i

 

The plastic sticker is there to protect your paint from the underside of the pillion. If you remove it, you'll want to replace it before you put the pillion back on or you'll scratch the paint on your fender.