Triumph Bonneville Bobber Black custom Project Pt5. Fitting the Sidekick License plate Bracket!
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Part of this project sees the fitting of the Motone Customs Sidekick axle mounted license plate assembly.
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If the wind is right you can use that plate for a sail!😂 Always love how you take the time to go through all the details and add tips and tricks to help get the job done. Thanks!
That is huge.....it's bigger than a street sign. You should lease it for someone to advertise their business. Thanks😎 for sharing.
With the regestration plate mounted over the back wheel it doesn't look that big. Mounted off to the side it looks like it's going to hurt your fuel mileage a little bit.
Not mine it's 20 Benson and hedges sized,
Skimpy fenders are fine in places where it doesn't rain 🌧️☔. Big license plate are for speed cameras to nail you with. Big Brother at work.
We've had big registration number plates (nothing to do with the licence here) in the UK since long before speed cameras were even dreamed of. (we used to have front number plates on bikes too).
Hi Stuart, just done the same conversion side mount, picos and rear fender delete. I got all the parts from Motone and used your discount codes (cheers). Got to say Motone parts quality and delivery were absolutely spot on that and your videos made the conversion very straightforward. So thanks very much and keep up the good work.
Morning Stu', as an ex Bobby, retired now for longer than I served, I seem to remember that rear number plates on all vehicles should be mounted vertically? That thing you've stuck on looks more like 45° off.
Yep that’s illegal and won’t pass an MOT if the tester is vigilant.
Did check this with My MOT tester who said there is no problem as long as it is clearly visible and readable.
@@softailrider3129 Sorry you are talking rubbish. If you paid attention you would have realized that virtually all rear plates on cars and motorcycle are at an angle. so by your logic 99% of all motor vehicles would fail their first MOT!
I think you are confusing flat with vertical! plates must be flat so that there is not distortion, but all rear plates are actually fitted at an angle to provide a better line of sight by the observer.
@@themechanic2036 keep your hair on.
Just a tip: reinstall your axel rod the other way around. It makes trying to reassemble the caliper/plate holder/wheel easier. Orientation of the axel rod doesn’t impact operation. Bonus: it also makes it easy to change out your number plate holder if you’re trying different options.
Technically speaking, if a wheel spindle (as we call them in the UK) is only held in place by the nut (e.g. no pinch bolts or other means of location), it should be fitted so that if a wheel bearing breaks down and seizes partially (or wholly) on the spindle, it doesn't unscrew it and cause the wheel to jam in the fork/swing arm, or worse, come right out.
There's usually a reason why the engineers who design bikes arrange things a certain way
I too have reversed the spindle on my old Harley (for the same reason) but if you do, then make sure you keep your wheel bearings well greased and check them for wear regularly so you can replace them in time to avoid failures.
A few (over zealous?) MoT examiners will fail a bike for a reversed spindle under the grounds of 'an unsafe modification', though most of those who do will offer you the chance to change it over while you're at the MoT station, and pass it, or if you weren't present, they'll 're-test' and pass it if you reverse it when you return to collect your bike.
OK, Stuart, frankly I'm surprised that a British company like Motone are only producing a left hand side mounted registration plate holder. As we drive / ride on the left hand side of the road, side mounted plates in the UK should be on the right hand side of the machine so that it is easy for a passing police vehicle to read the registration. Surely a universal mount would have been a better idea so that it can be mounted on the left or right of the motorcycle, just a suggestion.
Not possible with axle mount.
Did you ever produce a video of how to connect the 3-1 pico lights to the motone harness
Morning Stewart. Your Triumph build is certainly coming along sir. Safe enjoyable riding till next time 👍😊.
Good day Stuart,
I find it a bit distressing to hear cutting remarks from one youtube channel to another. There seems to have been a rash of that toward you lately. Perhaps resentment for your success. However, I watched a new video from the 'Bart' channel yesterday that gave you the praise you, IMO, deserve. I found it uplifting. Take care!
Unwind the axle bolt to the last couple of threads and then you can tap it with a steel hammer (if you don't have a rubber mallet). This way you can losen the axle a little without damaging anything.
Don't want to disappoint, boy you guys have BIG number plates! Looks good, but here in the states a number plate on the side used to guarantee a road side visit with the local state trooper. Don't know if that still happens because I keep my plate on the rear where it's seen easily to avoid those roadside round abouts.....
I'm in two minds about this for my T120. You need an attention drawingly small plate to make it look good.
I have never been a fan of side mounted plates, large or small. No alternative here at the moment though unless you could come up with some kind of cissy bar arrangement which might look even more peculiar!
Even worse are those awful ugly gantries hanging behind the wheel that so many manufacturers are forced to fit for countries whose regulations say the plate and/or rear lamp should be behind the wheel spindle, but the stylists want a short, or non-existent mudguard.
I'm sure the intention is for owners to junk these pig ugly pieces and fit a 'tail tidy', but amazingly they're now being sold as a custom accessory for bikes which don't have (or need) them. There's no accounting for taste, I guess.
I have to agree, I always think they look strange on the side not a fan.
As an ex traffic cop I'd have to say technically the plate is illegal.
