Quote Originally Posted by Glacier 73 View Post
As much as i hate standard fenders cant believe hz didnt have gts gaurds what were gmh thinkin
It was simply so they could fit the new stripes and Sandman logo, same reason Sanmdan was base model only in HX/Z. The HX/HZ Sandman was no longer a "GTS commercial" like HQ-HJ, it was aiming at a different market. They did stuff it up a bit in HX as there was a big backlash on the stripes, they didn't go down to well with customisers, tradesmen and the press. This is why a delete stripe option was made available in HZ, and I'd guesstimate that DL7 was the single most common stripe option in HZ - in total there'd be probably at least 75% of Sandmans got stripes but DL7 would go close to being the most common stripe option.