tail light mounting holes?

[maia]

Hi guys, I'm about to drill some new mounting holes in a rear fender that previously had a great huge hole but has now been patched. Can anyone give me a dimension, say from the bottom of the tail light mount to the bottom lip of the fender? Thanks

[Loudo]

Exactly five inches, along the curve of the fender.

[maia]

Great! Thanks a lot, I believe there was a gasket of sorts between the two bits and I've heard wet suit material will work, anyone have a suggestion? Thanks again Loudo.

[Loudo]

The parts catalog diagram does not show the presence of such a gasket, and my bike doesn't have one. Like yourself I think possibly maybe I might have heard of such a thing, perhaps. Wouldn't be a bad idea for vibration damping I suppose. I am by no means an expert on these bikes though....maybe models newer than mine had such gaskets but they weren't in the parts catalog.

[LOUD MOUSE]

No mounting gasket but there is a rubber plug sort of thing which has a hole for the wires to pass through and installs in the larger hole. ........lm

The parts catalog diagram does not show the presence of such a gasket, and my bike doesn't have one. Like yourself I think possibly maybe I might have heard of such a thing, perhaps. Wouldn't be a bad idea for vibration damping I suppose. I am by no means an expert on these bikes though....maybe models newer than mine had such gaskets but they weren't in the parts catalog.

[maia]

Thanks, I'll look for the grommet in my parts DVD which is coming in the mail. PS how's this for a resto project?

[Gunner_CAF]

Your bracket needs to be electrically grounded through the fender for the lights to work. This needs to be a good metal to metal connection or you need to run a ground wire.

Gunner