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Here is my take on removing the god-awful plastics that Yammi uses to attach the plate and rear signals.
Cost: $23.50
Parts:
1) Lockhart Phillips Bike-night turn signals: $20.
link: Cycle Gear - LOCKHART-PHILIPS: Bike Night Turn Signals
2) 4x6 nail plate for construction work from hw store: $0.50.
3) Crimp disconnect connections m/f x6: $3.00
4) Zip ties.
I used a 4x6 plate from the HW store as the bracket. These are about $0.50 a piece, they are thin galvanized steel to resist rusting. They come predrilled with a matrix of holes in them, intended to be used to hammer nails through when assembling a house (you can mate two joists together with a plate like this).
I guess the thing that is different with this design, is that the Lockhart signals I used are designed to mount directly to the license plate...not to a bracket.
That simplifies the bracket design, since the bracket only has to hold the plate and the signals mount to the plate.
I will be using a single LED light to light the plate...currently the plate is not lit, so no night rides for me until I get that sorted out.
Here you go...this is just about the cheapest way to eliminate your fender plastics....took me all of 30 minutes.
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Here is my take on removing the god-awful plastics that Yammi uses to attach the plate and rear signals.
Cost: $23.50
Parts:
1) Lockhart Phillips Bike-night turn signals: $20.
link: Cycle Gear - LOCKHART-PHILIPS: Bike Night Turn Signals
2) 4x6 nail plate for construction work from hw store: $0.50.
3) Crimp disconnect connections m/f x6: $3.00
4) Zip ties.
I used a 4x6 plate from the HW store as the bracket. These are about $0.50 a piece, they are thin galvanized steel to resist rusting. They come predrilled with a matrix of holes in them, intended to be used to hammer nails through when assembling a house (you can mate two joists together with a plate like this).
I guess the thing that is different with this design, is that the Lockhart signals I used are designed to mount directly to the license plate...not to a bracket.
That simplifies the bracket design, since the bracket only has to hold the plate and the signals mount to the plate.
I will be using a single LED light to light the plate...currently the plate is not lit, so no night rides for me until I get that sorted out.
Here you go...this is just about the cheapest way to eliminate your fender plastics....took me all of 30 minutes.
PICS: