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So spring is almost here after messing around painting the bracket I had before for my signals..knowing it was too big but still didnt look bad (fit under a pre98 tail well, but not a 98+ as it stuck outside of the tail fairings) , I figured I'd try my hand at making a new one that fit better..with the help of my FIL who is a welder and has access to more tools and supplies than I do.
Anyhow, we made a template out of aluminum sheet metal because it was very easy to cut and bend. We made the intial design which turned out very well and we're gonna work on making the completed piece later this week some evening. But anyhow, we were looking at the turn signals and thought ; Hey what about instead of having them point "out" on either side of the bracket like normal if we had them pointing down, one on each side of the license plate ? I took a couple pics with my camera phone on the spur of the moment so forgive so quality of them but you can get the idea. I dont think I'll have problems with clearance between the bottom of the signal and the tire, even riding 2 up. Gimme your thoughts and see what you think. I didnt have the short stalks with me so the pics show the standard katana signals; the short stalks will look much better because they are smaller.
First pic is how it looked originally when I chopped the shovel and put on the bracket before. You can see where the bracket itself sticks out past the fairings.
The next 2 pics show the idea I mentioned, again forgive the camera phone quality..
Anyhow, we made a template out of aluminum sheet metal because it was very easy to cut and bend. We made the intial design which turned out very well and we're gonna work on making the completed piece later this week some evening. But anyhow, we were looking at the turn signals and thought ; Hey what about instead of having them point "out" on either side of the bracket like normal if we had them pointing down, one on each side of the license plate ? I took a couple pics with my camera phone on the spur of the moment so forgive so quality of them but you can get the idea. I dont think I'll have problems with clearance between the bottom of the signal and the tire, even riding 2 up. Gimme your thoughts and see what you think. I didnt have the short stalks with me so the pics show the standard katana signals; the short stalks will look much better because they are smaller.
First pic is how it looked originally when I chopped the shovel and put on the bracket before. You can see where the bracket itself sticks out past the fairings.
The next 2 pics show the idea I mentioned, again forgive the camera phone quality..
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