Hi guys,
As most of you i had my 1199 delivered with the utterly ugly stock tail thing (it's not even tidy).
Then I received my DP tail tidy, much nicer but it still hide a part of the rear light which is a pity. i checked evotech, perfect parts, R&G but nothing seemed appealing to me, so time to tinker
Hopefully I m a member of a french forum where some very talented guys found a way to have a decent tail tidy for almost nothing. I added a few things to the original concept and "voila".
What you need:
- stock "thing that is holding the license plate" (finally it ll have a use). Be aware that this will "destroy" the original one so if you think about coming back to ugliness one day......hmm....no...no one wants it
- Led licence plate light or you can use the stock one, i didn't do it because it was a bit "big" for my "project" so I bought a basic led light at 10 euros.
- i used a carbon fiber film but the result is nice also without "nothing", it's up to you.
- that all
Cost: around 30 euros
Difficulty: extremely easy
So enough talk, here is the tutorial:
Step one remove the plastic thing under the passager seat (it's not mandatory but it s easier)
The stock tail tidy is fixed by 4 bolts, just unscrew them
Here is the ugliness:
After cutting it, just keep this part
Grab whatever basic tail tidy (i was lazy) you can find or just an aluminum sheet
Then I used the carbon film to get rid of the "raw" look (it s non mandatory)
Drill a hole, to put the Led light wire, use 3M to fix it (or bolt it, up to you)
Drill a hole in the plastic piece and bolt the basic tall tidy
Bolt everything on the bike
And here is the result
As you can see it s extremely easy, enjoy
As most of you i had my 1199 delivered with the utterly ugly stock tail thing (it's not even tidy).
Then I received my DP tail tidy, much nicer but it still hide a part of the rear light which is a pity. i checked evotech, perfect parts, R&G but nothing seemed appealing to me, so time to tinker
Hopefully I m a member of a french forum where some very talented guys found a way to have a decent tail tidy for almost nothing. I added a few things to the original concept and "voila".
What you need:
- stock "thing that is holding the license plate" (finally it ll have a use). Be aware that this will "destroy" the original one so if you think about coming back to ugliness one day......hmm....no...no one wants it
- Led licence plate light or you can use the stock one, i didn't do it because it was a bit "big" for my "project" so I bought a basic led light at 10 euros.
- i used a carbon fiber film but the result is nice also without "nothing", it's up to you.
- that all
Cost: around 30 euros
Difficulty: extremely easy
So enough talk, here is the tutorial:
Step one remove the plastic thing under the passager seat (it's not mandatory but it s easier)
The stock tail tidy is fixed by 4 bolts, just unscrew them
Here is the ugliness:
After cutting it, just keep this part
Grab whatever basic tail tidy (i was lazy) you can find or just an aluminum sheet
Then I used the carbon film to get rid of the "raw" look (it s non mandatory)
Drill a hole, to put the Led light wire, use 3M to fix it (or bolt it, up to you)
Drill a hole in the plastic piece and bolt the basic tall tidy
Bolt everything on the bike
And here is the result
As you can see it s extremely easy, enjoy
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