Number Plate Light - what yours like?

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DavShill · #1 Post by **DavShill** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 4:51 pm

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.

FlyingKiwi · #2 Post by **FlyingKiwi** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:37 pm

I have a home made tail tidy and use the original light

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bigun · #3 Post by **bigun** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:22 pm

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.

DavShill · #4 Post by **DavShill** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:58 pm

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.

sabestian · #5 Post by **sabestian** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 6:59 pm

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.

sl1000_dk · #6 Post by **sl1000_dk** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:36 pm

I bought one of these last year http://www.louis.de/_10c8bf2a32555ee1e2 ... &anzeige=0
Works and looks fine.

Falcopops · #7 Post by **Falcopops** » Mon Aug 24, 2009 10:18 pm

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.

Falken · #8 Post by **Falken** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:21 am

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.

#9 Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 10:05 am

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

DavShill · #10 Post by **DavShill** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 3:18 pm

Thanks everyone- plenty of ideas there then.

tommy · #11 Post by **tommy** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:46 pm

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

Olig7475 · #12 Post by **Olig7475** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 6:12 pm

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

tommy · #13 Post by **tommy** » Thu Aug 27, 2009 10:40 pm

Olig7475 wrote: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

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

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Number Plate Light - what yours like?

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