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85 GPz750 Refresh Project 11 Sep 2016 09:22 #741845

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Ok so surprisingly enough even though it was only 9am my time my tail light showed up, now I have a few questions and was hoping for a bit of insight here. This tail light is meant for a 1998-2008 Ninja ZR73, ZX6R, ZX9R, ZX600 or ZZR600 and has connectors for it. It also came with two resistors. There are ZERO directions included with these, so my questions are fairly straight forward I hope. Which direction do the resistors go in (does it even matter), and how would I wire in the turn signals when there are only two cables compared to the 4 that came off of my bike? I figure I have some wiring work ahead of me, on my bike I already pinned out which wire is what and have the + and - turn signal wires for left and right figured out, brake light wire, and running light and ground. Those will be easy enough to figure out I think, on the new tail light there is white, red and black. Black will be ground, red will be constant hot and white will be switched hot I think? Any input and suggestions would be appreciated. To clarify, there are 2 wires for each turn signal, + and - if that helps. Now for some pics to help explain what I am seeing:



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85 GPz750 Refresh Project 11 Sep 2016 09:42 #741850

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Holding the light up to see how it will look, liking it a lot but will likely trim off the two lower mounting tabs to clean up the look and smooth it out, thoughts?





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85 GPz750 Refresh Project 15 Sep 2016 06:55 #742332

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Well yesterday was very productive and got everything installed! A few notes before some pics though, I am not all together pleased with the license plate, it comes too close on heavy bottom out bumps to hitting the rear tire so it is going to be relocated eventually probably this off season but I just have to figure out how and where :(
Otherwise the install went very well and came out so clean I love it! The relay will need to be ordered as the lights even with the resistors still flash too fast but that should be an easy fix. All together though it is super bright and really a nice unit! Used some grommets when routing wiring through the pieces and came out slick. Everything was soldered and heat shrink tubing applied to all connections and I even heat shrinked the resistors so they don't come apart too. :iconclap:












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85 GPz750 Refresh Project 15 Sep 2016 06:55 #742333

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Re:85 GPz750 Refresh Project 15 Sep 2016 07:08 #742334

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Mount the plate with 1/2-1" spacers on the outside off the mount. It looks like you have it mounted on the tire side.

Other than that it looks like my set up on my 82, except I'm using a factory ZR7 light.

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85 GPz750 Refresh Project 15 Sep 2016 07:56 #742338

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Thanks for the thought, will check it out. Thinking of maybe moving it to the swing arm too but not sure. Bike is looking good ;)

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Re:85 GPz750 Refresh Project 15 Sep 2016 08:06 #742340

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No problem, smoked lenses and swing arm mounted plates aren't legal here so if you come this way.... Everybody seems to have them but you don't want to pass the one cop that's having a bad day.

It WAS looking good, now I have to rebuild it since I smashed it up last month.

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Ouch so sorry to hear that best of luck on the rebuild!
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85 GPz750 Refresh Project 16 Sep 2016 17:51 #742557

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Hey Brett. She's looking really good right now! I had to design my light mount and license plate mount with your exact issue in mind. I'm not sure how the plate mount is built or what it's made of, but could you heat and bend it further towards the tail of the bike? Or cut and weld on a flatter angle facing the rear? I did this to my bike, definitely sloped at or greater than 45 degrees. The license plate light still hits it fine, but it angles it so I don't have any rub.
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85 GPz750 Refresh Project 20 Sep 2016 12:51 #742989

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Hey brother GREAT to see you again and hope you are doing well! I switched around the bracket and license plate and bolted it back on and gained a bit more, looks like it should work just fine for the remainder of the season. To "finish" it permanently I am going to make a plate that will attach to my handy little bracket that drops the license plate down around one inch and moves it back about one inch as well and is angled so that I don't have to bend the plate like it currently is. This will put the plate firmly visible to all who care (read Police nazi's) as well as give me even more tire clearance and make it look more "put together" so it isn't just a last minute addition. Overall I think this will work really well just need to find some plate aluminum and get to cutting and bending.





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85 GPz750 Refresh Project 21 Sep 2016 10:55 #743099

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Things on my end have been good! I've been getting lots of solid rides in this year, so i'm happy there :) even with this little fix she looks good. You have the right idea it sounds like, should turn out well :)
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85 GPz750 Refresh Project 27 Sep 2016 09:01 #743697

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650mod wrote: Things on my end have been good! I've been getting lots of solid rides in this year, so i'm happy there :) even with this little fix she looks good. You have the right idea it sounds like, should turn out well :)


Great to hear and glad things have been going well, stay safe and ride safe brother we are all good here just working tons of OT at work so cutting into everything else in life, but that ends thank goodness on October 4th so the end is in sight!

Fabbed up a template for the license plate relocation bracket, just need to cut it out in metal and bend/paint it and install now.



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