AFMM3 Have to wait until I talk to him, I live in North Dakota and he lives in New York.
Ahhh I wasnt aware of that. No worries. If you find out, just let me know...
Lone Watie Soup - my 2011 Street Glide rear fender was also a bit narrow, by almost an inch. I'm using spacers that I'll make to fill in the gap, plus using the luggage rack on the inside of the struts.
I may just pull my factory fender out and see what the actual measurement is when not mounted. I know that there is some "stretch" to it when mounted.
Thats a cool idea putting the luggage rack on the inside of the struts. An added benefit to that is you could still run docking hardware for a backrest and saddlebags.
I am looking to get one of the early 4 rail racks like this: