Free Fender Eliminator for K8 Busa

[Warchild]

This is a piece of cake, and takes just minutes to do.

First, remove those gay-ass red reflectors off the rear of your Busa. Take the reflector brackets themselves, and affix them to the two rearmost bolt holes (where your stock rear fender used to reside!) :oh yeah: Use the same phillips-head fasteners that were retaining the brackets in these bolts holes, not the shouldered hex-head bolts the fender was using.

Like this:

http://www.heavybus.com/busa/images/photos/LicensePlate/rearReflectorBrackets.jpg


While it looks encouraging at first, it is quickly apparent that the existing holes aren't going to line up for the typical North American license plate. :head meets wall:


http://www.heavybus.com/busa/images/photos/LicensePlate/HoleLineup.jpg


No worries... just place your plate up there, and use a permanent marker to mark where you need to drill two holes, and drill away.

Volia! Instant fender eliminator license plate bracket! :thumbs up:


http://www.heavybus.com/busa/images/photos/LicensePlate/installed.jpg


All this for just a few minutes of drilling! :smoke:

You will find that you want to bend the brackets "upward" so that the plate sits at an angle, vice perpendicular to the ground.

For those of you worrying about The Man hassling your for a license plate light.... you can score yourself some LED light license-plate bolts, and use the original 2-wire connector for the stock license plate light to power them.

[Skomansteve]

Nice one Warchild - That'll be a job for me tomorrow on my day off :thumbs up:

[Tybalt]

Nice one Warchild - That'll be a job for me tomorrow on my day off :thumbs up:

+1:thumbs up: That is brillliant, well done. that is what I am going to do as well when I get my 2008suzukiHayabusaGSX1300RGenII1340ccOrange&BlackmotorcyclefromSuzukiofBrampton. lol

[jeff.thompson]

Warchild what did you do with the existing wires for the stock plate light??

by the way brilliant...

[mcbean]

Originally Posted by Skomansteve http://www.busanation.com/forum/images/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.busanation.com/forum/showthread.php?p=2098#post2098)
Nice one Warchild - That'll be a job for me tomorrow on my day off
import Sko with reflectors ? - restricted ? :banana:

[PATRIOT]

If you are doing the Mod in AUSTRALIA , you will need to find somewhere to mount the reflector somewhere or the coppers can put you off the road, the reflector on the rear is part of the roadworthy requireme


great mod warchild .

[SteveO]

Thats how Ive fitted my licence plate, works great, thanks

[BusaBubba]

Good stuff warchild .

[Blanca Busa]

I have been frettin' over this one , that one, 20 bucks, 40 bucks some even like a 100 or so. Googled myself silly looking for the best looking one.:head meets wall: And you know what ? The old saying is true home cooking is the best ! The free home cooked tag bracket is the best one out there cuz I made it meeself ! :stirpot: Since I don't ride too much at night it should'nt be a problem. Thanks:banana:


2009 Wht Busa
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Muzzy Slip Ons
Frame Plugs
super cool ho'made fender eliminator.

[karl_1052]

Mine has been like this for over a year now, and I still don't have lights on my plate.

Still haven't been hassled by the man.

[crazyarch]

This is a piece of cake, and takes just minutes to do.


For those of you worrying about The Man hassling your for a license plate light.... you can score yourself some LED light license-plate bolts, and use the original 2-wire connector for the stock license plate light to power them.

I tried this one and it went great. I turned the reflector brackets inward and used the stock license plate bar. Also used an LED to light it up ($20).

Also installed the SW MOTECH GPS mount. Very well designed/constructed. $50, definitely recommended.

Thanks for the tip Warchild:cheers:

[oilfield_trash]

I inverted the brackets to mount the plate a little farther under the tail. Thanks for the how to. I had to go fish the reflectors out of the garage can though. Doh!

[Busa17]

hey warchild can you try to post new pics for the how to on this? i wanna do it but i have no visual reference...damn browser says the pictures are broken.

[Busa17]

either i suck really bad or suzuki did something to the 2011 rear reflector bolts.... one seems to have a retainer on the inside shank side that wont let me pull the bolt from the body and the other just spins and spins...

[Busa17]

whats on the otherside of the bolts??? is it a nut? a nut plate? lol cause something is keepin the bolts in

[limitedbusa]

i don't have a gen II but i'm assuming there is a nut on the back side that should be accessible from your trunk or under your front seat?

[Busa17]

i think i have to take of the plastic assembly that goes under the tail... bit yeah there aree definately nuts in there hehe. i wonder if anyone has a how to for the removal of that

[TheChad83]

the easiest way to get them is take the bolt at the front of the rear out an a bunch of the push tabs thats how i got to mine to remove reflectors and make nos bottle mount

[Busa17]

the easiest way to get them is take the bolt at the front of the rear out an a bunch of the push tabs thats how i got to mine to remove reflectors and make nos bottle mount


awesome thanks gonna get started then :)

[Busa17]

mod complete! shout out to warchild for the tip.... i did this without drilling and used the bracket from the old fender. still gotta get the LED light tho...might actually to the led bolts it looks a lil crooked in one of the pick but i fixed that.