I see on the forums that several people have cut the stock undertail to make it look cleaner (and they repositioned the tag) But the only thread I found where someone seemed to have put up pictures of the progress/ finished product, no longer had pictures. Anyone have pictures or coaching as to what to do to clean out the undertail? Id really appreciate it. Me and my dremel are standing by!

 

Here is mine-





I just used a small saw ment for cutting pvc, then smoothed things out with a file and a razor blade. Took all of a hour or so.

 

did you drill out your plate to allow for the trunk unlock?

 

Yes, got the idea from another pic I saw on here.

 

When I did mine I used a 4" metal putty knife, heated it with a torch, and cut the plastic. It made a nice straight line and took about 5 minutes. I did have to smooth the edges up a bit after, but not much.

 

Thats a good way VT. OP careful with the dremel as you done want to get the plastic top hot then you will have melted/hardend plastic to debur and clean up. I use a str8 edge and fallowed a line I made. Removed the rear red reflector and use a multi drill bit I have to make a 3/4 in hole in the plate, using the original hole on the left side. Everything fits tight and neat.

 

I used a utility knife and slowly scored the plastic until I had a dedicated groove then sliced through. The plastic is really soft so its not hard at all.

 

So did you guys cut the sides off as well? and if so, does the tag flap in the wind a lot?

 

I will try to fins some pictures it's been a long time since I replaced it, but i shoved my tag light in there as well, some cops will ticket you if you don't have one.

 

Cut the underside of tail lite and replaced with a clear piece of plastic to satisfy state law for license light. Shortened tail lights by cutting out the rubber section and drilled top left hole for seat lock.

 

Question about making the rear turns shorter. Been wanting to do this but does the threaded stud need to be cut as well? Give me a little help please.

 

My tag light I wired in a 12v LED 6 light strip, and it 3m tapes to the underside of the break light. Lights it up from far past what the law states (50ft). My second pic shows how bright it is.

 

yeah that's a nice set-up and certainly agree that it improves plate readability. However, i want to make my license way less readable for reasons i'd rather not discuss here.

 

Nath how did you mod the rear turn signals? Realy wanna do the same to mine.

 

just took the rubber/flex section out, drilled a hole in top and bottom of remaining plastic section and fender, and ran a black plastic tie through on each side.

 

So you guys that did the 3/4" drill hole to house the lock, did you have to take the lock out of the bike and put it back in to basically use it as the second bolt or did you just put the hole over the lock and rely on gravity, and the tightness of the right bolt to hold it in place? This is mostly directed at 00Superhawk, but if anyone else knows how he did it, feel free to chime in :-) Thanks a ton for all the help and advice guys seriously... Im proud to ride this thing around town finally, and its mostly thanks to this forum.... and my lovely GF, she has small hands and it makes wiring easier :-)

 

Of course you can see that i didn't do that, but it appears that OO did. Probably a good idea I didn't think of since you don't have to remove the plate very often.

 

Fenderectomy complete, thanks to you all for your help, and special shout out to 00Superhawk for being there to field questions this morning about drill bit sizes.

 

Ok interested this!!!! What parts did you use and how did you do it???

 

All I did was dremel the undertail to where I wanted it, then drilled a 7/8" hole in the top left of the tag, used the lock as my left hand bolt and drilled another hole for the right hand bolt... took all of 10 minutes

 

Looks good Camel!!! Glad I could help. Like I said I since removed the stock rear turns and installed red LED's for turns. Much like yours it makes it cleaner at the back of the bike.