2nd time I've broken the license plate / rear signal holder

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Re: 2nd time I've broken the license plate / rear signal hol

#16 Post by pushstartrearset » Sun Dec 22, 2013 3:39 am

These little signals are actually some small filament type wire bulb. They are quite bright, but I'm not quite sure if Cycle Gear sells replacement bulbs for them. So No LEDs, these are actual bulbs of some small type. I just don't want to have to deal w/ yet a THIRD! cracked plate. the aftermarkets are superlight. GF repainted the bracket w/ some flat glossy black.
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Re: 2nd time I've broken the license plate / rear signal hol

#17 Post by pushstartrearset » Tue Dec 24, 2013 10:10 am

Picture of the plate mounted. Holding up good so far.
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Re: 2nd time I've broken the license plate / rear signal hol

#18 Post by bryanaverill » Tue Apr 29, 2014 4:34 pm

I just got to work today and had the exact same crack. I'll go through the repairs and check the dampers but it seems like a flimsy bracket to me. Seems like a simple aluminum flat bar with the ends bent and drilled and the turn signal holders bolted through the holes would be an improvement. I'll give this a try.

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Re: 2nd time I've broken the license plate / rear signal hol

#19 Post by JonW » Tue Apr 29, 2014 8:08 pm

I have a bracket with the same crack here, came in a box of spares. :/

LEDs are not bright? bare...?
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Re: 2nd time I've broken the license plate / rear signal hol

#20 Post by pushstartrearset » Tue Apr 29, 2014 11:35 pm

Bare wrote:C'mon Kevin. Leds are Darned poor
They're not L.E.D.s :smt003 Regular bulb lights. Small, but regular incandescent style.
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Re: 2nd time I've broken the license plate / rear signal hol

#21 Post by expat » Wed Apr 30, 2014 10:47 am

I have a few of those brackets, all had signs of fracture in the corners of the tab that the blinker attaches to. I think it is a design fault that becomes apparent as the bushes harden, The stalks for the rear blinkers are long, I replaced mine with a short set like the ones on the front.
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