04-19-2015, 12:01 PM
(04-19-2015, 10:33 AM)Stichill_imp Wrote: Ah-ha...stop light dump protectors maybe?
In the thread http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5505
Elipten wrote: "I believe somewhere in the massive RLET posting trail, it was stated they were designed by a Honda engineer when moving the bike in the garage he scratched the paint on a car." I think that would make the most sense, though I tend to think that they were meant as protective items for transport, and were left on bikes on the show room, as dealers may not have wanted to take them off, and as the trend may have caught on. But that's my take, and I'm no historian.