The truck decision

Not sure of the rules today, but in Victoria years ago, the mudguard had to
come down level with the axle
As most of the bikes had shortened guards, Peter Stevens came up with the
idea of hanging a rubber Peter Stevens mudguard from the tip of the metal
guard, which overcame the problem

 

And when you look in the mirror?

What the hell is a tail-tidy?

Theo

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Just an adddition to the non-existant rear guard, with a plate bracket and
lights

http://www.motodeluxe.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=48&products_id=209

http://www.amcmotorcycles.com/contents/en-uk/d704_mad_doc_Tail_Tidies.html

 

I certainly don't miss the weather. I remember last time I was over I borrowed
a mates bike and had to scrape ice off the seat to sit on it. Not something I
would ever have to do in Perth.

Tail tidies are a big target here for the cops. It's gotten so bad a bike
forum I am on has a register of people with standard mudguards that people can
borrow to go over the pits. Ridiculous.

Fraser

 

what makes tail tidies illegal?

 

In WA the mudguard has to extend 45 degrees of the rear wheel. Shorten your
mudguard and you get pineappled.

Fraser

 

I've never understood "tail-tidies".
Mudguards didn't just form as some sort of by-product of the
manufacturing process. They are there to guard the rest of your bike
from mud, dirt and crap. I just think "wanker" when I see a
mudguardless rear......

..... and when I see tiny short-stalk indicators....
....and when I see indicating tail-lights...
....and when I see coloured fairing screens....
....and when I smaller morrors and a host of other "make your bike less
functional for looks" mods that the kiddies do to their bikes.

 

And when you look in the mirror?

What the hell is a tail-tidy?

Theo

 

And when I read cheap-shot replies...

 

It started with people trimming the large, often ugly rear plastic
mudguards and progressed to relacing the stock blinkers with neater,
smaller ones.

The long mudguards are often no longer functionaly needed with huggers
available for many bikes.

Now there are whole kits called 'tail tidies' to make the job easier.

G-S

 

A wanker wouldn't see anything in the mirror, cuz he would have gorn
blind, just as the Sunday School Teacher always warned would happen if
you did that.

--
Regards

Andrew

[Using his magnifying spectacles]

 

Thanks for the link George. I'll try to resist buying one.

I did buy a hugger for the Norge a couple of years ago.

Theo

 

You're a hoon, Theo.

 

AKA fender eliminators.

Fraser

 

A fender eliminator doesn't normally have blinker mounts.


G-S