UPDATE: Fucker gets the zip tie treatment. I zip tied the shit out of it so we’ll see lmao. The springs are unfortunately too long for the reflectors with the springs. Also I think one of the main issues is that the washers that come with these reflectors are way too goddamn small for the hole they sit in on my bike. So idk.
I’m pissed af right now! Took the cover off to ride to work this morning and saw it was missing. I have no idea when it fell off.
I should have known this would happen…the plate would always get caught and slightly dislodged while putting on and taking off the cover. And the shitty thumb screws seemed like they could easily loosen with vibration. I have no idea why it doesn’t have a more secure attachment point.
No idea how long it will take to get a new one either. At least I took the day off tomorrow morning so I can fuck around a bit. Looks like I can likely file for a new one at my DMV without a police report, but I might try to report it to the police anyway as per some other randoms on the internet.
When I get a new one, that fucker is getting fucking zip tied on this time. No more shitty thumb screws.
It would have been such a nice morning ride into work too.
Interesting. I’ve not used the type with the spring before. I just bought a bunch of shit on Amazon so we’ll see if something helps. I went with a silicone backing plate instead of an aluminum one. Might wear out quick but my thought is to dampen the vibrations. Idk. Got me a new plate today too!
I’m not sure how well silicone will work. This is the setup on one of my bikes.
The original bracket is just at the top and would only support the top of the plate. I’ve attached my backing plate with long screws so even if it gets loose you have quite a bit of time to notice before it falls off. I don’t have any tire clearance issues. My swing arm would have to break off for the tire to get close to any of that stuff.
I counter-sunk the screws into the plate on the front side and hung another reflector off the bottom. Now I have a nice full plate mount. That plate is 4-5x thicker than the metal license plate. Nothing is or ever has been loose.
Nice setup. I don’t know if I’m going to resort to something like that quite yet, but we’ll see!