I don't think it is a significant issue, no.

But iamgine two bikes, identical mileage and maintenance and everything except one had a hacked off fender and the other didn't. Which would you buy?

Some people are skeptical of buying a bike with pieced hacked off, but not everyone. 

Quote from: everyone on February 15, 2006, 09:40:16 PM
If you've ever driven a hatchback car or SUV (Blazers) with snow on the roof, you'll know that the snow will get sucked into the rear windows. Same with dirt, sand, AND water.

let me settle this because you're all talking about theory. I had my fender eliminated to the fullest extent (http://pantablo500.tripod.com/id48.html) and NEVER got water on my back. the taillight got dirty but not my seat or my person. so STFU, lol....

Quote from: badkarma506 on February 15, 2006, 12:46:11 PM
i have a spare fender that's already been cut if anyone's interested. email for shipping info. davipu@yahoo.com i want 10 bucks for it.

couldnt stay away, eh? you gave yourself up posting your email....nice to have you back, now be-have.

if you had a pile of gs parts and didn't want to deal with paypal/ebay whare whould you try to sell them?

like you'd be safe from paypal here...

Quote from: badkarma506 on February 16, 2006, 12:36:08 AM
if you had a pile of gs parts and didn't want to deal with paypal/ebay whare whould you try to sell them?

craigs?

Quote from: RVertigo on February 15, 2006, 11:02:28 AM
I like what this guy did...  Looks nice:

http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=24137.0

Thanks for the compliment on her. I had the rear disassembled to take the back fender completely out and then decided that I like having a place to hold the tool kit. Up close you can still see the edges from the side, but that will be taken care of as soon as I have another day off and my dremmell doesn't die mid-cut like it did that day. Only thing I had to change was drilling 2 new holes to mount the license bracket.

And I wouldn't worry about resale on just a cut fender. Most people won't realize that somethings missing if you clean it up nice, and once they get it and get on this site for a week, they'll want to do it anyways