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UglyBrute YaBB Newbies Offline Yeet. Posts: 29 Detroit Gender:	License Plate Cracking 07/22/19 at 10:04:46 Has anyone else had issues with their license plate cracking? I think its due to wind resistance and the new cheap/thin plates Michigan uses now. Purchased a backplate to hopefully fix this.
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philthymike Serious Thumper Offline Wallowing in my own crapulence Posts: 1413 Philadelphia Area Gender:	Re: License Plate Cracking Reply #1 - 07/22/19 at 10:14:43 PA plates are no better. Mines cracked 1/3 of the way across. I think the vibration is the culprit.
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oldNslow Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2694 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: License Plate Cracking Reply #2 - 07/22/19 at 10:47:29 It's the bike, not the plate. That plate bracket shakes like crazy. A couple of layers of duct tape on the back of the plate.Punch holes through the tape with a big phillips screwdriver, big flat washers on the bolts.
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Tocsik Serious Thumper Offline the singularity Posts: 1183 Denver, CO Gender:	Re: License Plate Cracking Reply #3 - 07/22/19 at 10:54:15 Definitely a known issue. It's the vibration and maybe a little bit of air pushing against it, too. Both top corners on mine are gone at the bolt holes and I have it fixed up. Example of another thread: http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1414813046/9
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: License Plate Cracking Reply #4 - 07/22/19 at 14:29:45 I used a license plate off a car, cleaned everything up, used Devcon five minute epoxy to add a layer of metal. Trim, install, seems to be surviving after a couple of years.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Online Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10714 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: License Plate Cracking Reply #5 - 07/22/19 at 14:52:02 USA a plate holder that surrounds the entire plate and use bolts on all 4 corners.
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stewmills Serious Thumper Offline Imagination is more important than knowledge Posts: 2641 Auburn, AL Gender:	Re: License Plate Cracking Reply #6 - 07/22/19 at 15:01:10 I have an extended aluminum license plate backer that came on my bike from another state that required it for registration stickers. I took it off when I got the bike and plates cracked every time. Put it back on and no more issues with cracked plates.
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: License Plate Cracking Reply #7 - 07/22/19 at 17:35:51 Had the same plate since 1996 , but use full backing plate , full front frame and bolts in all four corners.
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: License Plate Cracking Reply #8 - 07/22/19 at 17:57:40 I'm puzzled. My plate seems to be doing just fine. I have a chrome frame and four bolts, nothing special?
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: License Plate Cracking Reply #9 - 07/22/19 at 18:25:59 Norm , the vibrations get heavier if you push the motor past 3,000 rpm
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: License Plate Cracking Reply #10 - 07/22/19 at 19:08:51 Of course. My normal RPM is around 4k= 62 mph or so. Around town it is limited by the speed limit. Up and down as needed.
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: License Plate Cracking Reply #11 - 07/24/19 at 05:48:52 Norm ,I was joking about the you riding at 3000 rpm . but if anyone is interested, you can determine your rpm in 5th gear on a stock bike by multiplying your speed by 66.8 ex: 62 mph x 66.8 = 4,141.6 rpm. . Early 4speed bikes ,use 66.12 ex; 62 x 66.12 =4,099 .4 rpm.
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: License Plate Cracking Reply #12 - 07/24/19 at 06:08:18 I've got a tach on my bike so the mental gymnastics is not necessary.
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batman Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3806 osceola new york Gender:	Re: License Plate Cracking Reply #13 - 07/24/19 at 07:28:42 I used them to determine the speed ranges where I wanted the boosts to fall when I tuned my intake , being most of the charts list them in RPM's , and to judge proper shift points.
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Meathead YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1	Re: License Plate Cracking Reply #14 - 07/26/19 at 07:57:54 Place garden hose rubber washer between license plate and frame. One for each screw.
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