well took it off tonight when i got home from work and rode to the gym and ran some errands....you definately have a few small pebbles (REALLY small ones) shoot out front at low parking lot speeds like someone else said...but other than that in my first 20 miles...no probs. yeah i know only 20 miles, lol.

 

where a bandana over ur nose and face..blocks most of the rocks.. rain ur pretty much screwed, but i love it without it

 

sorry here it is

 

I made a set of fork braces that just bolt on to the fender mounts. They look really cool and you dont have to cut off the fender mounts. (They still serve a purpose). I have never had a rock hit me in the face so far. (Lucky? perhaps...) As far as water, someone told me you can tie a bandanna on the forks above the tire and it will block the water. The first thing I did when I got my Nightster home was take the front fender off. followed by new broomstick bars, Then pipes, then Biltwell Frisco bars, and back to broomsticks. But the fender never went back on. It just sits on the shelf frowning at me!!

 

LOL!!
I took it off for awhile but everything thats wet on the road plus rocks hit ya. So just doit and see if you like it or not. Takes like 5min to take off and on.

 

I will take a fender over a spray in the face any day. Even in Southern CA I chose to run the front fender because of all the over-watering the city does in its greenbelts.

 

I leave it off, unless I'm going on a long road trip. Just riding locally I pretty much avoid going out in the rain. If you ride in the rain without a front fender you are going to get a snoot full of water, no way around it.