Handmade Plate Bracket for '06 600RR
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Handmade Plate Bracket for '06 600RR - 2/4/2008 9:03:01 PM
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shoortbuss
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Hey all, I was shopping around for plate brackets and with as much money as I already spent modding the bike this winter, I refused to pay $80 for a piece of metal...so I built a bracket and decided to share the instructions for a perfect fit bracket. This is a good looking, easy to make, cheap bracket for those of you who got integrated signals and don't want to pay out the ass for a piece of metal.
What you will need
- Piece of sheet metal at least 16" x 6"
- Tin snips
- Good ruler
- Steel file
- Drill
- LED bolts
- Spraypaint of your choice (+ primer)
- Original bolts from stock fender
The first step here is to trace out your design on your sheet metal. This is crucial, as the measurements provided fit the bike perfectly for the style of exhaust I have, which is the Jardine RT-One Dual Outlet. Other exhausts should be fine, but I trust you all are smart enough to add the right inches to the overall cutout and the bends if you need something that hangs lower.
This bracket will be 16" long total. Create it using the diagram shown below, and make the bottom part that holds the plate just slightly smaller than the dimesnsions of your state specific plate. Width also depends on you. Personally, my bracket is conveniently the width of the yard stick I used to design it. Once you draw your lines, you should have something similar to whats shown below, minus the red lines and text.
Now that you have an outline, you will need to draw 4 additional lines to mark the bending points, as shown in red above. Notice that in the center of the bracket, only the middle 3 inches is shown in red. This allows you to bend the main bracket AND bend the plate holder itself downward. Reference the pictures below if you don't quite understand that. Just follow the measurements above, drawing verticle lines across the piece at the measurements indicated within the red lines.
Now you are read to cut. Start by carefully cutting the main T-shape around the border. When the piece is cut out, you must then make 2 more snips along the black lines indicated between the bracket and plate holder itself. Make sure you only cut as indicated above, leaving exactly 3 inches of uncut metal in the center of the piece as indicated by the horizontal red line.
Now comes the bending. I did this by hand, using a metallic ruler to make the bends as precise as possible. With the cutout positioned just as shown below, bend each of the vertical red lines toward you at a 45 degree angle. Once this is completed, bend the plate holder itself downward to the desired position. When you are done, you will have something that looks like what's in the picture below (minus the holes).
Now's a good time to take your file and eliminate the sharp edges of the piece to avoid a nasty cut. Now comes probably the most difficult part...position the bracket as if you were mounting it to the 2 holes farthest back that the original fender piece was in. You should line the edge of the cutout sheet metal up to be flush with the subframe itself where the holes are at. You must now, as precisely as possible, mark the spots where the bolts would go in and drill a hole big enough for the bolts to fit. See below.
When the sheet metal is flush with the shape of the subframe as shown below, that will prevent the bracket from swinging or moving. Once you ensure the proper fit, you may now line up your license plate to the plate holder, mark the holes
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RE: Handmade Plate Bracket for '06 600RR - 2/5/2008 7:15:22 AM
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Lrn2Go
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Nice little writeup! So, what'd the thing end up costing you in the end? (Total, start to finish price) Also, now that you've had it on for a while, any issues with it being too flimsy or pivoting on the screws where you screwed it in?
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RE: Handmade Plate Bracket for '06 600RR - 2/5/2008 1:51:57 PM
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shoortbuss
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In the end, $20 because all I needed was the sheet metal, paint, and LED's.
As far as stability goes, I haven't road tested it yet, as this was a winter mod and winter isn't over yet. I designed it to be flush with the 90 degree edge provided by the subfram, so it should be pretty stable, but just in case it doesn't quite work out, I do have a backup plan.
All I will need is 2 half inch wide strips of sheet metal. I will screw it into the bracket I made and connect the other ends into the other 2 mounting holes that held the original bracket. Problem solved. I'm not going to do this unless I have to though.
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