MWF FEED
4th February 2022, 08:50 PM
The original tail light on the TX, light all Jap bike tail lights was massive and just didn't fit in with my build criteria so I decided to make one. I tried bending up a tail light at first but couldn't get the side tabs to mount the light on level, so I welded one up from a number of parts I cut and shaped. Because the tail light bracket was to be polished the bracket had to be made in two sections.
The original mounting hole in the guard had rusting cracks radiating out, so I enlarged the hole to remove them. This left a 48mm hole in the guard for mounting the tail light. To remedy, I inserted a 48mm grommet in the hole and turned up a large aluminium T bush and inserted that in the grommet from underneath. The tail light sits above that and a bolt is inserted from underneath and engages a nut inside the tail light. A hole through the bolt provides cable egress.
To stop the tail light from rotating on the guard I welded a tab to the rego plate bracket and attached that to the lower tail light hole in the guard via a grommet and T nut.
The light itself is an LED and although smaller than the original tail light is much brighter.
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The original mounting hole in the guard had rusting cracks radiating out, so I enlarged the hole to remove them. This left a 48mm hole in the guard for mounting the tail light. To remedy, I inserted a 48mm grommet in the hole and turned up a large aluminium T bush and inserted that in the grommet from underneath. The tail light sits above that and a bolt is inserted from underneath and engages a nut inside the tail light. A hole through the bolt provides cable egress.
To stop the tail light from rotating on the guard I welded a tab to the rego plate bracket and attached that to the lower tail light hole in the guard via a grommet and T nut.
The light itself is an LED and although smaller than the original tail light is much brighter.
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