Removed the passenger pillion for a hot rod show last night.
Bought the little leather bib fender cover for the real fender.
Unfortunately the protective plastic film stuck out the sides,
so obviously had to remove that.
Today the local stealership is having a grand reopening party and the old lady wants to go to.
My question is has anybody found a decent solution to replacing the plastic film?
As obviously I dont want to damage the paint returning the pillion.
Was just going to just leave the fender bib on & put the seat on top of that.
Problem with that is to also put the luggage rack I'd have to cut or poke holes through the bib which isnt ideal as far as I'm concerned.
Has anybody just put the seat & not worried about possible damage?
If so how did that work out?
I did a forum search on this topic but couldn't find a decent solution.
So hears hoping someone anyone has geniused up a killer solution.

 

I removed my film all in one piece so I could lay it back in place. Worked pretty well for me. I added some felt cut to size also where the rack mounts for good measure.

 

I removed the film and leave the fender bib on when I put the pillion on.
But, I don't have to poke holes in the bib
No issues with damage to the paint

 

Curious did you put the luggage rack back on?
Looks to me like the holes for the bolts are under the bib....

 

My luggage rack is attached to the detachable backrest.
A Deluxe seat on a springer classic.

 

Hair dryer and a little patience, and it comes right off. Remains tacky enough to just put it back in place when you need it. Just keep it in a clean place until you need it.

 

Better to use a piece of clean microfiber cloth between the fender and the seat bottom. If you are crafty, you can cut it to the shape of the seat bottom and glue it to the seat bottom with a few well placed dabs of rubber cement. The microfiber cloth will not scratch the fender, but will not let the vinyl from the pillion that wraps around the bottom of the seat scratch it either. If the fender is clean and well waxed, and you have the microfiber barrier, you will nor scratch the fender.

 

Thanks for the input guys
Decide to get some felt and glue it to the bottom of the seat.
Applied the glue and shaped the felt to the bottom of the seat, let it dry then carefully trimmed the edges so the felt goes to the bottom edge of the vinyl hopefully enough to protect the paint & not be seen.
I'll have an update on how well this worked when I take the seat off tomorrow eve.

 

That's dissapointing. The leather bib made for FatBoys covers the clear film perfectly without requiring any trimming.

 

As far as racks go my Motherwell goes on over my bib.