[red7eb]

I'm looking for suggestions and/links for a license plate bracket. It's for my friend, and she has a 2002 Yamaha R6. It's got a euro tail with integrated signals, and the guy that previously owned it literally just bent the top 1-inch edge of his license place and attached the bent edge flush to the underside of the tail. :shock:

We've been trying to find just a simple bracket that does NOT include the signals (meaning no fender eliminator kits), that simply will allow her to extend the plate straight down from the tail (like the dude's before, BUT without having to bend the license plate). The euro's won't pass Maryland inspection, but we've found some shops that will make exceptions. However, they definitely won't without a proper license bracket.

I have found a couple that, even though they have the hardware for the signals, would look "ok" without them. But even those are running close to $100. She's really not trying to pay that much for a piece of metal. :roll:

Any suggestions???

P.S. She doesn't like the swing arm/side mounts either. 8)


THANKS!

 

[Guest]

are you talking about something like this? http://www.tricktape.com/product.asp?0=378&1=462&3=2437

 

[red7eb]

YES!!!!

Thanks, Soad! I actually looked on the L.P. website, but must have missed them. I've seen others, but the prices are OUTRAGEOUS! :x

Mission accomplished - "Oooh-Rah" :wink:

(FYI - The EX was Marine too... love the Corps, baby! :wink: )

 

[87gsxrnut]

$50 for a piece of sheetmetal?!?!? I know I am all for cool parts but damn!

Have a metal shop make you one for $10 or something.

You could also fab something, do the inspection, then put it back to how it is now :roll:

You didn't hear that from me though . . .

- Nut

 

[Guest]

i think its 50 because it has the holes for mounting some lights. but you could just go to your local garage and ask for scrap metal and bend it in vice grips and drill moutning holes and you did it for free! or at most 10

 

[87gsxrnut]

I guess racers are cheap when it comes to stuff like that. I have to fab stuff for racebikes, so something like that is really nothing to make.

But, LP is getting rich off that stuff, not I!

- Nut

 

[red7eb]

Thanks for the suggestions - both of you. I speak only for myself when I say this, but my friend is pretty much the same - we want everything to look nice, neat, and pretty :mrgreen: :lol: The bike has to maintain a certain "flow", if you know what I mean. She would have absolutely NO problem getting any old piece of metal, as long as it looked decent. However, she's also not willing to check out the local junk yards. The used parts shops were a no-go. Let's keep in mind that neither she nor I can throw something together :? I wouldn't even know where to start! :shock: LOL!


I WISH you were in our area, Nut! We'd have a few things we'd be willing to pay you to make :bows:

 

[87gsxrnut]

Sometimes it just pays to experiment.

But, in your case, sometimes it is cheaper to just buy the part and be done with it. Making parts like that is kind of fun. Even if I was out there, I really don't know if I would have the time

The racebikes take up SO much time. I spend anywhere between 10-20 hours between races working on my 1100 doing routine stuff. My teammate's bike takes time as well. And, if I work on the 250 racebikes (which I haven't been lately), there is another slice of time.

And, I STILL have a clutch that needs to be installed into my 1100 streetbike, need to yank a motor out of my 750, put it in another frame for my "old school" track bike project and get the new motor installed into my 750 streetbike. I also still have some bodywork that I need to finish fiberglassing, and a set of carburetors that need to be pulled down to the rack for a thorough cleaning.

That also doesn't include all of the crates of parts I have to go through before I move.

D'OH!

Anyway, just keep in mind that stuff like that is easy to make, and anyone can do it.

- Nut

 

[TL chris]

I WISH you were in our area, Nut! We'd have a few things we'd be willing to pay you to make :bows:

You mean pay cash money for services rendered right?

 

[jaydog19833]

red7eb wrote:


I WISH you were in our area, Nut! We'd have a few things we'd be willing to pay you to make


You mean pay cash money for services rendered right?

I saw that and said to myslef; "I'm not gonna touch that one."

 

[red7eb]

TL & Jaydog!!!! :shm: :shm: :shm:

Gutter-heads! :shock:

I am so thankful that Nut did not twist my words around for any connotations other than what I meant! :lol:

In case anyone else got the wrong idea, or can't get their minds out of the gutter either - I was referring to his skills as a "Mr. Fix it" for BIKES!!! :roll:

 

[LayinLo]

still lmao...

 

[red7eb]

 

[AR1K]

Here's mine, I know "no side mounts"....but here it is anywho!