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Had a similar conversation with friend at work yesterday about removeing the bumpers on my fenders. He suggested the round head carriage bolts painted as close to matching as you can get. I may need to stand in front of the bike for a few hours to visualize it.
This is exactly what I was thinking . Trish & I don't do the sculls thing either. That can limit you choices when it come to Harley stuff.
 
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Morning, Woodys!

Talk is too technical for this early for this analog guy. Mark, you will have to show me how to do that stuff someday.
 
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Mornin Greg! Which stuff?
 
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Mick, some button head cap screws paint to match your fender is another option to what Lou suggested.
 
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Originally Posted by PapaThiele
Had a similar conversation with friend at work yesterday about removeing the bumpers on my fenders. He suggested the round head carriage bolts painted as close to matching as you can get. I may need to stand in front of the bike for a few hours to visualize it.
Mornin' Woodies!
MarkII(2), I removed my front bumper and don't remember it leaving holes. Best I remember (I am missing a few brain cells), is it was mounted to the fender brackets, with 1 bolt under the front of the fender. Lot cleaner looking and I can see much more of my chrome wheel..
 
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Along with removing the bumpers I want to remove the saddle bag guard rails but have to find a set of plain saddle bag guard bars to replace the ones that have the holes for the rails. I kinda want to make it more plain, not blacked out or whatever the current trend is, but just more simple.
 
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The bunga bunga Linux system stuff. I'm interested if I can be made to understand it.
 
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Originally Posted by PapaThiele
Along with removing the bumpers I want to remove the saddle bag guard rails but have to find a set of plain saddle bag guard bars to replace the ones that have the holes for the rails. I kinda want to make it more plain, not blacked out or whatever the current trend is, but just more simple.
More Street Glide like?
 
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Thanks Michelob96! You don't know how happy that makes me feel. I always worry about removing stuff just to have it look more noticeable than less, or cost a lot more to make it plain.
 
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More Street Glide like?
Yes and no. I like to strip stuff down to the basics of what I need. I will keep the tour pack....I love the look of my bike without the tour pack but use it a lot. Thought about removing the passenger floor boards but that is what my kids use to get up on the seat and pretend to ride. I did remove the adjustable passenger pegs that were on there when I bought it.
 


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