Ghetto modding your F3 Tail, PIX!!
#1
Ghetto modding your F3 Tail, PIX!!
Alrighty, so im a rather poor kid and i decided i liked all those cool kids on the forums with the fender eliminator kits and well, i wanted my bike to look super sexy on the back end, without spending any cash.
After i converted my tail to the 97/98, i did a bit of cutting and removing of my own.
I took off everything i could, and it turned out better than i thought.
First I removed the turn signals, and stripped the wires.
I wasn't planning on keeping the signals, but i wanted to encorporate them into the taillight if i could.
so i bent and easily broke off the aluminum edges except for one part.
Then i wired it up
And mounted it alongside the taillight.
Repeat to the otherside
Made sure it was working
YES!!
And then, booyah
No more bulky back.
But nows i has no special secret compartment.
OH NOESSS!
After i converted my tail to the 97/98, i did a bit of cutting and removing of my own.
I took off everything i could, and it turned out better than i thought.
First I removed the turn signals, and stripped the wires.
I wasn't planning on keeping the signals, but i wanted to encorporate them into the taillight if i could.
so i bent and easily broke off the aluminum edges except for one part.
Then i wired it up
And mounted it alongside the taillight.
Repeat to the otherside
Made sure it was working
YES!!
And then, booyah
No more bulky back.
But nows i has no special secret compartment.
OH NOESSS!
#3
take a red bull can, cut the top off and the bottom, and then i think i cut off an additional cm or so to make it fit the way it did, and wrap it snug.
then tighten.
i can take some pix of how i did it if you need step by step.
#4
that's a full picture of it
EDIT: i found the link here on the forums.
https://cbrforum.com/forum/how-mechanical-40/how-shock-canister-wrap-84058/
but for the record, i did this without reading it.
Last edited by spicymeowmix; 10-26-2009 at 05:54 AM.
#6
Heh I did nearly the exact same thing on my bike when I got it. I finally decided to pony up the cash and literally 2 days ago my clear alternatives rear integrated tail light came in and installed it. I'll say this; the stock lights are way more visible versus LEDs, even with the setup you've got now and like I had, but I like having yellow flashers and I like the aesthetics of the clear alternative light better.
Looks good man! Really cleans up the tail well, imo.
Edit: You need to get yourself a 97/98 seat man! All those gaps with the F2/early F3 seat!!
Looks good man! Really cleans up the tail well, imo.
Edit: You need to get yourself a 97/98 seat man! All those gaps with the F2/early F3 seat!!
#8
Heh I did nearly the exact same thing on my bike when I got it. I finally decided to pony up the cash and literally 2 days ago my clear alternatives rear integrated tail light came in and installed it. I'll say this; the stock lights are way more visible versus LEDs, even with the setup you've got now and like I had, but I like having yellow flashers and I like the aesthetics of the clear alternative light better.
Looks good man! Really cleans up the tail well, imo.
Edit: You need to get yourself a 97/98 seat man! All those gaps with the F2/early F3 seat!!
Looks good man! Really cleans up the tail well, imo.
Edit: You need to get yourself a 97/98 seat man! All those gaps with the F2/early F3 seat!!
hard to find on ebay though cheap at least