I considered the removable approach, but I think it's a bit tricky for me at the moment, so I'll probably give it a miss for now. I'm glad to hear that neverman gets by without the forward portion though. I think I'll give it a try with moving the bracket to rotate the thing backwards. If I don't like it, I can move it back later; I'll just have a couple of small holes near the front, which I can live with.

BTW, how did you break off that front portion neverman? I hope it was nothing painful!