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#999051 Lifeguard (User) Alright everybody out of the pool. Platinum Boarder Posts: 1108 Bee hive taillight? 1 Year, 1 Month ago   Has anyone tried using a harley pan head style bee hive taillight on a R*? It will cover the 99-04 fender style tail light holes but I can't figure out if it will light up the license plate. The plate light looks like it may be a bit short of getting the light to the plate . Anyone ever try that light on a R* with the signal mustache in place?   Logged     The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness-Bruce Lee   The administrator has disabled public write access. #999060 cike (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3234 Re:Bee hive taillight? 1 Year, 1 Month ago   I tried a Harley tombstone style taillight. The radius shape of the back of it did not match the shape of the RS fender. I tried to make a back pad for it to keep the water out, but it never looked right and I ended up scraping the idea. Not sure if one from a panhead has the same radius as the newer bikes.   Logged     owning a motorcycles not a matter of life or death, its much more important than that   The administrator has disabled public write access. #999066 Lifeguard (User) Alright everybody out of the pool. Platinum Boarder Posts: 1108 Re:Bee hive taillight? 1 Year, 1 Month ago   No it is very different in shape. The 1930's and 1940's pan heads had rear fender lights that were long with deco style shape. I'm on.my phone so I can't post pictures of the bee hive light but here is a link to one. I'm not sure of the radius of the beehive compared to the tombstone. But if you could not get the tombstone radius to match maybe that is an issue. But with the beehive you actually could build up the pad to match the radius easier than a tombstone. How far off was the radius on the tomdst9ne you tried to mount? http://www.jpcycles.com/product/3400145?utm_term=%5B74947140370%3Aproduct_type_l1%3D%3Dvehicles%2520%26%2520parts%26%2520product_type_l2%3D%3Dland%2520vehicles%26%2520product_type_l3%3D%3Dmot&siteid=NB_G_PLA&product_id=3400145&adpos=1o5&creative=42616806730&device=m&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=Cj0KEQiAk5zEBRD9lfno2dek0tsBEiQAWVKyuEdw7ce2DB9vtmkqK9qeG0X2QulDY3m6ZLt7xq7lPeYaAgnU8P8HAQ   Logged     Last Edit: 2017/01/24 20:24 By Lifeguard.   The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness-Bruce Lee   The administrator has disabled public write access. #999143 cike (User) Platinum Boarder Posts: 3234 Re:Bee hive taillight? 1 Year, 1 Month ago   i'm not sure i remember right. I think it was about .125-.250 gap when the top and bottom was touching. (side view)   Logged     owning a motorcycles not a matter of life or death, its much more important than that   The administrator has disabled public write access. #999145 BubbaKahuna (User) No reasonable excuse for what I am about to do. Platinum Boarder Posts: 4607 Re:Bee hive taillight? 1 Year, 1 Month ago   Pretty sure our stock rear fenders have a much higher radius than anything HD has ever made. You could try sanding the light housing to radius by using double sided tape & sandpaper on the fender & rubbing the light housing (gutted) against it. If it's more than about 1/8" that could take a while but it should work.   Logged     This fits in here, right? I mean, I can make this fit in here ... right?   The administrator has disabled public write access. #999154 Lifeguard (User) Alright everybody out of the pool. Platinum Boarder Posts: 1108 Re:Bee hive taillight? 1 Year, 1 Month ago   cike wrote: i'm not sure i remember right. I think it was about .125-.250 gap when the top and bottom was touching. (side view) So the gap (side view) is in the middle of the light housing not touching and the top and bottom of the light housing are touching. Correct? That would require grinding down the top and bottom portions of the housing to allow the top, middle, and bottom section to then rest against the fender? Or are you thinking the other way around?   Logged     The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness-Bruce Lee   The administrator has disabled public write access. #999155 Lifeguard (User) Alright everybody out of the pool. Platinum Boarder Posts: 1108 Re:Bee hive taillight? 1 Year, 1 Month ago   BubbaKahuna wrote: Pretty sure our stock rear fenders have a much higher radius than anything HD has ever made. You could try sanding the light housing to radius by using double sided tape & sandpaper on the fender & rubbing the light housing (gutted) against it. If it's more than about 1/8" that could take a while but it should work. These lights are metal so the sanding becomes grinding which I am not opposed to doing. You just have to use patients to grind away a little at a time. I have done it with other parts on my bike taken from other manufacturers like Harley to modify the fit.   Logged     The usefulness of a cup is in its emptiness-Bruce Lee   The administrator has disabled public write access.

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