The end of the fuel vent hose is right above the belt guard and tucked into the frame. While cleaning the bike I discovered that the paint on the frame at the end of the vent hose is soft and easy to peel off. My ride is 2017 Street glide special.

Any thoughts?
I will mention that on several occasions the gasoline smell in the garage has been quite strong after the bike has been in the garage for an hour or so after a ride.

 

I re-routed my over flow tube to the ground by adding tubing where it goes into the frame. I zip tied it to make sure it didn't move around.

The smell in the garage is common and nothing is wrong. When you park the bike the heat from the engine causes vapor to expel from the tank vent.

 

Thanks Nomadmax, My heritage never gave off that strong of a gas smell so I was concerned. I was thnking that the " ball" that blocks the vent off in the event of a tipover was stuck open and in the course of steep lean angles that fuel may be spilling out and softening up the paint. I honestly did not think that just vapor would do eat up the paint.

 

Correct me if I'm wrong but the overflow tube runs down on the right side of mine. I had to tie it back because it was getting in the way whenever i checked the oil level.

Circled in the picture before I tied it out of the way.

 

Overflow tube handles the spillage from overfilling the tank.
The vent tube runs down the left side. I would post a pic but I just dropped the bike off to get the frame paint taken care of as a warranty issue.
When I had the 5k service done and a new set of bars put on I saw the tech working on the left side and he told me that this was the vent tube.