RE: Clear Alternative Integrated Tail Light
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RE: Clear Alternative Integrated Tail Light - 1/14/2006 10:46:23 AM
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doncollins
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You're paying someone else to have all of your fun??? That's half the fun of the sport is to do-it-yourself.
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RE: Clear Alternative Integrated Tail Light - 1/14/2006 1:35:20 PM
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chainstretcher
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Looks good Don! I got the same light on mine. And I don't think you're cheap for not wanting to spend $150 on a fender kit. The 600RR looks almost identical to the 1000RR which was easy to chop. I just ordered the LED tag bolts and tag bracket on e-bay. Costed like $30 to my door. You can't see it unless you put your head under the exhaust -- and when I'm hauling a$$ not too many peeps can do that. I even got creative and put some of that corrugated plastic wire cover thingy on it. Took a ziz wheel and cut the metal bracket and cut the ugly brown plastic thing (painted the ugly brown plastic thing black). 
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RE: Clear Alternative Integrated Tail Light - 1/15/2006 12:42:05 AM
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chainstretcher
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Don't ever price stuff after you already got it -- just makes ya feel bad. And c'mon, ya know ya still love it
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RE: Clear Alternative Integrated Tail Light - 1/16/2006 1:33:26 AM
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doncollins
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I can't help it... I was trying to help others out by finding a better deal. Here are a couple pics of my process. I'm doing the prototype thing until I'm sure of what I'm going with. This doesn't look bad at all to me now. I used a 6" Stainless Steel hose clamp (Lowes $3.00) and modified the aluminum plate I already made. Also picked up a plate light from auto zone for about $5 and I also bought thermal sleeving by Mr. Gasket. Was on sale for 19.99, normally 29.99... and it claims to withstand 1200 F continuous and 2000 F peak. I used this on the wiring for the plate light and since I removed all of the heat shields... I used it on the wires for the rear break since the wires run really close to the exhaust.
Here's the pics of what I've done so far... I'll continue to post as I go. Sorry pics are dark... will do better on the next ones.
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RE: Clear Alternative Integrated Tail Light - 1/16/2006 6:48:03 AM
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CMHGUY
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where'd u run the wire for the plate light??? U could go in business and sell em! Looks good Don!
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RE: Clear Alternative Integrated Tail Light - 1/16/2006 9:03:31 AM
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no1biscuit
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DonCollins,
I will take one of those fender eliminators, please. Would you ship it to me.
Thanks
Thom
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RE: Clear Alternative Integrated Tail Light - 1/16/2006 9:08:58 AM
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chainstretcher
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When's the new exhaust coming? It'll be sho-nuf fine when ya get it all together. Heck, it looks really good now. Just keep a keen eye on your plastic bits directly above the exhaust and make sure they don't get too hot with no shielding.
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RE: Clear Alternative Integrated Tail Light - 1/16/2006 1:21:55 PM
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CMHGUY
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I don't have any shielding on my and its been OK for the past 1000 miles or so.....
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RE: Clear Alternative Integrated Tail Light - 1/16/2006 2:19:13 PM
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doncollins
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I'm only doing trips to school and work... like 15 20 minutes tops right now. My new exhaust will be all carbon so I don't have to worry about the heat on the tail. I did how ever remove all of the heat shielding, all of it. I used the thermal sleeving on my wires for the plate light and my rear breaks. Here's a couple more pics in day light.
no1biscuit.. are you serious? I listed everything you need to do it, but the sheet metal is the only thing you'll have to do any work on. I will be making a new one for mine when I install the new exhaust just to clean it up. I can help you out with what ever you need. If you need me to, I'd piece together and ship what ever you need... just have to work out the funding details. It's all cheap. The sheet metal will be scrap from work.... thank you tax payers. You'd be amazed at how much metal is junked where I work at... But anyways... PM if you need anything.
Now.... for the pics in day light. The blue sleeving is rated at 1200 continuous and 2000 peak.
< Message edited by doncollins -- 1/16/2006 2:25:16 PM >
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RE: Clear Alternative Integrated Tail Light - 1/16/2006 6:15:12 PM
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cjbettis
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HUGE difference with the stock lights gone!!! Can't wait to see the new pipe and integrated lights up front.
Are you gonna get an OEM seat cowl, stay stock, or something else?
Oh yeah, and any luck figuring out a way to hook up farther underneath? My eliminator kit sits where yours does and I have hit my tire on it a couple of times with big holes and bumps on the street. Hoping to get way under like with Custom's. Just can't see where to bracket
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RE: Clear Alternative Integrated Tail Light - 1/16/2006 7:35:01 PM
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CMHGUY
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yea, the plate and light looks cool, I could do without the big blue wire showing on the one side.... I think thats why the pictues of others that I have seen with lights they put there's farther back so as to run the wire more under the seat....
P.S. looks like she/he needs a bath.... lol 
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