Odds and Ends

I thought I should post an image of the Touratech tail light support I installed. I picked it up at the ADVRider flea market for about 20 bucks, and it should save me considerably more than that in the event of bottoming the rear. Admittedly, it's less likely these days with the upgraded suspension, but after all: Now I'll be hammering it harder off road.

Here I'm getting ready to begin:


And here it is, installed:



Installation was quite straightforward, but a little difficult because of the tight confines. I rather wish I had done this while I had the exhaust cans off the bike, as the crosspiece got in the way. It also makes sense to take off the bar at the rear of the luggage rack if you can.

As this was a used part, there were a couple of issues. It was lacking some of the washers and nuts needed to secure things, and one of the black plastic spacers was missing. I made these replacements:



You can see where they were installed in the first picture, above the connections up in the wheel well.