V11boy Posted July 19, 2012 Share Posted July 19, 2012 Hello V11 people, Not sure if many of you have modified your rear ends to remove the plastic moulding under the seat, I am interested to find out how you have gone about doing it.. ie tail tidy or home modified I have attached an image of a lovely example of a clean back end to hopefully start the thread... Note : this picture has been borrowed from 'Jens.V11' see the pics thread http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5556&st=900 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponti_33609 Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Hi - Many have done this very thing. Here is a pic of mine. You do not need to remove all the way back under the seat although some have. You just need to do the rear most section. I left the small plastic part that was a sub part to the large plastic fender as it covers the wires nicely. JoeV11 is selling a tidy-tail and I have one too, never installed and it is made very nicely. Mine was made by a guy in CA and he used an LED tail light. Not sure how much it would cost to ship to the UK? Regards, Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grossohc Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 I have thought about doing this mod a few times. But living in wetter climes than most, the water spray without the rear mudguard to catch it would be a no no for me, unless someone who has done it knows different. I just dont want to be cleaning a permanently wet rear end covered in s***e all the time. Had enough of that when the kids were small Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V11boy Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 I have thought about doing this mod a few times. But living in wetter climes than most, the water spray without the rear mudguard to catch it would be a no no for me, unless someone who has done it knows different. I just dont want to be cleaning a permanently wet rear end covered in s***e all the time. Had enough of that when the kids were small Bob Does the tail tidy work with the standard rear light/indicators or do you need to use the led because of the size? It's much neater than the standard rear end..... The weather here in England is generally bad so I would be needing to clean it more if I fit one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeBenGuzzi Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Hello V11 people, Not sure if many of you have modified your rear ends to remove the plastic moulding under the seat, I am interested to find out how you have gone about doing it.. ie tail tidy or home modified I have attached an image of a lovely example of a clean back end to hopefully start the thread... Note : this picture has been borrowed from 'WitchCityBallabio' see the pics thread http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=5556&st=840 SCREW THAT expensive tail tidy kit, just get a quality black plastic planting bucket and some good shears to clip it to size hold it together with a couple tiny black zip ties out of sight. I believe that WITH those blinkers you see in the photo I spent a whopping $20 and I thought it looked great Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino1 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Hi - Many have done this very thing. Here is a pic of mine. You do not need to remove all the way back under the seat although some have. You just need to do the rear most section. I left the small plastic part that was a sub part to the large plastic fender as it covers the wires nicely. JoeV11 is selling a tidy-tail and I have one too, never installed and it is made very nicely. Mine was made by a guy in CA and he used an LED tail light. Not sure how much it would cost to ship to the UK? Regards, Bob Bob, if no one has beat me to it, I'd be interested in the tail tidy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponti_33609 Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 Hi - Many have done this very thing. Here is a pic of mine. You do not need to remove all the way back under the seat although some have. You just need to do the rear most section. I left the small plastic part that was a sub part to the large plastic fender as it covers the wires nicely. JoeV11 is selling a tidy-tail and I have one too, never installed and it is made very nicely. Mine was made by a guy in CA and he used an LED tail light. Not sure how much it would cost to ship to the UK? Regards, Bob Bob, if no one has beat me to it, I'd be interested in the tail tidy... Hi - Sorry for any confusion. Mine is not for sale. The person I purchased mine from was a guy over on WildGuzzi that goes by the name of SpaceClam. He did very nice work, better than I expected when I purchased. JoeV11 also makes a version of the tidytail that uses the stock tail light. I have one of his as well but I have never installed his. I could be willing to sell that if he is out of them but last I saw here in the classifieds, he had a few left. Both of these 2 tails cost ~$100 as I recall. Additionally, I do not notice any more dirt etc underneath as a result of removing the large fender and I do hit rain occaionally but I try to avoid rain when I can so I am not sure how much worse it would be if I frequently rode in the rain. regards, Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V11boy Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 Hi - Many have done this very thing. Here is a pic of mine. You do not need to remove all the way back under the seat although some have. You just need to do the rear most section. I left the small plastic part that was a sub part to the large plastic fender as it covers the wires nicely. JoeV11 is selling a tidy-tail and I have one too, never installed and it is made very nicely. Mine was made by a guy in CA and he used an LED tail light. Not sure how much it would cost to ship to the UK? Regards, Bob Bob, if no one has beat me to it, I'd be interested in the tail tidy... Rhino1 See http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17510 if you are interested.. Ended up going this route myself - not fitted yet though Regards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino1 Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 Hi - Many have done this very thing. Here is a pic of mine. You do not need to remove all the way back under the seat although some have. You just need to do the rear most section. I left the small plastic part that was a sub part to the large plastic fender as it covers the wires nicely. JoeV11 is selling a tidy-tail and I have one too, never installed and it is made very nicely. Mine was made by a guy in CA and he used an LED tail light. Not sure how much it would cost to ship to the UK? Regards, Bob Bob, if no one has beat me to it, I'd be interested in the tail tidy... Rhino1 See http://www.v11lemans.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=17510 if you are interested.. Ended up going this route myself - not fitted yet though Regards Thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom M Posted August 17, 2012 Share Posted August 17, 2012 Well, St Augustine had a pretty nice rear end closeup posted in his "What motorcycle is this?" thread over in the banter department... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furry Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 Two seperate strips of 8" red LED lights acquired from Ebay. Wired through a trailer converter which ties barkes and blinkers together and then run through some resistor/diodes which makes the running lights dim and then the blinker/brake over-ride the running lights. So the two lights perform all three functions of running/brake/blinkers. Very clean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st. augustine Posted September 26, 2012 Share Posted September 26, 2012 glad you liked that previous rear end photo....but this one is more tasteful. sorry to contribute to the hijacking of this thread but I did see an opening or invitation..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68C Posted September 27, 2012 Share Posted September 27, 2012 I suppose your going to tell us its warm and sunny where you are as well. Ever wondered why British politicians always visit America in the winter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docc Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 I suppose your going to tell us its warm and sunny where you are as well. Ever wondered why British politicians always visit America in the winter? I'm guessing they have been looking for "openings and invitations" . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macguzzi Posted October 24, 2012 Share Posted October 24, 2012 RS 250 rear light and mount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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