newbie tail tidy advice

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I noticed that the website says that its not suitable for lowered bikes and mines been lowered by 40mm. Is there a decent tail tidy for us shorties?

[mattSV]

Originally Posted by larssonn

I noticed that the website says that its not suitable for lowered bikes and mines been lowered by 40mm. Is there a decent tail tidy for us shorties?

Issue isn't with the tail tidy, it is the plate - on a lowered bike, any tail tidy wit h a standard plate will increase the likelihood of the plate touching the tyre

[mattSV]

Originally Posted by timwilky

Wasn't there an issue that Hamicad tail tidies fell apart? or did the redesign it.

My memory doesn't go back properly on this one.

Tim - a couple of the early ones failed but they changed the design soon after - I had one of the new ones on my SV1000 in 2004 and had no problems at all with it in the 5 years I owned the bike.

I need a tail tidy for my lowered bike too, but not sure what to buy yet.
Even thought about making one that keep the plate back slightly as I dont want a tiny small one.
Also, on the Hamicad instructions it says to relocate the fuse box on a naked SV, so where is the fuse box on an `S` that it doesn`t need moved ?

I had to relocate me fusebox on my S, i just zip tied it to a right hand side frame member, no problems with it yet

I have a hamicad tail tidy on my s and i never had to touch the fuse box tbh.

Maybe Suzuki fix the fusebox to different parts of the bike depending on model and age then ?
Mines has it fitted onto plastic lugs which are part of the tail section snow plough thing, behind the tail light.
But that restricts access to the little storage compartment so I pondered moving it, and the scottoiler next to it which has drenched everything in fkin oil

There must be an alternative tail tidy where you don't have to muck about and move stuff? I know a guy with a SV1000 and he basically hacked his original one to suit. Looks ok as well!

Originally Posted by larssonn

I noticed that the website says that its not suitable for lowered bikes and mines been lowered by 40mm. Is there a decent tail tidy for us shorties?

You could make a triangular strip to fit between the plate and tail tidy which would angle the plate upwards more.

This would also stop stones been thrown up by the back tyre cracking the rear light lens, also helps keep the tail clean in the wet.