Sometimes it's the little things

[Novice_imp]

I did the Chip Beck lic plate mod on my bike a while back. The dealership had given me a plastic chrome lic plate frame with their name on it when I bought the bike. The chrome didn't hold up too well. Chip had a nice small black frame around his plate and I liked that look. I asked at the dealership, and they didn't have any black frames and no offer to order me one. (Hmmpph parts people these days..order takers..certainly not salespeople. Customer service? What's that?)

So, I broke out the satin black spray paint and painted the chrome one black. (BTW please...nobody look at my lic number as I am paranoid)

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It looked alright. Better than the plastic chrome anyway, but I kept thinking about the thin one Chip had and how I liked that look better. Mine covered up half of the state name and part of the info on the registration stickers required by the state.

Saw some online but figured freight would be more than the lic plate frame itself. They showed online as being at Walmart but when I went up to the local one they weren't. Stopped at an Auto Zone on the off chance that they might have one. Nope.Today I went to Pep Boys and bought a new grease gun for my lawn tractor and mc trailer as my old one wore out. Paid for the grease gun, started to walk out, and remembered the frame. Asked at the counter and sure enough sales girl leads me back to the frames and there's a thin metal black one. Only $ 5.99. Sold.

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Took it home, made sure the holes lined up. They did (you can see where the old plate covered by the dirt line if you look close). As you can see you can now read Ohio and the lic registration stickers.
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Washed the plate with some Windex, mounted that baby up and waalaa


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Mucho better!




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Really ferret!? I'm disappointed. After 50 years of riding you of all people should know the only thing lamer than a dealer frame is a temp tag. It was one of the first things I bought. Picked one up for less than $10. It looks much better now!