Saul Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I remember back in the day you could get smaller rear plates for bikes in UK, is that still a thing or illegal now. No strong feelings about it just a passing thought I had today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 Oh so illegal. The dimensions for a UK number plate lettering and board size is very specific, it’s points n fine worthy of breached. If it’s a private plate (ie not the number originally assigned at registration) your purchased plate reg is simply on loan to you and breaching the plate law can see your plate reg taken back! In reality you can minimise the size of the plate (the large yellow backing part) and keep the letters to the legal size without it obviously making a difference to the appearance while still improving the aesthetics If you change the colours, font or size of type face you’re asking for it! ps the rules are different for vintage bikes! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 Thanks, won't be changing anything then 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 It would look a bit weird on an RE as well I'd have thought! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saul Posted October 20, 2022 Author Share Posted October 20, 2022 Just now, XTreme said: It would look a bit weird on an RE as well I'd have thought! Yeah probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I have a ‘show plate’ ie not a road legal plate for skinny arsed bike of mine. It has legal size letters on a smaller yellow back plate. It looks all legal and dandy (only used on private roads and at shows not road legal obvs ). i reckon of you’re after the retro just about legal look reducing the size of the backplate (not the font size by more than 1-2mm) is worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 If you're showing your license plate numbers anyway, why risk getting a ticket? If you want to avoid cameras and stuff like that, on weekends the tape over the plate thing or national flag tied from blinker to blinker is still common here for people riding fast on motorways. No use for those on a Royal Enfield, obviously, as the only place they can speed through is a school zone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 I have a small(er) plate on my Donkey , legal size is 9x7'' . I have a 7x5'' but swap it out at MOT time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 26 minutes ago, Pedro said: If you're showing your license plate numbers anyway, why risk getting a ticket? If you want to avoid cameras and stuff like that, on weekends the tape over the plate thing or national flag tied from blinker to blinker is still common here for people riding fast on motorways. No use for those on a Royal Enfield, obviously, as the only place they can speed through is a school zone. You’d get ripped to shreds here if you obscured or obviously altered your no plate in anyway. A bit of mud is enough for a fine. An easy nick with hefty consequences. @Saul ignore the witticisms re Royal Enfield the comments are not made from any actual experience… and.. umm .. you can get a speeding ticking on a bicycle so there’s that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 6 minutes ago, Slowlycatchymonkey said: You’d get ripped to shreds here if you obscured or obviously altered your no plate in anyway. You would here too, that's why they put sticky tape while they're on the motorway going past cameras and toll booths and while it's easy to run from cops, and it's back to a normal plate in town and where cops can fine you. On your hipster plate, you can neither run away or avoid a ticket when you're stopped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted October 20, 2022 Share Posted October 20, 2022 18 minutes ago, Pedro said: You would here too, that's why they put sticky tape while they're on the motorway going past cameras and toll booths and while it's easy to run from cops, and it's back to a normal plate in town and where cops can fine you. On your hipster plate, you can neither run away or avoid a ticket when you're stopped. Sticky tape would be a full blown car/helicopter chase here cos obviously you’re a drug runner/vehicle theft type. Spose it’s different if you live in a place not covered with cameras. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 A while back we had a guy turn up at work on a Super Tenere, he was going to get a custom map on the dyno. As I helped to push his bike up the ramp I told him that his number plate was missing. He knew and had ridden up from Taunton like that (about 35 miles), when I enquired about him being worried about getting a pull from the police he said 'I am a policeman ' . You couldn't make it up 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 On the way here yesterday Mr Slowly was overtaking a lorry and a white merc flew up behind him at lightning speed and sat about an inch off his rear wheel flashing his lights to get out of the way. He was mid way alongside the lorry so I don’t know where the prat thought he could go. Mr Slowly considered slowing down to annoy him but decided it would be better to stay alive and before he’d even got back across the white line the Merc pushed up the inside inches from him. I saw all of this in my mirrors, it made my blood boil so gave the appropriate hand gestures as he passed then noticed his tiny red n white almost impossible to read number plate. Apparently Diplomats are so exempt from behaving decently they have different coloured plates so no-one can stop them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 I have no knowledge on this subject at all 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Just now, Sir Fallsalot said: I have no knowledge on this subject at all The thread topic isn't Combs you know! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted October 21, 2022 Share Posted October 21, 2022 Motorcyle plates StateSide are the perfect siZe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 On 21/10/2022 at 16:09, XTreme said: The thread topic isn't Combs you know! 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Sir Fallsalot said: That's not even photoshopped, he took that yesterday with his box brownie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 Anyway, I'm back to a full sized legal plate on the donkey, it's even had an identity change 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted October 22, 2022 Share Posted October 22, 2022 25 minutes ago, boboneleg said: Anyway, I'm back to a full sized legal plate on the donkey, it's even had an identity change It identifies as a Yamaha now 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busabeast Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 14 hours ago, Sir Fallsalot said: Definitely died his hair 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 14 hours ago, boboneleg said: Anyway, I'm back to a full sized legal plate on the donkey, it's even had an identity change That’s not legal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Fallsalot Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 On 20/10/2022 at 21:08, Slowlycatchymonkey said: Oh so illegal. The dimensions for a UK number plate lettering and board size is very specific, it’s points n fine worthy of breached. If it’s a private plate (ie not the number originally assigned at registration) your purchased plate reg is simply on loan to you and breaching the plate law can see your plate reg taken back! In reality you can minimise the size of the plate (the large yellow backing part) and keep the letters to the legal size without it obviously making a difference to the appearance while still improving the aesthetics If you change the colours, font or size of type face you’re asking for it! ps the rules are different for vintage bikes! New vehicles 2022 on have to comply to BS AU 145e now which also includes private plates on new vehicles which means the Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras can detect them easier. you must also display The name of the business that supplied them. The postcode of that business. The name of the licence plate manufacturer. and your supposed to keep them clean so that's me fucked then LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 They have to have the British standard number on them as well now. You can’t make your own anymore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slowlycatchymonkey Posted October 23, 2022 Share Posted October 23, 2022 2 minutes ago, Buckster said: They have to have the British standard number on them as well now. You can’t make your own anymore. When did that happen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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