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Posted:  14 May 2008 21:17	[?]
Registered User Currently Offline Join Date: May 2008	Posts:  5 Reputation: Unranked [?] User Rank: Second Lieutenant
I just picked up this 2003 Buell XB9S on Monday. Yesterday I took the tail piece to work and hacked on it. I kept the turn signals for now. It's pretty bad around here, and I want drivers to clearly see where I am going. I was going to make a plate light, but when I went to put my tail light back in, I noticed that the bottom part, below and behind the red part is already clear! I was going to cut a slot in the aluminum, but I didn't have the stuff at home to do it, so I just drilled 2 holes for now.. it works Anyway, here's how it turned out. (Yes it does/did need a tire, I rode it to work today and had one put on at lunch) and here is the light holes.. I will open them up and clean it up a bit later.. it looks red from the light coming in the tail, but it's a clear lens.

Posted:  14 May 2008 22:18	[?]
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fill the holes you drilled with some clear silicone so water can't infiltrate

Posted:  14 May 2008 22:20	[?]
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The holes are only in the aluminum. The taillight is still sealed and untouched. The holes do not go into the plastic taillight housing

Posted:  15 May 2008 06:07	[?]
Registered User Currently Offline Join Date: Apr 2008	Posts:  139 Reputation:  3 [?] User Rank: Captain
looks like that bike has been droped b4 , the header pipe has a nice ding in it.

Posted:  15 May 2008 07:39	[?]
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All other things aside, you need tires!

Posted:  15 May 2008 16:45	[?]
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Yes, the bike has been down, (not with me yet) There is a ding in the pipe and there was a scuff on the passenger foot peg too. As I said above, I got new tires already

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