Monster Tail Chop Kit done but license plate hits tire and bends with passenger

[The ModFather]

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.

[The ModFather]

Almost forgot to post a pic of my tail chop. I feel like a proud dad...


IMG_2772 by ricknieto, on Flickr

[newbie_mike]

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. 

[IZ]

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. 

[The ModFather]

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.