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Old Jan 12, 2017 | 07:56 PM
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Anyone have any suggestions for a lay down plate withou drilling the fender?id like the whole pate to be up on the fender but so far this is as close of a mount as I can find.



This is more of the look I am going for to use with a Custom Dynamics plate frame.
 
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Old Jan 12, 2017 | 08:19 PM
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Not without drilling.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2017 | 11:16 AM
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nice fanny pack, lol
 
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Old Jan 13, 2017 | 01:20 PM
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Old Jan 19, 2017 | 07:54 PM
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I have always just put the stock mount in the vise and crunched it down to my liking.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2017 | 01:14 PM
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I took a 1/16 thick stainless steel plate the correct size & formed it to fit fender radious . Then I drilled the three hole pattern that is in the fender . Then I plug welded 1/4" studs into the holes I drilled . made a 1/4" thick rubber spacer to go between plate I made & the fender . Drilled the four corners of the plate I made to accept the license plate . I used a small Harley chrome frame for the license plate .
 
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Old Jan 20, 2017 | 01:22 PM
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OP has a slim.

Slim doesn't have the 3-hole pattern in the fender.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2017 | 01:38 PM
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he may just be SOL
 
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Old Jan 20, 2017 | 01:43 PM
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Magnets could work. But then you have to worry about theft.
 
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Old Jan 20, 2017 | 01:50 PM
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why not just side mount it to your axle. would love to do that if i didn't have to fix the holes in the fender
 
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