Decided I really like the look of the solo Mustang seat took off the stock seat tonight and under the stock seat my fender is all scratched up. Really bummed since the bike is brand new! There was no protective film on the top of the fender like I've read about. Should there be ? The scratched are about 2 inches behind the 2 bolt holes that would hold the solo seat on. Damn, I really liked the solo look too!

 

I was in the same (scratched) boat myself.

Go to: Mustang seats and scroll to their fender bibs. They have two styles. Either one will cover the middle portion of your fender where most of your scratches probably are.

I just received the plain style one I ordered last week. It's well made and does the trick. Even comes with a felt lining to help prevent further scratching.

Primo

P.S. Can't take the credit for this info. Someone else posted about it a few weeks ago.

 

Did you go with the Mini bib? That's on the idea of what I'd need. I will have to measure how far back the scratches really are. That totally blows though!

 

Now knowing myself, I will obsess and lose sleep over this tonight! [:@]

A bib that will cover about 2.5-3" behind the mounting bolts will do the trick. How large is the mini bib?

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Mini-bib just covers the seat bracket. Anything further and you'll need the full size bib which runs from the seat bracket to the mounting bolt for a 2 up seat like I did.

Primo

P.S. Sorry but I don't have a picture of it on the bike yet.

 

Well, I haven't lost total hope yet. I'm gonna be up at Bike Week in Laconia next week. Surely some of the vendors there will have something that will work well for me. I would think there'd be different sizes...

 

what about a wet sand and buff job? i have the same on mine and i'll try wet sanding and buffing. i bet that does it if yours is similar to mine.

 

Had same prob. on front of my tank when changing seats, used color restor and 2.5 hours of hand rubbing and all is good now. would not have beleived it could work but must say I am a happy camper now.

Dang, I really need to update my sig picture

 

I was thinking the same, I tried some 3M finesse compound on it..no luck. It's actually quite a pit you can feel with your nail pretty easily. I called the dealer for the hell of it to see what they said. The service guy said he gets tons of complaints about it and agrees with me but Harley's stance is it's in a spot you can't see with the original equipment in place so they won't do anything about it. Said he's got a paint guy that can do a blend job on that you'd never notice for about 200 bux. Which sucks to have to spend 200 bux on brand new paint. I will go with a fender bib for now and in the winter if I find I have 200 bux just burning a whole in my pocket!! lol

I would have really looked nice to see more Cobalt shining in the sun though

 

What's color Restor?