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[akaCarioca]

Its been 2 weeks since I got the bike and notice vibration coming from the plate. I noticed that there are 4 holes but only the 2 at right can take a screw. The 2 on the left do not not have space behind...

Any solutions for this?

Thanks

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[HyperM3]

From what I was told by the dealer, you need to disassemble the bracket to fit screws and nuts into the left side.

[akaCarioca]

Whooa....that sucks...

[Duca]

My plate came attached by the 2 top screws.

[weeder]

I originally had those cheep plastic plate holding screws -- and they didn't hold at all.

Very little driving and my plate was dangling (swinging) by one plastic screw.

Replaced all four with 1/4" machine screws/washers/nuts. Only the lower left screw can't take a nut.

[ReidMcT]

If your dealer did its job right, you have four screws and nuts securing the plate. Experienced dealers go one extra step and glue the nuts into place, which greatly eases the work when the plate needs to be removed or replaced. If the nuts aren't glued, then the bracket has to be partly disassembled.

[akaCarioca]

ReidMcT, on 14 July 2012 - 01:30 PM, said:

If your dealer did its job right, you have four screws and nuts securing the plate. Experienced dealers go one extra step and glue the nuts into place, which greatly eases the work when the plate needs to be removed or replaced. If the nuts aren't glued, then the bracket has to be partly disassembled.

I took mine of and realize that it can have the 4 screw, but as you mentioned, the 2 on the left are tricky as the screws need to be shorter and the nuts should be glued.
I will ask the service manager to do that and if he doesn't, I will do it myself...

[johnno]

Mine came with one screw on top left and one on bottom right, after 2k kms my plate was almost ready to fall off from stress fractures to the plate...i have replaced that plate but still only have the top and bottom screw but i have fitted 1/4 inch sticky back foam the the whole rear of the plate which blacks it out nicely and fitted a face plate cover that has a foam lip that contacts the whole outer edge so now i dont think it should get any vibration. The shape of the plate bracket on my bike does not allow any more screws...

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[johnno]

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[johnno]

The extra ill hole you can see was from me when I centred my old plate. But when I put the US rear guard on I couldn't use that hole again. Different shape guard

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[916hoon]

I drilled the plate and bracket and put 2 bolts with rubber grommets.
being near the middle rather top or bottom the plate seems less affected by vibration.

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[ReidMcT]

916 and johnno, you are both completely missing the license plate adapter that goes between the plate and the bracket. It's no wonder you're having such trouble!

Look up a parts fiche and you'll see what I mean.

[JHP]

ReidMcT, on 15 July 2012 - 05:11 AM, said:

916 and johnno, you are both completely missing the license plate adapter that goes between the plate and the bracket. It's no wonder you're having such trouble!

Look up a parts fiche and you'll see what I mean.

Reid is right, you are both missing part of the bracket. It should have two pieces that slide open to accomodate wider plates and with both pieces you can use 4 bolts to hold your license plate.

[akaCarioca]

Between the 2 pieces is where I will ask them to glue 2 nuts on the upper/lower left and then use the same screw that I have to the right.

[ReidMcT]

They should glue all four nuts, and not "between the pieces" but in the recesses in the plate bracket that were designed for the nuts.

[916hoon]

yes Reid, I chucked it in the bin with the OEM pipes to save weight!

Here in Oz they give us the euro plate mount (180x180) which are the wrong size for our plate (250x100).

BTW my plate doesn't vibrate and has not cracked (yet).

[johnno]

916hoon, on 16 July 2012 - 05:08 AM, said:

yes Reid, I chucked it in the bin with the OEM pipes to save weight!

Here in Oz they give us the euro plate mount (180x180) which are the wrong size for our plate (250x100).

BTW my plate doesn't vibrate and has not cracked (yet).

i never had anything other than what you see.. i did think it was a lil crap that it doesnt look designed to hold a plate

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[ReidMcT]

That's a shame. And it doesn't seem to match the parts diagrams that indicate that, along with the giant Oz-size mudguard comes the rectangular license plate bracket.

And since the license plate lamp attaches to the missing plate bracket, are you left to figure that out on your own, or did the dealer tack something together?

Edited by ReidMcT, 16 July 2012 - 06:19 AM.

[johnno]

It has the frame that the light mounts to, and its adjustable ie can expand out for a longer plate, i think it will be ok now but i had to make it right, it should have been right from handover

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Edited by johnno, 16 July 2012 - 07:17 AM.

[akaCarioca]

ReidMcT, on 15 July 2012 - 07:07 PM, said:

They should glue all four nuts, and not "between the pieces" but in the recesses in the plate bracket that were designed for the nuts.

I am not following you...The 2 screws on the right are ok and use wing nuts. For the left side I am considering a hex, jam or even a k-lock nut.