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Title: Monster Tail Chop Kit done but license plate hits tire and bends with passenger Post by: The ModFather on August 25, 2011, 02:58:45 PM Anyone else have this problem? I bought it from Ducati Monster Tail Chop and it was a breeze to do worked like a charm but on the first ride with my wife on the seat went down a bit and the plate hit the rear tire and bent in. I guess I can leave it bent in and keep it like that but it seems a bit odd.
Title: Re: Monster Tail Chop Kit done but license plate hits tire and bends with passenger Post by: The ModFather on August 25, 2011, 03:01:05 PM Almost forgot to post a pic of my tail chop. I feel like a proud dad...
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6205/6081238006_eed7e18fc4.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65036619@N04/6081238006/) IMG_2772 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65036619@N04/6081238006/#) by ricknieto (http://www.flickr.com/people/65036619@N04/), on Flickr Title: Re: Monster Tail Chop Kit done but license plate hits tire and bends with passenger Post by: newbie_mike on August 25, 2011, 04:43:05 PM Yea I had a similar experience. I took some sheet metal and fashioned an angled bracket. pretty simple as long as you can cut the right dimensions and punch/drill some holes for the fasteners.
The end product is that my license plate is angled about 45deg. Title: Re: Monster Tail Chop Kit done but license plate hits tire and bends with passenger Post by: IZ on August 25, 2011, 10:52:18 PM You can have it at that angle if you still had the tail but on the chop..no way!! I chopped mine, had more of an angel than that and still managed to crunch the plate twice.
Just take it off and bend it outward at lesat 20* if you can. Title: Re: Monster Tail Chop Kit done but license plate hits tire and bends with passenger Post by: The ModFather on August 25, 2011, 11:13:37 PM Yeah thats exactly what I did. After looking at the pics on the DucatiMonsterTailChop website where I ordered the kit I noticed the bikes all had it angled outward a bit so I did that and I'm hoping that should do it. It looks like it will.
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