Rear hoop on older baggers-REMOVABLE?
#21
I cut mine off with a Hacksaw over the summer. I read all the posts on where some people have and other are scared to. I have rode several thousand miles and never noticed any problems. I used the one from Softbrake. It cost like 40 bucks and moved my tag under my brake light cleaning up the back end. I bought a couple of license plate led light off Ebay to light up the tag at night.
It sounds like this is a very common upgrade and not too many people have experienced any problems.
https://www.softbrake.com/shop/produ...dgroup=License
It sounds like this is a very common upgrade and not too many people have experienced any problems.
https://www.softbrake.com/shop/produ...dgroup=License
Last edited by sportyguy69; 11-10-2011 at 08:35 PM.
#22
I cut mine off with hacksaw, set back slightly from the chrome strut covers, then epoxied 2 chrome caps from Lowe's on the ends. Looks great, took about 30 minutes start to finish, with a total cost of about $6. (I did buy a used license hoop to keep with my detached Tourpak when it goes back on.)
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I cut mine off with a Hacksaw over the summer. I read all the posts on where some people have and other are scared to. I have rode several thousand miles and never noticed any problems. I used the one from Softbrake. It cost like 40 bucks and moved my tag under my brake light cleaning up the back end. I bought a couple of license plate led light off Ebay to light up the tag at night.
It sounds like this is a very common upgrade and not too many people have experienced any problems.
It sounds like this is a very common upgrade and not too many people have experienced any problems.
#26
Jeesus, buddy, typing in bigger font doesn't make you any more right. Nice condescending attitude, too.
Your're right, the license plate bar is called a " tube support, bottom" ( 53422-97). It's not a rear cross brace.
The shock mounts are attached inboard of the fender struts, pretty much right at the tringulated part of the frame under the battery box. The cross braces behind the battery (what you describe as a "small flat plate") is welded to the frame, and is much more robust than the little round bar that's screwed to the end of the fender struts. The frame is also braced in front of the battery box. The fender is also bolted into place between the two fender struts, and that fender is a lot more rigid than the little chrome bar that holds the license plate.
Last edited by Mike; 11-11-2011 at 12:26 AM.
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