My **** - tail tidy
 

ok so today i started work on making my own tail tidy and under tray and this is how far i am at the moment.

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/DSC00679.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/DSC00680.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/DSC00676.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/DSC00678.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/DSC00681.jpg

i am at this minute waiting for the primer to go off then i will spray them, assemble the tail tidy, bolt or rivet (mind not made up yet) it to the under tray and wire up the indy's and all will be done

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Cool.

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Good work there.
post some photos of the item when finished.

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:smt038 Looking damb good i must say. Make a few and sell them. People on here are always asking for them.

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Nice job :cool:

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i may even make my way down to you so you can fit it for me!! ;)

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will do

tar very much :p
the making it isn't the hard part, its the cutting away of the plastic on the bike

your turn :-D

just added final coat of paint so will go and finish it in about a hour, just held the number plate up to it and its mahoosive lol i will be getting me dad to make me up a slightly smaller one :smt045

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LOL! don't think i want to be doing it again though, i made a slight balls up when cutting away the plastics and i have a 5mm gap but its not noticeable from the outside so i will put a bit of fibreglass over it from the inside

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ah will finish it tomorrow, have missed a bit when i was spraying so i have to give it another coat:rolleyes: wait until tomorrow me thinks

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Nice job mate, I think I'll have to do this to mine at some point

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:cool: coolio. :thumleft:

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okay dokie its all finished, but i defo need a smaller plate as i think you will agree :lol:

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/DSC00686.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/DSC00687.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/DSC00684.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/DSC00683.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/DSC00682.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/DSC00685.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/DSC00690.jpg
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...5/DSC00689.jpg

EDIT: i used the template from >>>here<<< i only used the template as i decided to make my own tail tidy ETC, i read through his instructions to get the gist of what i needed to do

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Excellant work there, Smithers....
you might have to post up your design and a template for folks to download to make their own...

10/10

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I'm so jealous of all you "handy" types.

Saved you a few quid and unique too.

For those like me I found this on a site yesterday. Apparently in stainless.

http://www.motospecialties.com/store...minator%20Kits

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Top notch job matey! :smt038

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Top job. And yes you are quite right, a smaller plate will make the world of difference to the look. A nice 6x4 is what you need. :wink:

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cheers people.




making it out of stainless would be a better idea, i chose ally as its easy to cut etc but if its not primed and sprayed properly it will corrode up as soon as the road salt touches it.

i used the original numberplate bracket simply because it was there, i sanded it down and re sprayed it, then cut the brackets for the indys to bolt onto and they are held on by the same bolts that hold the numberplate one

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When I get my ar$e in gear I'm thinking of doing a batch of them, powdercoated though. And fitting for anybody who's not a DIY type.

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good man, I'd be glad to help where i can :thumbsup:

powder coating sounds like a much better way to go. If you wanted a glossy finish applying some sort of lacker would be added protection against corrosion

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I think the powder coater my ex-work uses acid etches them or something like if you leave it for a few days it's a massively tough finish, way better than even proper alloy paint.

Maybe a deep anodising would be better, but I haven't got the inclination to sit 10 gallons of sulphuric acid in the shed.

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also its probably better to make it out of 1.5 - 2mm, i used 3 mm and it was a pain in the ar5e to do the little bend in it

i clammed it to the bench and put all my weight on it and it barely moved, i resorted to sitting on it and jumping up and down :D

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You have never seen the YC school of fabrication.

Bench vice, big hammer, gas torch.

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oow oww and another thing:), on the bit i circled in the pic, you want to bend a slight upwards curve in them so it all sits flush when held up fairing

http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m...DSC00676-1.jpg

thats all your getting, i dont want to be rendered completely useless ;)

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hey gave, can you dad make me a plate as i wana make a tail tidy on the cheep and think that with the l-plate on aswell it reli does need a lil plate, do you recon pc plob will agree?

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i asked him to make me one but he said bye the time he's bought the materials it would be cheaper to go and get it done somewhere else, can only bye a minimum of 5M of the stuff you see so unless he makes loads its not worth it

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u can get the on ebay for ?5, ?7 including postage

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but im getting one done for free because im in the know :cool:

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but you just said its not worth it, unless u get a bulk order,

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not through my dad

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ah, hook a brother up!

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stop spamming my thread with your chavy'ness, i will go on MSN

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lol at the last few posts here

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Looks good, how did you make it?

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printed off the template, stuck it together (bigger than A4), stuck it to a bit of 3mm ally, cut it out with a jigsaw, filed it, bent it and played about untill it fitted perfectly, sanded it with 240 grit paper, cut out and assembled the tail tidy bit using the standard plate bracket, sanded it, riveted the tail tidy to the undertray, primed it with etch primer then sprayed it mat black, fitted mini indicators, wired them up and then fitted number plate

think thats everything :D

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That looks great.
What did you do about the number plate light?
and do you need the reflector for the MOT?

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Depends who does your MOT's :-P

Welcome

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i want one! :smt048

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Thanks for the welcome.

I have a jigsaw, some metal cutting blades, and enthusiasm. Where can I get the metal?
I'd like to try and keep it all sweet regarding the MOT. So I'd at least like to have a light for the number plate (I'm sure if I really needed a reflector, I could just stick one somewhere).

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i got my ally from a metal stockist round the corner from work, it was an offcut which only get chucked so i asked if i could have it, plus i made something for him few days before :p.

as the the MOT, I'm going to get a smaller plate (not done it yet:oops:) then stick a reflector on the bottom of the standard plate and keep the original and swap them for the MOT's, as for lights, like chris said, wouldn't bother, when you have the lights on the tail light illuminates the plate so the likelihood of you getting pulled for not having one are virtually nill.

only bit to be careful is when cutting away the old undertray, my advice to you on this would be cut a little bit then hold up the one you've made and so forth, i got a little trigger happy on the grinder and took to much off but luckily its not noticeable :rabbit:

spike wants me to make on for his TZR so we will be posting this up when its done :smt048

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can you fit the number plate light to the design? wont pass an MOT without one