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Title: license plate relocation????
Post by: adpeacock on April 17, 2009, 03:52:13 PM
hey everyone,
        Has anyone relocated their license plate to attached to their rear axle?  If so how does it work?   I think I can build it myself, but I am just looking for inspiration.  Thanks for the help.
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: He Man on April 17, 2009, 05:23:39 PM
depends on what you mean rear axle.... ive seen a sick design by showyomoto that uses the axel as the mounting point. it turns the license plate into a mud guard for the tire. otherwise i cant help you.
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: adpeacock on April 17, 2009, 09:09:23 PM
yeah that is what I am talking about using it as a mounting point.  Do you know how to embed a picture into the message? 
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: adpeacock on April 17, 2009, 09:15:30 PM
Here is the mount that I was curous in purchasing.
http://www.motosport.com/street/product/POWERSTANDS-RACING-SWINGARM-LICENSE-PLATE-BRACKET/?catalogId=114331&page=2&refine=1&srchHistoryURL=s8rxrk4u (http://www.motosport.com/street/product/POWERSTANDS-RACING-SWINGARM-LICENSE-PLATE-BRACKET/?catalogId=114331&page=2&refine=1&srchHistoryURL=s8rxrk4u)||parentCategoryID~3^superParentCategoryID~category_root^parentCategoryName~Sport^categoryID~420^categoryName~Parts^subCategoryName~Body%20Parts^subCategoryID~465@uq0bde21||parentCategoryID~465^categoryID~582^categoryName~License%20Plate%20Accessories
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: He Man on April 17, 2009, 10:21:37 PM
i was thinking more along the lines of this (pic is half chopped of thouhg)

(http://www.ducatiklub.hu/system/files/742a_1.JPG)

also to imbed you use the little icon below the italics.

also, the pic i hot linked from has this as their background... sorry if this is inapproriate, but this is a nice set of can.

(http://www.ducatiklub.hu/themes/marinelli/img/banners/rotate.php)
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: BomberHead on April 18, 2009, 12:50:22 AM
Quote from: He Man on April 17, 2009, 10:21:37 PM
i was thinking more along the lines of this (pic is half chopped of thouhg)

(http://www.ducatiklub.hu/system/files/742a_1.JPG)


i want
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: bmonty72 on April 18, 2009, 07:03:23 AM
Here is the powerstands version
(http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/Motosport/PSR-LB-_is?$productdetail$)

A video of those mufflers..you can see the place re-locater too
Showyomoto Monster S2R/S4R double GP high pipe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq10yfFLjD4#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)

(http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/i/001/2c/b3/6f98_1.JPG)
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: TAftonomos on April 18, 2009, 07:18:36 AM
I got about half way through building a plate mount similar to that, but have run into some snags.

2 things I don't like about that mount.

#1 look at how thick the aluminum is.  It's got to weigh 3+ lbs.  Last thing I want to do is hang weight off the back of the swingarm.

#2  I don't agree with how they have attached it to the swingarm.  Sandwiching the plate under the eccentric bolts isn't the right way to do it.  Putting a mounting stud into the hollow eccentric bolt and fastening it down that way is.


If I ever finish mine, it will have the brake light and blinker built in.  I'm sure a weight fanatic that it's hard to justify the extra ### back there when I can just as easy bolt it to the underside of the fender.
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: adpeacock on April 18, 2009, 07:57:16 PM
Quote from: bmonty72 on April 18, 2009, 07:03:23 AM
Here is the powerstands version
(http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/Motosport/PSR-LB-_is?$productdetail$)

A video of those mufflers..you can see the place re-locater too
Showyomoto Monster S2R/S4R double GP high pipe (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eq10yfFLjD4#lq-lq2-hq-vhq)

(http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/i/001/2c/b3/6f98_1.JPG)

I really like the chopped rear on that and the relocator, how does the bike handle with the license plate that close to the tire. 
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: teddy037.2 on April 18, 2009, 08:02:29 PM
Quote from: adpeacock on April 18, 2009, 07:57:16 PM
I really like the chopped rear on that and the relocator, how does the bike handle with the license plate that close to the tire. 

I seriously doubt most of us here could notice a difference in the bike's handling after moving the plate
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: NAKID on April 19, 2009, 03:59:57 PM
Quote from: bmonty72 on April 18, 2009, 07:03:23 AM
Here is the powerstands version
(http://s7d2.scene7.com/is/image/Motosport/PSR-LB-_is?$productdetail$)


(http://i1.ebayimg.com/03/i/001/2c/b3/6f98_1.JPG)

Is it just me, or are those two plate mounts COMPLETELY different? The Powerstands version looks like it is your run-of-the-mill chopper verticle mount...
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: He Man on April 19, 2009, 04:12:14 PM
no one said they were the same.  ;) they just share the same idea of using hte axle as a moutning point
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: NAKID on April 19, 2009, 04:27:06 PM
Ahhh, the over the tire one is cool, but if the police are picky, they could hit you for no plate light....
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: rgramjet on April 19, 2009, 04:37:51 PM
One word, Lite N Bolts!
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: NAKID on April 19, 2009, 04:44:04 PM
Quote from: rgramjet on April 19, 2009, 04:37:51 PM
One word, Lite N Bolts!

That's a long wire....

P.S. that's 2 words and a letter...
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: rgramjet on April 19, 2009, 04:46:20 PM
I got your Hyphens right here!  - -
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: NAKID on April 19, 2009, 05:25:44 PM
I used three of them. I WIN!!!
Title: Re: license plate relocation????
Post by: rgramjet on April 19, 2009, 06:07:23 PM
Use all you want!  Dont cost nuthin!



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