[RRaczak]

Can anyone tell me what exactly this is and what the purpose of it is? I have seen it alot so it has gotten my attention. Just for looks? or…

[rb]

It protects the tank from getting scratched by your zipper, belt buckle, etc.

[Munch]

Things like that always tickles the crap out of me. Hopefully the tank protectors are better designed.
You see things like the “Hood Bra” and bed liners and other such stuff thats there to “protect your paint” . My question… ok great I am protecting it (arguable) but what good is it doing if your not able to see the painted portion. Then comes the usual retort “It’s for if you decide to resale the item you can remove it and it will be like it was the day you put it on”. Great, now the rest of the paint job surrounding the protected area is somewhat faded, dulled, micro scratched etc. except the one dang spot you protected…nice.

[rb]

On the third day I had my bike, I put a nick in the tank the size of a small nail head. I’m still not sure how I did it but the nick was down to bare metal. I put a protector on (albeit smaller than the one above) so I wouldn’t do it again and as a bonus it also hides the nick. Touch up paint would probably work just as well but using one of these seemed to be the easiest solution at the time.

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