So, we got the kid a Talaria Sting for his 15:th birthday and soon thereafter he flipped it while trying to wheelie. It’s bound to happen and with the original tail ”extension” on the Talaria the entire rear is scrap after such an incident. Tail light, indicators, subframe.. everything is scratched, crushed or bent.

I didn’t get to take any pictures of the bike in that state but after removing the damaged parts and making a quick fix, this is what it looked like.

It’s mostly alright and usable but unfortunately the plate hits the rear wheel when compressing the suspension all the way, and that won’t work. So I started working on an upgrade.

Since the tail light got shattered I started designing a new light that would integrate to the rear part:

I then designed a plate holder with the integrated tail light and holders for the indicators. I made the indicator holders from TPU so they’d rather bend than cause the indicators to break when hitting stuff..

The light casing is made from transparent PLA, even though it looks more white. The light shines through OK but I’ll try tweaking the settings to getting a more transparent print. The lower threads are for bolting the plate to and the light has three integrated white LED:s to illuminate the plate.

Everything is connected using JST-connectors so next crash it’s going to be a quick job replacing whatever’s broken

I’ll post an update when this is mounted on the bike. I might have to adjust the angle of the plate to get it perfect but with this being the longer fender we’ve got a lot more clearance than with the original short one.