Just switched to Dunlop Roadsmart 3 190/55 and ended up with the license plate like this (see picture) after some "not so hard" acceleration.
Didn't change suspension settings and this never happened with 190/50 tires. I have to admit that I do have a fender eliminator + Denali B6 Auxiliary LED License Plate Brake Light.
You need to pull (bend) the bottom of your plate out toward the rear a bit more AND add some more preload to your rear shock. I had the same 'issue' on an FZ-1 after doing a fender eliminator on it. Everything was fine until I put a Ventura bag on the bike and went to visit a friend in Tennessee. Hit a bump and...plate got caught and bent like yours. A little bending of the plate out of the way and some more pre-load dialed in and problem was resolved for good.
Way too close given the amount of suspension travel you have, you need to pull the plate backwards and have it angled at the bottom to increase the gap.
Did you recently have something on the rear that isn't usually there. . Like say.. a tidy female? Give me her bra size and phone number and I'll sort it out for you mate
That aux light on the bottom isn't doing you any favors on clearance for sure. I'd say remove it or do the bending thing. You could always go back to the stock undertail.
that aux light may save my life one of these day...who knows, so out of question removing it. I just didn't know that 190/55 is so much taller than 190/50. I will try to add some preload and see how it does.
I was wondering the same thing. I'm assuming no news is good news?
More pre-load and bending the plate back and up a bit will 'fix it' so probably not much more to talk about.
I felt the same as the OP when my FZ-1 plate got bent. It just didn't seem likely/possible. But there it was. Schizen happens. You tinker with what the OEM built, there is always the potential for unintended consequences.
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