my mom told me once .. "Sometimes in life, you gotta compromise.... but if you don't HAVE to ... then don't"
,once i got the tailight in my hands ... and saw how big it really was, it just didn't look right on either bike , it really is huge
so i thought maybe the curved licence plate would shrink things up a bit ,,, but during all this mock up (going back and forth looking at it on both bikes) it looked better on the KZ .....BUT.. the turn signals would have to be changed .. and i was really really fond of the signals bein' on the swingarm , but in the end , they went bye bye
an old trick i learned long ago for mounting signal brackets
i used the shock mounts as a guide , tacked um in and made sure everything was pretty close to even
(it's a little off, but you'd never know if i didn't just tell you)
this is where that quote from my mom comes in ... i really dig the tail light/plate mount, it really completes the rear end's custom look
....BUT ... i really don't dig the signals , .. they were changed several times, tryin to find a way that satisfied me esthetically.. you may notice they are different signals than before, used some old ones off the honda that needed new guts .. ended up with a happy medium i think .. they don't look bad ... just outta place
they stuck out like a sore thumb before i painted them to match
(looking at the pics i see i forgot to clearcoat the green in the signals ...doh)
.........sooooo .. what did
you do today ?
