Rear Seat Fender Bolt - Is it Permanent?

Re: Rear Seat Fender Bolt - Is it Permanent?

feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 11:10:33 GMT

gr8scott51 wrote:
Alain,

I find that I pull the bags off every time I wash the bike - it's just much easier. If you like the studded seat cover but not the tassles, couldn't you just trim the tassles or remove them all together?

Scott....admittedly I thought about cutting the fringe off when I first saw what was happpening to my saddle bag lids, but then I dropped the idea. I thought...

Re: Rear Seat Fender Bolt - Is it Permanent?

feeds@yuku.com (gr8scott51) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 10:37:50 GMT

Alain,

I find that I pull the bags off every time I wash the bike - it's just much easier. If you like the studded seat cover but not the tassles, couldn't you just trim the tassles or remove them all together?

Re: Rear Seat Fender Bolt - Is it Permanent?

feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 06:29:41 GMT

Thanks Skip....that is what I was hoping. Yesterday afternoon I pulled off my seat and removed the Mustang seat cover. As much as I like the studded portion of it, I am not happy with the tassles. During my 1,000 mile trip to Americade I noticed that the tassles were creating a very superficial scratch on the top of my saddle bag lids. It's not real bad but it is going to take a little mild polishing compound to get it out. I don't like it, so I pulled the seat off.

It was...

Re: Rear Seat Fender Bolt - Is it Permanent?

feeds@yuku.com (Skip MMShadowT) — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:34:26 GMT

Nothing will fall out. The nut is attached to the underside of the fender.

Rear Seat Fender Bolt - Is it Permanent?

feeds@yuku.com (alepel) — Sun, 15 Jul 2007 20:51:20 GMT

I have been wanting to remove the Mustang fender bib on my T and I have a question about the acorn nut that holds down the back end of the fender bib. If I loosen the bolt to take the fender bib off, does the bolt fall out. Meaning does it fall down out of the fender onto the rear wheel? Or is it permantly afixed to the fender.

I can find no way short of removing the rear wheel to ensure the bolt doesn't fall out. Skip I know that you have had the rear fender bib on and off a...