It's actually a seperate piece. When you unbolt the whole mudflap assembly - turn signals, license bracket, license light, and all that stuff from the subframe, you'll see that it unhooks from the mudflap itself. Then it's attached, as it was before hand, to the top of the heatshield. If you pull your passenger seat off, look towards the rear and you'll see a 5mm allen head screw on top. That holds that black piece on above the heatshield. Looks much cleaner than just the aluminumheatshield.

 

here is a close up of the larrys fe kit.

 

Looks good. Missouri tags? Do you ride near KC? I ride with two other '06 1000RR's
if you interested and nearby.