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REGIONAL FORUMS => UNITED KINGDOM/IRELAND => Topic started by: billythefish on May 20, 2005, 07:51:27 AM

Title: number plates
Post by: billythefish on May 20, 2005, 07:51:27 AM

what size number plates have you got? and have you had any problems from plod?
I've just ordered a 7x4, so i can put it up high then lift turn signals and trim bottom of mudguard.
gotta look better than the standard (legal) one.


(http://www.mcgurgan.co.uk/eurotrip.jpg)

Title: number plates
Post by: Red01 on May 20, 2005, 08:02:22 PM

Sad you guys have to have such huge signboards hangin' on the back of your rides... then to add insult to injury, you have to buy your own plates on top of the rego.

Here in the States, the state issues you a plate and it's a nice small one.

(http://banditmotorcycles.com/v-web/gallery/albums/album16/banditman.jpg)

(Not my bike, but I like the pic and it shows the average US-sized m/c plate)

Title: number plates
Post by: billythefish on May 21, 2005, 10:59:11 AM

new plate fitted and about 2 1/2" cut off the bottom of the plastic.
much better imo  :banana:

(http://www.mcgurgan.co.uk/number.jpg)

Title: number plates
Post by: Jacknife on May 22, 2005, 04:44:38 AM

Have had this one out with a cop. I have the smaller plate same as your's, and was a bit suss on what I'ed get pulled for, so I ask a bike copper! he told me "as long as we can read it" as in non of the phucked up letters we can have fitted in the plate. if its the standard type face no problems. If you do get pulled its only a £30 fixed fine, no points. :beers:

Title: number plates
Post by: victor55 on May 24, 2005, 06:17:37 AM

Hey Billy,

Is that a resonalised Europlate?

My old UK plate was PYE199R, so have things changed since 1976?

 :?:  :?:

Title: number plates
Post by: victor55 on May 24, 2005, 06:24:13 AM

Plates in NZ are limited to 2 sizes.

You can have the one like mine shown below or one the same size as the first pic of your bike b4 you cut it down (UK style)

(http://img266.echo.cx/img266/9009/i82q29ef.th.jpg) (http://img266.echo.cx/my.php?image=i82q29ef.jpg)

In any case you are only allowed up to 5 characters (personalised or not) and they must be the regulation sized characters

Sounds sort of draconoian but thats NZ for you

Title: number plates
Post by: aussiebandit on May 24, 2005, 06:38:15 AM

Ours in Oz are quite a bit smaller - probably the same as Reds..

Title: number plates
Post by: victor55 on May 24, 2005, 06:46:37 AM

I think ours are large so that the blind Feds can see them easily :shock:

Title: number plates
Post by: aussiebandit on May 24, 2005, 06:54:08 AM

Hey at least you're Government isn't seriously considering FRONT number plates - god forbid it should ever become a reality.

Title: number plates
Post by: billythefish on May 29, 2005, 02:53:22 PM

Quote from: "victor55"

Hey Billy,

Is that a resonalised Europlate?

My old UK plate was PYE199R, so have things changed since 1976?

 :?:  :?:

not much has changed since 76. the R on the end of your old plate was the year but now they actually put the year as the 3rd and 4th digits, the first 2 are the region it was bought and the last 3 letters i photoshopped  off the photo for security, the newest thing here is copying peoples numbers so they get all your speeding fines, due to all the speed cameras going up
. not sure what you mean by "resonalised"  :?:

Title: number plates
Post by: victor55 on May 30, 2005, 09:40:39 PM

Billy - for reasonalised read personalised, the reason I asked was that BF might have had something to do with your non-de-plume?

My keyboard skills are a bit wanting late at night