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Title: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by Gregski on 02/12/04 at 08:09:14 One thing this site lacks at this time is a section dedicated to projects, where we see documentation and pictures of projects attempted, in progress, and or completed, (successes or failures). Yes some are included on the Links page, but that leaves us to hunt and peck. So any time I come accross somebody's individual website housing a project, I will try and share it with you all in this forum, by providing a link to it here. PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame http://www.jonline.org/savage/Tips___How-to_s/Side-Mount_License_Plate/side-mount_license_plate.html |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by savagethumper on 04/11/04 at 09:52:28 I've contacted Jon, too. He's done quite a bit to his Savage. His can be seen in the top left of the Home page. I got the idea to mount my plate on the side from him. I mounted mine on the lower shock bolt, though. I recently put it back on the tail because a HP told me it needed a light, and I didn't feel like rerouting wire and stuff. I fought the law, and the law won. |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by Wolf on 03/23/09 at 18:33:18 There is a new law in Florida that states no side mounted (vertical plate) ... unless horizontal. Is this a grandfather type law? I see a ton of bikes with this mod. Wolf |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by eyeore302000 on 03/23/09 at 19:43:02 The one I nounted on my bobber doubles as a liscence plate light and taillight/brake light. check it out it worked out nice. http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1236640233 |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by Savage Eddie on 03/23/09 at 21:28:57 51696A60060 wrote:
We have the same law in Illinois (apparently) i found this out when i was pulled over for speeding. no ticket, just a heads up from the cop... guess what i just ordered!! http://i.ebayimg.com/12/!BNlpGhw!Wk~$(KGrHgoH-CEEjlLl0us,BJqc7CmUVQ~~_1.JPG my Maltese cross brake light should fit nice! |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by Wolf on 03/23/09 at 21:33:28 Can't wait to see this happen .... should be 8-) Also, so cool eyeore302000, I love your dragbar and wrapped header... and your rear fender.... etc.... etc... hehe Wolf |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by matt_savage on 03/24/09 at 09:49:51 SavageEddie, Where did you get that bracket from? I've been trying to find the bracket alone w/o a taillight/lic. plate light for a while! TIA -Matt |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by SimonTuffGuy on 03/24/09 at 10:19:50 I searched EBay with "motorcycle side mount license plate" and came up with 5 or 6 different options. Not that particular bracket, but a few that could be used. |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by PerrydaSavage on 03/24/09 at 14:16:42 Dunno if the vertical side mounted plate is legal here or not ... have seen a few around and haven't heard of anyone gettin' a ticket?? Ordered a flat side mount plate bracket off of flea-bay last year only to discover that Nfld. m/c plates are about 25% larger than the standard U.S. plates ... haven't installed yet, may have to mod it to fit this summer ... That curved one looks really cool though! 8-) |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by Savage Eddie on 03/24/09 at 17:58:06 hey Matt, heres the link for the ebay store i bought it from. theres a bunch in there Link (http://stores.shop.ebay.com/Accufast-2-d-Creating-Custom-Parts__W0QQ_armrsZ1) |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by diamond jim on 03/24/09 at 19:51:00 The side mounted plate was my very first mod on this bike. http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh128/russ_diamond_jim/S4020026.jpg I got the bracket off of ebay maybe 2 years ago for about $15 + shipping and used it for my M50. |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by Savage Eddie on 03/24/09 at 21:22:46 i didnt know your side mount was curved, very cool! |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by diamond jim on 03/24/09 at 23:39:14 3C3D3D303C590 wrote:
I never cared for the flat ones. The bike has so many curves that the flat side plate looked so much more bolt on afterthought-ish. The curved ones look custom and compliment the bike's curves, instead of conflicting with them. I think it's just laying on a shelf in the garage at the moment. |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by Savage Eddie on 03/25/09 at 04:49:29 Jim....we think alike... |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by matt_savage on 03/25/09 at 06:54:49 SE, thanks for the link! I may go this route in the end after all. |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by diamond jim on 03/25/09 at 07:43:37 FYI Matt- if you plan on mounting it on the left side of the axle like in my above pics, I'd recommend you get a curved one with the vertical support that is flush with the outer edge of the curved piece and not welded near the center of the curved piece. When