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jimbrough

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anybody losing their plates?
11/26/05 at 10:42:12

Might sound weird but my bike is totally stock and totally cool except for a problem i've noticed with the plates. They crack near the bolts holding them on and if i don't catch them in time, I lose them (and then the gremlins get them)...i think it might be the draft bending them but i'm not sure...think i'll bolt on a little strip of metal to take some of the pressure off and hold them better...anybody else ever had this problem or is this a phenomenon of cheap canuck license plates.

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torque Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline 2008 nightster,flat od green and black Posts: 748 rock hill,S.C. Gender:	Re: anybody losing their plates? Reply #1 - 11/26/05 at 13:17:31 it is the draft,and the vibration..just get a piece of aluminium and put it behind the plate then bolt it up like that.
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necropsy Full Member 2005 No Login Offline Suzuki '05 S40 Posts: 173 Barrie, Ontario, Canada Gender:	Re: anybody losing their plates? Reply #2 - 11/26/05 at 18:02:16 Cheap Canadian plates, busted mine on the Rebel 250 last year. Now that I have a S40 I'm thinking of custom plates.
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Reply #3 - 11/26/05 at 22:16:48

I've had 5-6 Savages and never had this problem untill now. The bike that I am riding now has this problem. I tried different tricks and the last that worked is that I made an aluminum plate with the shape of the reg. plate, about 2 mm thick and riveted the real plate on top of it. No more problems. I am sure it is the vibration/I have the shocks on the hardest setting/.

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SAMM Serious Thumper Offline No lay down crotch rocket for me Posts: 576 Portland Oregon Gender:	Re: anybody losing their plates? Reply #4 - 11/26/05 at 22:23:52 Use Polident ( Sorry I couldnt resist )
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savage99

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Reply #5 - 11/27/05 at 08:36:10

This happened to me on the way to Americade in the spring. I almost lost my plate as the plate ripped by the bolt and got loose on one side.
At Americade I found a dealer selling license plate frames amongst a lot of other cool stuff. I bought the chrome polished standard frame. Being away from home I had to buy 4 bolts, nuts and lock washers at Ace.
All in all, the frame supports the whole license plate and looks pretty good.

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Dragon King Senior Member Offline Posts: 400 IL Gender:	Re: anybody losing their plates? Reply #6 - 11/27/05 at 08:41:22 what I did was got a nice plate frame from j&p or someplace. then went to wallyworld and got the bullet style plate holders locked them down and no problems 8)
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slavy Serious Thumper Offline smart cars for stupid people Posts: 710 Phoenix, Arizona Gender:	Re: anybody losing their plates? Reply #7 - 11/27/05 at 09:54:33 The thick metal plate frame /the one that looks like a barbed wire/, lasted about 100 miles in the city. I gave the bike to a friend to use it and when I got it back there were only couple of pieces left on the plate around the bolts.
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jimbrough Ex Member	Re: anybody losing their plates? Reply #8 - 11/27/05 at 12:01:41 I just realized it's not the wind/vibration breaking off these plates - it's those darn gremlins again!! Caught a couple of them fooling with the savage this morning!
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Savage_Rob Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Mechanically Inclined Amateur Posts: 6972 Texas (Dallas area) Gender:	Re: anybody losing their plates? Reply #9 - 11/28/05 at 06:45:56 And a little threadlocker on the bolts/screws attaching it never hurts either.
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clueless-FSO Senior Member Offline Posts: 454 Birmingham, Al Gender:	Re: anybody losing their plates? Reply #10 - 11/28/05 at 09:30:18 Used big rivets on my tag. Keeps gremlins from taking it. Also, they dont unscew themselves. Got a new tag this year. Just hit 'em with a drill, and replace..........peace of mind.
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BS37066 Ex Member	Re: anybody losing their plates? Reply #11 - 11/28/05 at 09:48:29 I thought bells were supposed to keep the gremlins away. I think I'll go with the threadlocker.
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ethan Ex Member	Re: anybody losing their plates? Reply #12 - 11/30/05 at 13:16:34 I lost a plate. I had those cool chrome skull bolts. Little did I know that their heads pop off. I still need to get some bolt tight stuff and put in on there so I dont loose this one. No more skullies, now I just have nice chrome bullets.
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Zniper175

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Reply #13 - 12/10/05 at 03:46:57

I was on a long dark stretch last winter and my entire plate assembly fell off and went under my fender, where it proceeded to act like a brake. A brake that occasionally takes bites out of your back tire. Luckily a motorcyclist in a cage pulled over and lent me a hand. Its seems as though things are always falling off the ol Savage. Singles.... Undecided

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