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Number Plate Light - what yours like?
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:51 pm
by DavShill
I've had the tiny light that came with the evolutione tail tidy fitted and it's recently broken. The metal tabs that the wires are soldered to have snapped off. Just bought a stailess job from fleece-bay and it's not very good. Too big and will look ugly.
So what are your solutions and what have you got fitted. Recommendations and pics please.
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:37 pm
by FlyingKiwi
I have a home made tail tidy and use the original light
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Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:22 pm
by bigun
A mate of mine bought some LED numberplate bolts from our local Harley dealer for his ZX7R a few years ago. Extremely effective, they just look like the normal mounting bolts but have a little led in the bottom of the head of the bolt which casts a light onto the numberplate. Makes things very tidy.
Re: Number Plate Light - what yours like?
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:58 pm
by DavShill
DavShill wrote:I've had the tiny light that came with the evolutione tail tidy fitted and it's recently broken. The metal tabs that the wires are soldered to have snapped off. Just bought a stainless job from fleece-bay and it's not very good. Too big and will look ugly.
So what are your solutions and what have you got fitted. Recommendations and pics please.
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:59 pm
by sabestian
I have one LED bolt. I bought a pair, one worked for a month, then stopped. It was replaced with the other one today. Hopefully this one with work for longer.
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:36 pm
by sl1000_dk
I bought one of these last year
http://www.louis.de/_10c8bf2a32555ee1e2 ... &anzeige=0
Works and looks fine.
Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:18 pm
by Falcopops
The original tail tidy light is a piece of crap that packed up very quickly.
I opened the hole up a bit, just enough to fit an LED dash bulb held in by it's flange and a little clear silicone sealant. I happened to have some dash bulb sockets laying about, but you could solder and shrink wrap instead.
THIS sort of thing in white. Only issue is that it does shine a white light at the rear, which is illegal. You could paint the back black, but I passed a couple of MOT's with it unpainted.
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:21 am
by Falken
Hi Dave, try an old fashioned car spares shop.
The one on my bike was from a local shop which at the time had different sizes of lights and reflectors.
Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:05 am
by mangocrazy
I've always found Vehicle Wiring Products absolutely top for all (errrm...) Vehicle Wiring-related products...
http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/V ... ts.php#num
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:18 pm
by DavShill
Thanks everyone- plenty of ideas there then.
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:46 pm
by tommy
I've not got one. I did have an LED one on there but it broke a week after i bought the bike. I've never been stopped however, and MOT's are fine as its not a requirement accouring to my local garage.
I will fit one when i get round to it for visability more than anything
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:12 pm
by Olig7475
I bought one of these a couple of months ago, I only checked it cus of this thread and it's buggered. I wouldn't reccomend gettin one
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/LED-light-number- ... 286.c0.m14
Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:40 pm
by tommy
ahhhhhh, thans what was on my bike and promptly broke. I think it was the rain that killed it. It was full of road muck when i opened it up