Attached are some pictures (again, thanks to Stan) of a NOS 59798-52 rear fender buffer pad. One side has a smooth "skin", I'm assuming so the adhesive
won't soak into the foam when you glue it to the bracket. It appears to be the same material used in the solo seats, and suffers the same fate of turning to powder from age; even this NOS one is starting to disintegrate just from the few times I have handled it. I don't know when this changed to the more
common black foam, but this lighter foam is clearly visible in the '57 XL Museum bike. I have a used Parkerized bracket that also has remnants of this light
foam in place yet. I think when LorenC restored his '58 XLH he found a very close match at a local upholstery shop.
Can anybody tell me the difference between the 59795-52 bracket complete and the 59795-52A bracket complete that shows up in the '54 parts book?
Roger