Another shovel bites the dust (pic intensive)

[yngveny]

Finally got round to chop that shovel.
Already stripped the bike down for some winter maintenance and mods.


Used the heated stanley knife trick described somewhere else on the forum


Worked really nice



Shovel removed and the cut cleaned up a little



Mock up with frame cover, looks pretty sweet I think.



Made a cut out in the undertray to fit a LED-light to substitute the now chopped off licenceplate light.
This worked really nice, the LED is right behind where the tools will be and even gives some light inside the tail.



Underneath



With the light on



Finally I can use that shovel as it was intended



Pre and post chop



Really nice and simple mod which I think really cleans up the rear of the bike.
Still have to clean up a bit with the wiring and such, but I think it came out quite good.
Haven't figured out what to do about the rear turn signals yet, but I can still use the ones I had before if I put the wingrack back on.
Some flush signals would of course be good but haven't found the right ones yet.

Big thanks to all who have posted their chops for inspiration and good ideas.

[Kreylyn]

Vera nice, I like the flush mount LED. I'll have to use that when I make my undertail...

Krey

[whitecl0ver]

very well done....

[yngveny]

Thanks

Have been looking for the right LED for some time, this one worked out really nice.

[Jerkeife]

thats the same thing i did...jsut mounted a 6 inch led bar under my seat...works nice

[ctandc]

For turn signals use these.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Parts...1%7C240%3A1318

I used 'em on my Kat and really like 'em.

[yngveny]

For turn signals use these.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Parts...1%7C240%3A1318

I used 'em on my Kat and really like 'em.

Those look real good, absolutely a possible way to go.

[Robgsxf750]

Nice job, well done mate.

[Salz07]

It looks a lot better !!!!!

[Miyagi]

looks awesome that shovel is horrible. when i bought my kat the very first thing i did was get rid of that thing lol

[DOCTORNITRO]

Nice job, and nice write-up/pics!

[Evil TA]

much better - did the same thing on mine!

[sharpie6]

those turn signals look like they will be great. I'm gonna have to get those when I chop my fender.

[yngveny]

those turn signals look like they will be great. I'm gonna have to get those when I chop my fender.

Yeah those are great.
I ended up going with these

[redciv1]

Nice work. The previous owner did it for me and I didn't even notice until I got the bike home. 2 questions:
1. Where did you get the tag light from?
2. How did you mount the tag. Because my plastics were missing fairing bolts I zip-tied the tag but once I get the proper fairing bolts then I will have to find another way to mount.