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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 03:55 PM
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I have a road 6 curved license plate bracket. The curve is pretty heavy on it. I ordered a curved plate frame with led's from custom dynamics and the curve on their frame is no where near where I need it to be to work on the bracket. Does any one know if any one makes one like it with a curve like the road 6 bracket? I attached a pic of the frame so you can see what I am looking for.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 05:59 PM
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maybe give Road 6 a shout, see if they have a lead on anything. Most of the radius frames I found are more for lay down fender mount set ups and touring bikes. I decided to run mine without a frame and got some wing-nuts for kind of a raw look
 
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 06:25 PM
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Just get some LED bolts instead
 
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 06:44 PM
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Brett, Im pretty sure thats what I have is for the fender. Cool idea with the wingnuts.

Kozy, thats what I have right now. I think it will look better with a frame though.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 08:43 PM
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I ended up using a plain metal frame and was able to easily form it to the same curve as the Road6 and give it a clean finished look. Never could find anything with lights that I could form. LED bolt lights would be a nice touch.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2013 | 08:54 PM
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I went that route and tried to force the frame on and it broke. So now I have a Kuryakyn curved vertical lighted frame.
 
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I have the same curved mount, and ended up running the wire for the light along the inside of my belt guard, securing the wire in some door trim attached with 3M tape. I picked up a small, side mount LED light and mounted that on the inside of the guard. You can't even tell that the light is mounted inside, but it lights up the plate plenty at night.

I like how the plate looks without a frame, so this may not be applicable for your situation. It may, however, be a cheap solution for your light, also allowing you do get a frame (without lights) that you can heat up and form on your own.
 
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