Since the Trik fender is the same width as the tire it doesn't take anything away from it. And before you ask it does work to eliminate to crap that's sprayed everywhere with the stock set up. I have gone for the gloss black and I think it looks great. So each to his own!
The attached pic is during a stop after riding through torrential rain in Portugal!
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