I had mine on it seems like I thought that if there was less clearance between the inside of the plate mount and the rear pulley that I'd feel a little uncomfortable. http://i255.photobucket.com/albums/hh128/russ_diamond_jim/S4021799.jpg I checked the link pics and it's a little hard to tell if the pieces are flush but I'm thinking they are. Even in my pic above it's a little tricky to tell if it's flush or slightly inset cause of the shadows but it is indeed flush. Ask the buyer if you're not sure. |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by Savage_Amusement on 03/25/09 at 08:33:22 This is on my bike. Kind of the same thing Jim was talking about. http://w4.bikepics.com/pics/2009%5C03%5C24%5Cbikepics-1611586-full.jpg http://w4.bikepics.com/pics/2009%5C03%5C25%5Cbikepics-1612083-800.jpg |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by diamond jim on 03/25/09 at 09:08:27 Exactly, SA. A welding buddy of mine in another town said that a handful of people were making those $18-$25 curved mounts initially and he questioned the strength of the welds by the pics he had seen and one he had bought himself. We did some research and asked around and discovered several instances of those early curved ones breaking at the weld just as he had suspected. He agrees that they are all made really good now. That's why clearance was an issue for me when mounting. I visioned high wind breaking it and pushing it into the pulley ala a blender on puree. The one that you show, SA, looks very solid. Also, don't mount the plate on one side then bend it over the curve and mount the other. Pre-bend evenly first over the curve or around a one gallon paint can to where the plate holds the curved shape on it's own. I've heard stories about the mount-bend-mount method putting to much bending pressure on the screw holes of the side mounted first. Vibration and heating/cooling of the plate eventually causes the plate to crack at those mounting holes. Put something behind the plate, sandwiched between the plate and mount, to dampen vibration if you get any rattles. |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by Savage_Amusement on 03/25/09 at 11:29:06 Our plates here are made out of garbage. This set up has been on for over a year and almost 5000 of my almost 7000 miles. The bolts I chose also give it a little wider foot pattern and I have washers under them. I did pre-bend the plate. I was almost thinking of getting one shaped the other way. The welds on this one should hold for a good long time. I mostly got this one because I knew it would fit my light. |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by Charon on 03/25/09 at 12:25:21 To each his own, but I don't quite understand the idea of the side-mount plate. To me, it looks asymmetrical, and not very good. Besides, if the rear light is mounted there, it becomes less visible from the right side of the bike, and thus perhaps a little more of a safety hazard. |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by diamond jim on 03/25/09 at 14:05:41 But his brake light will be twice as visible on the left side so it evens out. :D Just messin" with ya. It's part of the same mindset that has some of us violate federal law when we put pod filters and sportster exhausts on our bikes. We do it cause it's cool. |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by Savage Eddie on 03/25/09 at 17:39:28 Vision was my concern too, once i mounted it you can see its visible though my rim and its bright as hell. i like the less is better look and until i actually get a ticket for it....its staying right where it is! http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u248/socomiou1/PICT0240.jpg |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by matt_savage on 03/26/09 at 08:58:57 SE, Did you have to drill out the mounting hole on the bracket to accomodate our 1" axle diameter? Or is there an option to buy the tag bracket w/ a 1" hole already drilled? TIA and I love the setup with the maltese cross light, exactly the way I'm going! -Matt |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by Savage Eddie on 03/26/09 at 20:50:05 nope! that was the easiest and fastest "bolt on" i every did....i need to add spacers to the bolts to even out the back of the light but the bracket was made perfectly and slide right on. i did have to size up the holes for the light to fit the bolts that came with the light. btw, the bottom of the cross has a clear window to light the plate, two birds with one stone! |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by matt_savage on 03/27/09 at 06:34:37 Gotcha. Thanks for the response, and I believe the light I'm looking at is the same one you have, with the clear window on the bottom to light the plate. Can't wait to get mine done! |
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Title: Re: PROJECT: Side-Mount Plate Frame Post by Savage_Amusement on 03/27/09 at 06:48:57 I'm working on another project to make things more visible. I've been behind my bike at night, trust me you can see the light just fine from pretty much anywhere. Its pretty freaking bright. |
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