Rear light

[alankelly]

Anybody used anything like this

www.bikermart.co.uk/Highsider-PROTON-Module-LED-Motorcycle-Rear-Stop-Tail-Light-E~Marked

Looking to find something to fit to my rear seat hump that looks unobtrusive but needs to be E marked should I want to MSVA the bike




Thanks in advance

Best wishes Al

[4l04ever]

Might be easier to find an old frame with V5. Any YR5 or AC would do :-) Get it MOT'd then tax it as Historic...

[midlifecrisisrd]

Agree with above, its what I've done with the TR

Get a frame with V5, register as historic, cut headstock off and keep to prove you own the original frame/VIN and that the original frame the ID belonged to is destroyed and can never go on the road

Use VIN/reg/v5 for the tigcraft frame

Either stamp with the number or get a stamped alloy vin plate off ebay and rivet on

I also didn't MOT before changing to historic. In fact the donor wasn't registered in the UK so I applied with a v55 as normal and sent an MOT exception form. Came back with uk v5 as historic

Declare frame change to insurance

Steve

[alankelly]

Hi both

Yes I still have a 1980 RD350LC V5C on a Sorn as for the Yellow Peril as frame was scrap when I bought the project so reframed the bike using a bare German frame and cases on a nova and then once rebuilt just registered the bike as an import and then cut the frame up but kept the logbook😉

So maybe as the frame is not stamped may go this route😉😉

Either way still need a V5C as even with the MSVA you in theory need a donor bike but think is time to apply for historical reg👍

Thank guys Al

[alankelly]

Just checked the V5C and for manufacturer it just says Yamaha but no model listed 👍

Also cc is 347cc

Happy days I think with a trip to the Post office with the V5C and a V112👍

[dusty350]

Hi Al
I wanted a small light to go in the tail of the Tz seat unit on the Cafe bike. I got one from Digital Speedos;

20200421_092948 by dusty miller, on Flickr

3 small LED's in it. It's a rear light and a brake light too, and the brake light will melt your eyeballs, it's so bright ! Think there are plent of options nowadays for LED lights

Dusty

[dusty350]

Meant to add I cut the hole in the tail very carefully with a Dremel and the light was a tight fit. Obviously there is no way to fit a bracket of any kind to keep it in place, so some sellotape kept the light flush with the tail unit so it couldn't move, and I used builders expanding foam squirted inside the tail. Wiring was also taped out of the way so wires are free to be connected, and the foam can be trimmed, is super light, and doesn't allow the light unit to move at all. Might be ideal for your seat unit

Dusty

[alankelly]

Hi Dusty

Thanks for the info

Yes plenty of options and I thought you did something like this but could not quite remember

Thanks again Al

[alankelly]

Nov 25, 2023 14:33:49 GMT 1 midlifecrisisrd said:

Agree with above, its what I've done with the TR

Get a frame with V5, register as historic, cut headstock off and keep to prove you own the original frame/VIN and that the original frame the ID belonged to is destroyed and can never go on the road

Use VIN/reg/v5 for the tigcraft frame

Either stamp with the number or get a stamped alloy vin plate off ebay and rivet on

I also didn't MOT before changing to historic. In fact the donor wasn't registered in the UK so I applied with a v55 as normal and sent an MOT exception form. Came back with uk v5 as historic

Declare frame change to insurance

Steve

Happy days

Got my logbook back from DVLA for the Tigcraft donor frame 😉😉😉

[donkeychomp]

Haha! Brilliant.

Alex