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Re: license plate bracket



Yup.  My dealer said the same thing.  Luckily, he's also a BMW dealer so he had
the brackets in stock.  In fact, he orders lots of 'em specifically for use on the
Triumphs, though he's very unhappy about this.  The BMW bracket works and looks
fine on my ST.

GG
"Wiener Dawg"


Paul Fox wrote:

> i can't believe i keep forgetting to ask this one.
>
> when i showed up at my dealer to pick up the bike a couple
> of weeks ago, plate in hand, he took it, and with a somewhat
> fallen face, said "oh, yeah -- there's a slight problem here.
> we're going to have to drill holes through your license plate",
> as he showed me the bare rear fender of my RS.  no bracket.  nothing
> to attach to.  i was a little surprised, but suggested that instead
> we use zipties to hang it from the signal stalks, and he did that,
> along with some double sided tape.  he said he was getting some
> brackets from a local bmw dealer soon, but that the triumphs "come
> like that".
>
> is this true?  i'm kind of shocked.
>
> in the meantime, i'm thinking of getting one of those "Helmet Guardian"
> gizmos (www.sporttouringusa.com) which would solve both the bracket
> and the helmet lock problem in one shot.  any thoughts?  (i might also
> just make my own bracket, one long enough to put some small holes in
> the ends, and notches on the top, to hang a helmet from and lock it
> with a small padlock.)
>
> paul
> =---------------------
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