yep they look nice without the bars but wait till its on its side(basic tip over)then I bet ya wished ya had some bars on em.......

I might take mine off when my C&C seat gets here to see how it looks.

 

on my last bike took em off cause the wife didnt like the bars hittin her in the calf good thing the leather look bags had some give in em. after that the bars went right back on.with hard bags wouldnt even think about takin them off,if your lucky it will only be new paint,if not new bag and paint.

 

mine have come in pretty handy for preventing paint damage. I'm leavin' em on.

 

I really liked my 07 street glide look , getting there..

Anybody want to buy $$ my front light bar set... has the smoke lens kit with flat rings

My location is zip code: 95051

 

I did the same with mine, but used the original pieces, with a shorter bolt in case I wanted to put them back on. It's amazing what you can sometimes do with acorn nuts to clean things up. Probably the cheapest way to deal with the holes and looks pretty good too.