Flag Mount for desert

[bates393]

If you guys are like me you hate to see your bike plastic get all jacked up for no reason. When I mounted the whip flag for the dunes on my bike on the rear axle bolt it was scratching my silencer and plastic all up. Here is what I did to fix the problem.
1. I drilled a 1/8 in hole about a 1/4 in from the end of the stinger.
2. I then ran a normal key ring through the hole in the stinger.
3. I then reamed the mounting bracket hole out so it would sit behind the axle nut better without hitting the axle nut everytime I turned it.
4. I then wrapped the flag stick with some duct tape in the area it will rub on the key ring.
5. Lastly I feed the flag through the key ring and mount on the bracket.

This works great. No more jacked up plastic from a flag. The best part is when you take the keyring out and the bracket off there are no visible blemishes on the bike. I have some pics that I will post the URL as soon as they are posted.

[bates393]

Here are the links to the pictures of the flag mount:

http://bates68.zwoody.com/images/Stinger.jpg
http://bates68.zwoody.com/images/bracket_1.jpg
http://bates68.zwoody.com/images/bracket_2.jpg

[Woody_393]

Very nice.

I will have to do the same on mine, since it totally sucks if you don't do something about it. You can't even tighten the thing down.

Good Work.

[bates393]

One thing I think could be improve on is my rough reaming on the bracket. All I had was a drill bit so I made due....but if you had a file or something else you could make the bracket look and fit a lot better.

[Woodro]

I don't get out to ride the dunes much but when i do i use the axle mount bracket as well. but i turn the axle backwards that way the flag stays in between the left number plate and rear fender. I don't know if you are suppose to turn the axle around or not, any comments would be appreciated. thanks mike.

[Woody_393]

I don't see why that would be a big deal. I don't claim to have any knowledge on this though. But it seems like it shouldn't hurt anything.

[bates393]

Good idea as well Mike. One thing I forgot to do was take the bracket off before I went riding mx this weekend. I had the bike washout in some turns and bent the bracket.. Time to get the pliers out now and bent it back to normal.