My soft saddle bags were sagging a bit pushing down on the turn signals which snapped the fender eliminator right along the bolts where it mounts to the subframe. FE ended up jammed between the tire fender and the rear tire, rubbing my license plate and brand new rear tire away as I cruised on the highway in Nova Scotia, could have been doing that for as long as 150km . Surprisingly didn't notice a thing until I pulled over for gas and wondered where my license plate disappeared to.
Can't blame the FE at all