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renegade1 Full Member Offline SAVAGE Posts: 212 Abbotsford B.C. Gender:	re-located licence plate? 06/11/12 at 15:01:56 Hey guys just wondering if anyone has moved there plate to side mount NOT VERTICLE authorities dont like that here haha and if so... do you have any diagrams on how to do such a thing as in the plate location and application to the bike (where and how) very happy if anyone can help.
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SimonTuffGuy Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline i like to thump... ;) Posts: 1159 Central PA Gender:	Re: re-located licence plate? Reply #1 - 06/11/12 at 17:33:42 My plate mount converts to vertical or horizontal by loosening 2 of the screws and turning it down. I picked it up off eBay for relatively cheap. No decent shot of it flipped down, as I run it vertical nearly all the time. I've never had an issue with the cops (yet)...
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renegade1 Full Member Offline SAVAGE Posts: 212 Abbotsford B.C. Gender:	Re: re-located licence plate? Reply #2 - 06/11/12 at 18:29:19 usa or canada tuffguy? and you know if I get pulled over im going to get a huge ticket ????
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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Re: re-located licence plate? Reply #3 - 06/11/12 at 18:33:36 Since you're a PA guy Simon, have you had any issues with the fuzz for no fender? How about inspection?
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renegade1 Full Member Offline SAVAGE Posts: 212 Abbotsford B.C. Gender:	Re: re-located licence plate? Reply #4 - 06/11/12 at 19:58:06 want to take these off but dont know how to fit my signals then, any ideas??????
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Reply #5 - 06/12/12 at 05:04:27

renegade1 - I'm in USA. I'm assuming that if I were pulled over, it would be a "fix it" ticket, where I'd be required to turn the plate down and have it signed off by an officer and then mailed in. I'm hoping that they have better things to do than hassle me about a plate that's still pretty visible (compared to those with hideaway plates, etc).

Greg - I haven't had it inspected without the rear fender... The inspection guy overlooked my muffler and missing rear signals at the time, so I doubt he'd hassle me about it now. I've got a BCB rear fender that should be here this week though to mount up. It looks sweet without it, but it'll look alright with the BCB one in place and it should keep the rain off me if I happen to get caught in it again.

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Reply #6 - 06/12/12 at 05:06:22

renegade1 wrote on 06/11/12 at 19:58:06:

want to take these off but dont know how to fit my signals then, any ideas??????

Is that a hard bag bracket of some sort? You've got the rails underneath there and the lights still look stock. The lights then go into the stock rails and secure with a screw. I'd say pull them off and have a look. You could always go with aftermarket signals if need be, or find someone that's selling their takeoffs or parting a bike and grab them.

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Reply #7 - 06/12/12 at 18:53:24

yah they are bag protecters but i dont want to run with saddle bags on i'll just wear a back pack. i tried to take em off before but need different length bolts for the rails to stay on right??? and couldnt figure out how to then mount the lights to the rail...and yah eventually i would like to run different lights but they're expensive hey?? Undecided

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Reply #8 - 06/12/12 at 20:23:11

Small bullet lights are cheap. Go to the truck stop. Spend $10 for a pair of amber and chrome that even come with mounting brackets. Or go to the local indie bike shop and drop $20 on a set of mini signals.

Stock junk is expensive. If you do some hunting most aftermarket stuff is not.

My bike has 50s style rear signals, a whopping $10 each. Real glass lenses cost an extra $2 per light.

Check the J&P Cycles vintage catalog.

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rogers40 YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18	Re: re-located licence plate? Reply #9 - 06/12/12 at 22:36:55 WD, What's the best way of mounting aftermarket lights to the fender struts where the original lights are? Thanks!
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renegade1 Full Member Offline SAVAGE Posts: 212 Abbotsford B.C. Gender:	Re: re-located licence plate? Reply #10 - 06/12/12 at 22:55:44 thats awsome man can you show pictures? really interested in what those look like, and just go to a truck shop???? what do you mean
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Reply #11 - 06/12/12 at 22:59:21

renegade1 wrote on 06/12/12 at 22:55:44:

thats awsome man can you show pictures? really interested in what those look like, and just go to a truck shop???? what do you mean

Truck Stop not Shop. TA and Pilot to name a few off hand. Truck Stops and other Big Rig accessory stores have lots of LED lights to pick from in all shapes and sizes.

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Reply #12 - 06/12/12 at 23:07:20

oh wow didnt even think about usin big rig lights thats a cool idea, do these just connect to all the old wires im guessing(im not even close to an electrician)... and rogers40 - just wondering why you want to keep those rails on? im going to keep mine on or figure some way to make it a different look but my wife would like to SOMEDAY ride with me and she said she'd feel better with the sissy bar on.

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Reply #13 - 06/12/12 at 23:17:24

renegade1 wrote on 06/12/12 at 23:07:20:

oh wow didnt even think about usin big rig lights thats a cool idea, do these just connect to all the old wires im guessing(im not even close to an electrician)... and rogers40 - just wondering why you want to keep those rails on? im going to keep mine on or figure some way to make it a different look but my wife would like to SOMEDAY ride with me and she said she'd feel better with the sissy bar on.

Yes they will, the single function ones will have just 2 wires and the dual function aka run/turn will have 3 wires.

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renegade1 Full Member Offline SAVAGE Posts: 212 Abbotsford B.C. Gender:	Re: re-located licence plate? Reply #14 - 06/12/12 at 23:53:28 in a scale from 1 to 5 (1 being easy) how hard do you think this would be to do? and i'll need a set of metal drill bits and regular things from the tool box correct???
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