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Oh, and I ditched the yellow side reflectors on the forks, as well as the terribly awkward bracket for the red rear side reflectors. I may put the red rear side reflectors back, directly on the side of the fender. The rear reflector bracket was hideous. Removing it really cleaned up the back of the bike. Flame away.
On the contrary, probably a good 90+ percent of people would agree and applaud the removal of the reflectors and cleaning up the somewhat iffy rear end design.
While I do completely agree technically, and I've pretty much instantly removed all decals, reflectors and rear fender montrosities from all of my bikes before rolling a hundred yards, I have also suffered for my vanity...
It all depends on the bike I guess. My CBR has caused me no end of grief since doing a rear end fenderectomy. Sure it looks awsome, but OMG the damned mud and crap flung up all over the back of the tail light, licence plate, turn signals, top bodywork, pasenger seat, all up my jacket and even my helmet! Ugh!
All this constant grit has scratched the bejeebus out of everything and is a nightmare to clean. I won't even mention the GF reaction and the doghouse I was in after one trip and a few puddles.
I'm not about to strap on a yellow milkcrate to the NCX seat anytime soon, but the fenders and brackets and stoopid little reflectors can feel safe out of my little grasping clutches for now, lol.
If I lived where it didn't rain 365 days a year, no prob! But up here? Blech.