weekend project, long horn tail

[klan52]

well this is the project I worked on yesterday and today, took a stock grey xb tail from an 05 or 07, not too sure, and a few hours with a right angle grinder, dremel, hack saw and a file, the plate mount is the stock plate mount shaved down and bolted to the underside of the chopped tail. didn't start taking pics till i was most the way through the process, but any questions just let ask away and i'll see what i can do for you. i'll be adding some new pics of the mount without the plate and of how i figured out how to light the plate later in the day once i get my camera back. so here it is so far.

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a few of the pics are kina dark, and dirty, get some better ones for you guys here soon, let me know what ya think

 

[klan52]

ok got my camera back soon than expected, here are some pics in the sun and of the plate lights, i used two windshield sprayer lights i picked up at autozone, honed out the bottom plate holes and mounted them right to the plate, then wired the lights directly into the stock harness, works great, put light washed directly over the plate

 

[Odin]

looks like it came out well, same as other ones we've seen around on the site

 

[dave_xb12r]

It came out good. Great craftsmanship! But any time I see spikes on a bike it makes me worry. That would be the craziest story ever if a person got stabbed by their own bike.

 

[tuneport67ss]

Good job man. I think it looks cool and is different from most of what you see. [up]

 

[kajer]

It came out good. Great craftsmanship! But any time I see spikes on a bike it makes me worry. That would be the craziest story ever if a person got stabbed by their own bike.

my thoughts exactly

 

[onelogue]

how would he get stabbed by something on the tail end? [confused]

 

[dave_xb12r]

If you were to go down, chances are you're going to get hit by your bike at some point. Whether it slides into you or cartwheels over you, it's bound to happen. No one wants to think of it happening, but let's face it, it could happen tomorrow.

 

[His_and_Her_Buells]

how would he get stabbed by something on the tail end?

My thoughts exactly.

If you were to go down, chances are you're going to get hit by your bike at some point. Whether it slides into you or cartwheels over you, it's bound to happen.

While it's not impossible to be hit by the back of your bike, when you go down you and your bike usually drift away from each other, definately not "chances are" or "bound to happen". It's the other cars on the road when you go down that are much more of a threat than your own bike

 

[kajer]

when i went down, it was a cartwheel where the bike landed on top of me... If I had spiked bar-ends or tail, who knows if I would have needed more surgery than I already got...

 

[onelogue]

K I'm still trying to imagine the image but 3 against 1 I better shut up now haha