I thought I would add to the many comments since I have a different set-up. I knew when i bought the bike I would have passengers (Wife and Daughters) but i didn't want to give up the solo seat. Since I use the bike to go back and forth to work i needed a rack so I bought the HD luggage rack and pillion that attaches to that. Nothing touches the fender. The only problem is that the rack is not detachable. Its not a bad look; I call it modular. You can barely see with the sadle bags thrown over it.

 

Well I just got word back from the dealership. They said HD would replace the rear fender and pillion as well. I am not going to have them put the pillion back on the bike. I bought my wife an 883 Iron so I don't need the rear seat. It's good to see HD did something about it. I am quite pleased they are fixing it all.

 

I use the Rigid rack too, the wife also doesn't like the pillion, but I think I'm going to have Russell Day Long Seats rework the original Pillion to make it more comfy for the wife. I've been in his shop and seen some seats in process, pretty cool work he does. I had him do some custom embroidery work on my vest.

 

SRSAW, I ran into the same question on the bumpers when I went to the solo seat. I found I could peel them off with a little effort and the glue peeled right up too.