I have an 06 America with the luggage rack and tall sissy bar. I was a bit bored tonight, and decided to take the luggage rack / sissy bar combo off. When I looked at the bolts holding them on, they are not the standard hex bolts I expected, but instead they have a splined head. If I want to do this, It looks like I will wind up using a pair vice grips to loosen them and then replace the bolts if/when I put the rack back on. If you look at the assembly holding on the luggage rack / sissy bar combo on, these are the rear 2 of the 3 bolts on the chrome bracket on the side of the fender.
Has anyone seen this before? I am wondering what the point is. Could the bike initially have been delivered with saddlebags, and this was part of the mount system? I bought the bike new, but it was a carryover from the previous model year.
