Today after a nice mountain ride i noticed that i am getting some scratches on my front fender on the bottom of the fender (not the underside) but the face facing the bike. while looking at the scratches i noticed a factory drilled hole is this hole for a skirt that helps protect the fender. I f someone knows what this is for please let me know if harley makes a skirt to protect the front fender and that attaches to this hole

 

Damn i forgot
2012 harley iron 883

 

its this type of thing http://www.harley-davidson.com/gma/g...bmLocale=en_US
personally i think they are horrible but whatever suits your style

 

Itll be ugly if they do!

 

I get some light abrasion from my fork bag hitting the fender sometimes. Took as much weight out of it as I could and that has helped a lot. Did not look like the forks travel that much, but that's the only explanation for the rub marks.

Is your brake line rubbing on the fender? I don't think you have a speedometer cable like mine.

John

 

That hole is to hang the fender on the line while it goes through the paint process in manufacturing. If you have a fork bag, or have replaced the little disk horn with a real horn, it will contact the fender.

 

shouldnt be from a fork bag unless its installed way too low. i have a fork bag with no front fender and its not even close.

 

If you're getting scratches, I think it just means you're using the bike.

 

spot on