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Re: newbie tail tidy advice

Had a quick look on Ebay and this looks the part. And its cheaper than the hamicad.

Re: newbie tail tidy advice

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Originally Posted by larssonn (Post 2266358)

Had a quick look on Ebay and this looks the part. And its cheaper than the hamicad.

Theres a few on ebay cheaper than Hamicad.

Re: newbie tail tidy advice

i would have gone with an colour coded under tray ....

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I am on my 3rd tail tidy for my K8. The R&G one wasn't a great fit (although I think I had a previous year model i.e. K3 or summat), I bought another one off a K9 bike, but there was a gap around the undertray (assume there was a sealing piece that I missed out on), however the Evotech comes with a sealing plate that has a neoprene/foam backing that ensures a seal between the stock undertray and the tail tidy. The tail tidy then bolts to the sealing plate (which is in turn bolted to the subframe). So, you remove the screw underneath the riders seat holding the rear side panels together, remove the plastic rivet too. Unclip the pillion seat lock (and remove the assembly via the hex bolt). Unscrew the rear plastics under the riders seat and pillion seat, unclip the rear indies, stop and numberplate lights, then remove the plastics. Unbolt the two sides to the undertray, remove snow shovel, fit tail tidy sealing plate (bolted to subframe), bolt stock undertray back on, fit numberplate light, numberplate and indies to tail tidy and fix tail tidy to sealing plate using 2 bolts. Connect wiring, re-attach plastics/pillion seat lock mechanism and job done.

An hour tops.

Only problem is, there seems to be a slight bit of sideways movement in the stock indies once fitted and I haven't had time yet to give it a proper dose of looking at.

That said, best tail tidy I've had yet, re-uses ALL stock lights etc and angles the number plate well away from the rear tyre.

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Originally Posted by barwel1992 (Post 2266376)

i would have gone with an colour coded under tray ....

As was pointed out to me, you can always spray the stock one and use a tail tidy to get a similar effect for less cash.

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good point although the proper ones are smoother in appearance, just dont get one with the built in indies they are pretty useless