Custom Tidy Tail

[1000RR]

I finished up my own Tidy Tail today. Basically used all parts from the stock fender/tail. Took a bit, because I only got one shot at cutting the old parts up... but it turned out great (IMHO) and cost me about $7 (SS bolts and some aluminum metal stock from the hardware store). I chopped the old tail up w/a dremel and reused existing parts.

Here's some pics:

#1: Picture looking down on the top of the Tidy Tail - I used the stock mounting plate, basically cut all the arms and everything off of it.


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#2: Picture looking at the bottom side of the Tidy Tail. I mounted the factory turn signals to each side of the plate light mount. The holder shown in the picture is the bottom 1/2 of the factory plate holder cut up (dremeled) and installed upside down. This was done so the when the license plate was mounted, the bottom would angle slightly outward for the plate light to shine on as originally design/intended.


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$3: Close-up of the underside of the Tidy Tail.


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#4: Close-up of how the factory mounting plate gets mounted to the plate holder/turn signals/plate light. The piece in the middle is aluminum stock that is bent and used to attach the factory mounting plate (bottom portion of photo) to the plate holder/turn signals/plate light (top 1/2 of photo).


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#5: Photo showing what the Tidy Tail looks like from the rear looking towards it. The outer holes are the holes that a license plate mounts to.


MORE PHOTOS TO FOLLOW FOR THE FINAL FITMENT...

[1000RR]

More pics, showing it mounted...

[brown1000]

looking good! I remember I did that with my 01 Gixxer 1000...

[Nigel]

Very nice. Would look even better with led's.

N.
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Bondage hardcore

[Thugsfatboy]

Funny the Australian ones come with Factory fitted LED's and Quickshifter BUT we pay for them somewhere lol

[1000RR]

Originally Posted by Nigel

Very nice. Would look even better with led's.

N.

I may think about that once I find some flush mount front LED's. The good thing is that the mounting holes I drilled are similar to the factory method, so the stock signals fit in just like they did originally and would be easy to switch to the LEDs.

Are the LEDs just skinnier/thinner (up and down)? Or are they a little longer too than stock regular ones?

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[Paul Y]

BMW Motorrad International

I give up trying to post the unresizable picture...you can see it at the link.
Sigh.

PY

[1000RR]

That link took me to some news... Is there a further link? Is it just showing the BMW front LED's? If they are flush, I'd be interested, but the only ones I've seen from BMW stick out just like the factory ones.

[putyoursoxon]

so the only part you had to add was that little 90 piece of metal and some nuts and bolts?

[1000RR]

Originally Posted by putyoursoxon

so the only part you had to add was that little 90 piece of metal and some nuts and bolts?

Yep... I probably had some bolts I could have used, but I wanted SS w/lock nuts on it... didn't have those. For the piece of metal, I ended up buying a piece of Aluminum metal stock that was 3' long and already bent at a 90* angle. Each side of the 90* angle was 1" wide. I just cut it down to fit in there and painted it black. It was 1/16" material and was plenty stout enough. Then I just stuck it in a vice and bent it to an angle that is less than 90* so that the blinkers and plate light are parallel w/the street.

If you're interested in some other photos or close-ups, just let me know "of what" and I'll shoot some more. Everything bolts on similar as factory, so you can take it all back apart if desired.

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