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Mine has the black tape and is is damaged. It was just yesterday that I went to a sign shop and picked up some black vinyl with a peel off back to replace mine. I was looking at the parts book and it looks like ones that came with the sissy bar used a strip that is rectangular and one that did not come with the sissy bar came with pieces shaped like the cut outs on the sissy bar.
FXWG struts use black straps like that also. Must be the earlier FXS, without the sissy bar, that use the struts with the recessed area where the black is.
i believe they were 77 & 78, in 79 the Low Rider came with the sissy bar !
That is how I remember it... certainly the '79 were Not recessed..
I do Not recall the early FXWG Struts being recessed nor Sissy bar rails being cut out!!... been too long... Last ones??? no on both
All models that came from the factory with sissy bars had side plates with windows cut out, and all welded together. Side plates did not separate from the upright. Also all had the bar and shield shaped plate in the upright. Some years/models had screw hole thru the bar and shield plate, some didn't.
The left strut is special to take the bump in the fender. When I was looking for a fender a lot of them did not have the protrusion like this for mounting, so I do not know if they used a spacer or a different strut for a fender without it.
All models that came from the factory with sissy bars had side plates with windows cut out, and all welded together. Side plates did not separate from the upright. Also all had the bar and shield shaped plate in the upright. Some years/models had screw hole thru the bar and shield plate, some didn't.
We Talkin FXS Only?? Years???? Me thinks the above is simply too general for "all"... But I will look again.... tomorrow
Originally Posted by Ken45
The left strut is special to take the bump in the fender. When I was looking for a fender a lot of them did not have the protrusion like this for mounting, so I do not know if they used a spacer or a different strut for a fender without it.
I too have a couple of those rear fenders... I believe they were FXS Specific... But, May have been right to the End on the FXFB... IDK, Certainly Not on Early FXE, and Certainly Not on any FXWG I ever saw
Thanks Troy.... I guess I did Not know the Designation of the '85-'86 Fat Bob (I guess I believed there was Only the Fat Bob, and the WideGlide) ... But I would have guessed they still had the Bump in fender. While the FXWG from '85-'86 does Not (the one here don't anyway)
So... FXS all had the Bump?? FXWG No Bump..?? FXE, & FXEF, Who Knows??
Edit; Duh on Me... looking at the Parts catalogs..I am going to assume that from 1978 (1977 for the Low Rider FXS) on all SuperGlides used the same rear fender...With Bump!!!
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