Yes a plate should by law be vertical or as near as dammit, so the angle of this is ok, except for the fact that the plate location is a modification and not as the vehicle was constructed and passed approval. Which makes it fall foul of the Construction and Use Regs.
Doubt you'd ever get pulled for it. If so be polite and hope the cop isn't having a bad day 😆
Retired Traffic cop and VIB officer myself! no conflict with con and use regs here. Your memory must be a bit rusty!
@stuartfillingham I looked up the Con &Use Regs to make sure my old brain was working before posting. I still think I'm right Stuart.
😄😄 the days of arguments in court, I missed.
@@pm8465 Not had time to refresh but going purely on memory con and use regs under heading of fixing of rear registration plate, Paragraph 5. Plate must be vertical or near to vertical, Must be fitted to the rear which this is, must be clearly visible, again which this is. I should point out that Motone have just sent me copies of the Homologation certificates for this assembly, which deems it road legal in numerous countries including the UK.
As a licensed Mot tester I can confirm this is completely LEGAL!
@@stuartfillingham
From memory, right 🔔
The plates are a bit big.
American? Aussie?😉
@@stuartfillingham Aussie.
You videos inspire confidence in me to so a little personalisation. I am a numpty when it comes to mechanics.
P.S Love the omega seamaster
hello,
first of all thank you for the video 🙂.
I looked on the sales site to buy only the wheel axle angle, but I can't find it 😐. I only found the complete wheel axle support + license plate support kit. Do you have a link please?
Are side mounted reg plates legal in the UK Stuart?
As I understand that they wouldn't pass a MSVA test ?
For the MSVA you need one each side (really), but not for MoT. There's still a few 'reversible' MSVA tech specifications, which newly imported or home built bikes have to comply with.
A friend's shop used to occasionally import new non homologated American 'production' chops for customers, then put them through SVA (now MSVA) for registration in the UK. As most used Harley derived engines, he had a universal set of adjustable exhausts (with a huge ugly Kawasaki silencer) to fit for the examination, as well as clip on lighting set ups with huge indicators and tail lights etc. to pass the SVA testing. Once tested, they could easily be reverted to original… technically 'customised… and still pass an MoT when required.
@@ChrisParrett-qo4sx Thanks for your reply. 15 years ago I was preparing a Kikker 5150 hardknock bobber for a SVA test so purchase a hard copy of the SVA manual (out of date now). I didn't finish the Kikker because of problems obtaining parts from the USA, so it's long gone.
That's looking Bob on.
Sorry, I'll get my coat.
Any recommendations for a folding side plate holder.
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Same here 🤷🏻♂️
Brilliant video as always Stuart and the bobber is coming along nicely 😃👍🏻
When you want to tidy the back end the options of where to locate the stupid size UK plate are limited. Motone needs to get the alternative out ASAP. because that just ruins the bike.
Ohhh looks like you have to be well aware of how much that sticking out the left side so you don't hit anything.🤔 Could be a issue riding in town and filtering through traffic they really need to rethink the size of those number plates.
Whats with 480p video?? Vintage? 😂 Great guide again...but discount code still not working
Side mounted plates just look rubbish, like an afterthought.
Looks brilliant Stuart!
Very American, but then they can get away with the minutest reg plate tucked up under the seat of most modern sports bikes. Hardly visible unless you're standing close enough to 'kick the rear tyre ' l would personally never go for the side mount, however l envy UK's lax laws regarding the fitting of customising/personalisation parts.....
here in Spain will have to remove my tail tidy and exhaust... again! in a years time to pass the ITV..(MOT)...
The EU mandated a size, font etc. for number plates throughout the EU so that they can be easily read by ANPR cameras. I believe but I am prepared to be wrong, that the legal size throughout the EU is 210 x 130 mm. This is certainly the requirement in France, and from 1st Jan 2024 it will be an MOT (Contrôl Technique) failure to have a different sized number plate fitted.
Same here in España....it would be an instant fail. Your not even allowed a 'tail tidy'...speaking from experience..As a general rule when the vehicle is tested by the ITV it must be as it emerged from the factory..Apart from some factory made items very few exceptions are allowed
It might be legal but it looks rubbish, would be better if it was half the size and on the right,tbh the bike looked better with the original parts.
Not a fan of the asymmetric look of offset plates.
Wow that’s obtrusive and destroys the symmetry of the bike. Here in the USA our plates are only big enough to hold the tax sticker so the government knows your current on your dues. Can’t you petition your barmy government that a plate 1/4 that size would not only save the government money in making and distributing them but it would reduce their carbon foot print and save the planet ( their idea not mine). As a side benefit it would make the bike look nicer too! In the mean time it might be useful as a cow catcher to sweep a “just stop oil” nut-job off the road.
Our plates aren't supplied by the government, Franklin. The registration number is allocated when a vehicle is first registered and a plate is bought (or supplied by the dealer) with that number from a plate supplier (as are replacements if they get damaged or lost). That plate will often remain on the vehicle for its whole life. In earlier times, the dealer (or a signwriter) would paint the number on the vehicle's plate area… or later use stick on numbers and letters… but for years now, a complete plate is fitted. The number is only a registration number for the vehicle itself. It stays with the vehicle during changes of ownership (unless the vehicle is exported).