Post by chucktuna on Aug 9, 2005 9:49:18 GMT -5
Well here goes another one of my simpleminded, over explained, over exposed , over dosed how to's
After spoon reminded me yesterday of the hideousness of the stock rear reflector bracket, I knew I had to do something.
I decided that I didnt mind the reflector, just the way it mounted...too far out behind the lic plate.
Here the lic plate is removed and the wire harness is loose from it's mounting tab under the seat pan.
You could probably just as easily do this mod with the bracket still on the bike, but I wanted to see how it all went together for a later taillight conversion.
Only one bolt holds the plastic cover ovet the bracket
Next remove the three 10 mm bolt from the bracket and the tail light assembly is loose
The wiring looks worse that it is. I labeled the three sets of leads just in case, but all the wires are color coded
Once I had the whole peice off, I un bolted the reflector itself. 5/16 nut on the stud.
Next comes the fun part..cuttting of the offending appendage. I used a hacksaw
and it went right thru it. If you didn.t want to reuse the stock reflector, then you would cut it higher up near the rubber bumper for the lic plate.
Here I test fit the lic plate to see where I needed to drill a new hole for the reflector bracket.
The reflector has a small nub on the back that needs to be removed so that it sits flush with the bracket
to be continued
more too come soon
Chuck
After spoon reminded me yesterday of the hideousness of the stock rear reflector bracket, I knew I had to do something.
I decided that I didnt mind the reflector, just the way it mounted...too far out behind the lic plate.
Here the lic plate is removed and the wire harness is loose from it's mounting tab under the seat pan.
You could probably just as easily do this mod with the bracket still on the bike, but I wanted to see how it all went together for a later taillight conversion.
Only one bolt holds the plastic cover ovet the bracket
Next remove the three 10 mm bolt from the bracket and the tail light assembly is loose
The wiring looks worse that it is. I labeled the three sets of leads just in case, but all the wires are color coded
Once I had the whole peice off, I un bolted the reflector itself. 5/16 nut on the stud.
Next comes the fun part..cuttting of the offending appendage. I used a hacksaw
and it went right thru it. If you didn.t want to reuse the stock reflector, then you would cut it higher up near the rubber bumper for the lic plate.
Here I test fit the lic plate to see where I needed to drill a new hole for the reflector bracket.
The reflector has a small nub on the back that needs to be removed so that it sits flush with the bracket
to be continued
more too come soon
Chuck
