Modded whale tail

Did some chopping and hackin on the tail
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Nice job Red! Boy that turned out incredibly clean! Nice signals, BTW.

Thanks Wolfie
The hardest thing is to make it look like you didn't touch it
I even modified the reflector's for light weight LOL

It looks like it was never even touched. You know it's a good job when it comes out looking like that. Awesome job.

Looks good.
I've been wondering what could be done with the stock horror.
I have the Edge on my DRZ, but not really impressed with it.
007, do have pics of the work in progress? (how-to)
I'm trying not to mention yr avatar

That was my fault.

Ya Wuffie made that horrible avatar and forced me to use it, if you think that's bad you should see the red Honda guy that was edited out Yeeeeeshhh!!

As for how to, sorry, there's cutting and measuring and swearing and stuff involved
If you have a good long stare at your's you will note that the license plate light bolt pattern is identical to the mounting point directly above it
Just cut stuff off til you can move the license plate light up there and make a licence plate bracket and bob's yer uncle

What did you make the license plate bracket from? I'm getting tired of looking at the ugly lump on the back of the bike(as a whole), but I like the actual tail light and turn signal combo and would rather retain that as opposed to bolting the DRC light setup on.

I took a piece of aluminum plate and bent to to the right angle, painted it satin black
Then it is pinched in between the license plate light and the bracket

Thanks for the reply. Pretty much what I suspected. I'll have to see what I can get my hands on around here...

I took the whale tail off and disassembled all of the components and reattached all the components without the black plastic housing. Looks much better now and it survived a few spills(off-road) already.

i did a similar thing, except using a Clear Alternatives taillight from an 02/03 R1 that has the turn signals built in:



when i took the taillight apart, i noticed two bolts on the top part of the plastic "just about" lined up with where the stock housing mounts.

clapped_r6 wrote:

i did a similar thing, except using a Clear Alternatives taillight from an 02/03 R1 that has the turn signals built in:

when i took the taillight apart, i noticed two bolts on the top part of the plastic "just about" lined up with where the stock housing mounts.

Nice!!! I'll probably order one of those once I completely destroy a turn signal, it's eventually going to happen...

And the little metal bracket that mounts the tail light to the stock black plastic housing "just about" lined up to the bolt holes on the seat frame. I had to slightly file the holes to put the bolts in.

007onWR----I am quite disturbed by the avatar photo you use. I just can not explain it. Has anyone offered you money to change it??? Well, if you are not interested in changing it please don't turn the photo around-----please...lol wilburj

Well it could be this anal floss, anyone?

I can not even respond to that, I guess my life is complete????? I am going to go lie down now and try to forget that image. wilburj

Well...isn't he...cute...

Shewolf you are the queen of the disgusting photo
What makes you save stuff like that?
A couple of guys have complained about my avatar perhaps i should change it to that Borat pic to keep people happy

This is SICK, oh by the way what was this thread about anyway and who hi-jacked it anyway. lol wilburj ps I love the red line under the big guys belly, must wear his tighty whities a little snug

I don't save them Red, I just c&p the addy and them enter it in as an img. Will, it's not a hi-jack...I saved the last one, considering the last one is more or less covering the 'whale' portion of it. Beached whale, I might add.

Great looking taillight mod! Looks factory! Are those LED signals?


[quote="0007onWR"]Did some chopping and hackin on the tail
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Yes I think they are DRC? cant remember now LOL
I put in the resistors and they still flash too fast but it's reasonable

The front ones mount to the top plastic headlight bracket and tuck in real nice

0007 change his avatar? I have to admit, I am forced to try and avoid your posts when at home so my baby-girl doesn't get freaked out.


But, alas, I need to post in here to ask for more photos of the back, under, and around for your tail mod. Puhlease...

Hey, it could be Borat.

Wow, lotta pressure about my avatar
That's what I wear to work and no one complains there!!!
You need a couple of spacers about an inch or so long to space the license plate light out
Im pretty happy with how this worked out, it looks like it came from the factory like this

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