Can't Remove License Plate
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RE: Can't Remove License Plate
ORIGINAL: tmoreau
I have an 07 Ultra and need to remove the license plate so I can install a vanity plate. I keep turning the bolt but it doesn't come out. I can barely feel behind the plate and it seems like there is a nut back there. I don't seem to be able to get a crescent wrench in there to hold the nut. I tried to remove the bracket from the tour pack but the nut turns and doesn't back out.
What's the trick here?
I have an 07 Ultra and need to remove the license plate so I can install a vanity plate. I keep turning the bolt but it doesn't come out. I can barely feel behind the plate and it seems like there is a nut back there. I don't seem to be able to get a crescent wrench in there to hold the nut. I tried to remove the bracket from the tour pack but the nut turns and doesn't back out.
What's the trick here?
Use the tools that came with your bike. Put a flathead screwdriver into the head of the screw (if that’s the type of head it uses) then hold the bolt in the back with the proper sized wrench and turn the screw head left. It will come loose. You may have to jiggle the license plate holder in order to get the bolt loose enough to pull out. Then, repeat the process in reverse to attach vanity plate.
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From: elkton, va
RE: Can't Remove License Plate
ORIGINAL: azhole
Just glue the new one over the top of the old one, or put a side mount on, and just spray paint over the old plate...[:'(]
Just glue the new one over the top of the old one, or put a side mount on, and just spray paint over the old plate...[:'(]
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Tourer
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From: Toronto, ON Canada
RE: Can't Remove License Plate
ORIGINAL: azhole
Just glue the new one over the top of the old one, or put a side mount on, and just spray paint over the old plate...[:'(]
Just glue the new one over the top of the old one, or put a side mount on, and just spray paint over the old plate...[:'(]
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Tourer
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From: Toronto, ON Canada
RE: Can't Remove License Plate
ORIGINAL: Qball
Maybe it's that metric thing up there in Canada.
Maybe it's that metric thing up there in Canada.
Speaking of metric, it's a shame that HD didn't put a mph scale on the Canadian bikes. That way, you wouldn't have to do mental math when you ride in the US. I noticed the US models didn't have km/h either. Cars do - on both sides of the border.
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Tourer
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From: Toronto, ON Canada
RE: Can't Remove License Plate
ORIGINAL: Sanebiker
Use the tools that came with your bike. Put a flathead screwdriver into the head of the screw (if that’s the type of head it uses) then hold the bolt in the back with the proper sized wrench and turn the screw head left. It will come loose. You may have to jiggle the license plate holder in order to get the bolt loose enough to pull out. Then, repeat the process in reverse to attach vanity plate.
Use the tools that came with your bike. Put a flathead screwdriver into the head of the screw (if that’s the type of head it uses) then hold the bolt in the back with the proper sized wrench and turn the screw head left. It will come loose. You may have to jiggle the license plate holder in order to get the bolt loose enough to pull out. Then, repeat the process in reverse to attach vanity plate.
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Tourer
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RE: Can't Remove License Plate
Truth be told, I removed and re-installed one of the cylinder heads on the Gold Wing, in addition to other work. The complicated stuff is easy. It's the simple stuff that takes the most time.
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RE: Can't Remove License Plate
ORIGINAL: tmoreau
Truth be told, I removed and re-installed one of the cylinder heads on the Gold Wing, in addition to other work. The complicated stuff is easy. It's the simple stuff that takes the most time.
Truth be told, I removed and re-installed one of the cylinder heads on the Gold Wing, in addition to other work. The complicated stuff is easy. It's the simple stuff that takes the most time.
If I may ask, why do you want a lic. plate that says Vanity??