Ok-- I've been meaning to post this up for a while.
Here's everything you need to make a professional looking tail tidy with a lighted plate frame. If you can tell a screwdriver from a hammer, you can do this with basic hand/power tools. This will result in a lit tail tidy that fits the bike exactly and uses H-D connectors so you won't have to cut a single wire. Just clip and unclip as needed: If you just want a tail tidy, follow the applicable parts below:
Parts required:
From New Castle H-D Online Sales:
Part #69523-09, license plate bracket (the dog's arse): $56.35
Part #73191-96, recepticle contacts (you'll need two): $0.50 each
Part #73152-96BK, recepticle housing: $1.02
From Revzilla:
Joker Machine license plate back mounting plate: $23.35
Or, if you want to go with Amazon, you can get this one in chrome if you have the desire to powdercoat or rattle can:
Barnett License Backing Plate 709-80-71012: $8.71
From eBay:
Black Radiantz led license plate frame: $31.24
From Lowes: Two low-profile fasteners (maybe $1.50?). They look sort of like two washers with stems. One stem screws into the other, making a low-profile connector. Use Lock-Tite when putting them together.
From wherever: Four black license plate fasteners.
How to put together:
Take the European dog's arse and carefully drill out the rivets holding the metal bracket to the plastic. They're REALLY tough, so drilling is a bit of a challenge. Remove bracket. Throw away plastic portion.
Using the low-profile fasteners from Lowes (see pics below), fasten the bracket to the license plate backing plate.
Take the Radiantz license plate frame and connect the two receptacle contacts with the wires. Insert receptacle contacts into the receptacle housing. They will click in. This housing will now snap to the OEM license plate power cord.
Use the license plate fasteners to attach the Radianz license plate frame, the license plate and the backing plate/bracket combination together. You'll have to dremel a small notch into the backing plate for the license plate power wire to pass through.
Attach to bottom of tail under frame using bolts and carriage/fender washers as required. Feed led power wire through and connect to power cable.
Either remove shocks to drop tail of bike towards tire or use a strap along the tail to tension the rear shocks to full compression. Determine required angle of license plate frame. You may have to bend the bracket to get the right dimension (I bent mine to make sure the plate was more visible, but would still not touch the tire at full compression).
You're done. That's it. Obviously, there are ways to go about this cheaper, and you can substitute parts as required. However, if you follow the above instructions you'll end up with a tail tidy that looks like it came with the bike. You may also be able to find the parts cheaper somewhere else-- I didn't spend that much time looking for the parts. The part numbers are correct though.
Good luck.
R.
R.
Here's everything you need to make a professional looking tail tidy with a lighted plate frame. If you can tell a screwdriver from a hammer, you can do this with basic hand/power tools. This will result in a lit tail tidy that fits the bike exactly and uses H-D connectors so you won't have to cut a single wire. Just clip and unclip as needed: If you just want a tail tidy, follow the applicable parts below:
Parts required:
From New Castle H-D Online Sales:
Part #69523-09, license plate bracket (the dog's arse): $56.35
Part #73191-96, recepticle contacts (you'll need two): $0.50 each
Part #73152-96BK, recepticle housing: $1.02
From Revzilla:
Joker Machine license plate back mounting plate: $23.35
Or, if you want to go with Amazon, you can get this one in chrome if you have the desire to powdercoat or rattle can:
Barnett License Backing Plate 709-80-71012: $8.71
From eBay:
Black Radiantz led license plate frame: $31.24
From Lowes: Two low-profile fasteners (maybe $1.50?). They look sort of like two washers with stems. One stem screws into the other, making a low-profile connector. Use Lock-Tite when putting them together.
From wherever: Four black license plate fasteners.
How to put together:
Take the European dog's arse and carefully drill out the rivets holding the metal bracket to the plastic. They're REALLY tough, so drilling is a bit of a challenge. Remove bracket. Throw away plastic portion.
Using the low-profile fasteners from Lowes (see pics below), fasten the bracket to the license plate backing plate.
Take the Radiantz license plate frame and connect the two receptacle contacts with the wires. Insert receptacle contacts into the receptacle housing. They will click in. This housing will now snap to the OEM license plate power cord.
Use the license plate fasteners to attach the Radianz license plate frame, the license plate and the backing plate/bracket combination together. You'll have to dremel a small notch into the backing plate for the license plate power wire to pass through.
Attach to bottom of tail under frame using bolts and carriage/fender washers as required. Feed led power wire through and connect to power cable.
Either remove shocks to drop tail of bike towards tire or use a strap along the tail to tension the rear shocks to full compression. Determine required angle of license plate frame. You may have to bend the bracket to get the right dimension (I bent mine to make sure the plate was more visible, but would still not touch the tire at full compression).
You're done. That's it. Obviously, there are ways to go about this cheaper, and you can substitute parts as required. However, if you follow the above instructions you'll end up with a tail tidy that looks like it came with the bike. You may also be able to find the parts cheaper somewhere else-- I didn't spend that much time looking for the parts. The part numbers are correct though.
Good luck.
R.
R.
