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Update - 06/16/16 - The older pictures have been archived.  They are HERE.

 

Update - 06/16/2016 - Happy Birthday to me, and happy birthday to the Yamaha Radian, which hits the big three-o this year.  I've had my Radian since 1999, and have done a ton of stuff to it over the years.  This year I finally got around to doing some things that I'd been intending to do a while.  For its 30'th birthday I gave my Radian a new master cylinder, new Hel braided steel brake lines, and I made a solid license plate mount.  The rear fender chop I did some time back finally failed.  I documented what I made with photos, in case anyone wants to see how I did it.  There are also new photos of the Radian to show what it looks like now.  Happy Birthday, Yamaha Radian!  30!  Dang!

 

 

 

Update - 06/16/16 - Fender Chop - Some time back I did what a lot of other bike owners do, and whacked the rear fender.  The way I did mine at the time, was to trace around the little chrome reflector wedge, and cut the fender to match the shape of it.  I removed fender material leaving a tab a few inches wide for the reflector wedge to mount.  I left the tab extended beyond the wedge and bent the tab downward to allow me to mount the license plate.  I removed the reflector from the wedge, and in its place, drilled holes and mounted the license plate light.  This worked fairly well and looked decent, but had a problem.  The fender material is thin and brittle.  It also is susceptible to rust.  Over time, the vibration and rust took its toll, and the fender material cracked and failed.  In order to fix the problem and keep the clean look of the removed fender, I made my own fender eliminator.  I removed the whole rear fender, cut it way back to about where the front of the tail light sits.  I made a template from cardboard to give me an idea of what size and shape a mount would need to be, as well as where I would need to drill holes to bolt it on and feed through the license plate light.  I bought a 6 by 18 inch slab of 16 gauge sheet metal, and went to town.  I used a piece of scrap metal from work to make the license plate mount to bolt onto the main mount.  The main mount is bolted under the remaining original mount.  I did have to find some longer bolts to get it all together, and I drilled holes through the chrome wedge and bolted it onto the main mount. 

Here are some photos of the process.

 

 

 

Update - 06/16/16 - Some recent photos of the 2002 Honda 919.  I bought it in 2010, and have done some things to it (different handlebars, mirrors, control levers, grips, bar ends, headlight, turn signals, fender eliminator, led lighted license plate mount, powder coated grab rail, drilled out baffles in the mufflers, Bagster tank cover, etc.  Older photos are still on the archived page.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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