UK sticker on bikes for Spain? - SV650.org

johnnyrod · 27-02-22, 08:22 AM

I'm going to Spain in September, so just been reading up on the requirements. The Euro/GB number plate badge doesn't cut it any more now that we are in the glorious post-Brexit wonderland of freedom etc. etc. so it needs to be a UK badge with a union jack. This is fine except for Spain, Cyprus or Malta, in which case you have to also have a UK sticker attached to the back end - any ideas on where to stick this?

Adam Ef · 27-02-22, 01:38 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnyrod

- any ideas on where to stick this?

70s inuendos and references to bureaucrat's posteriors aside...

Will you have any luggage on the bike that would have space for it?

johnnyrod · 27-02-22, 10:07 PM

Soft panniers

Ruffy · 28-02-22, 12:02 AM

My suggestion would be to stick it to a piece of plastic or light metal flat sheet bolted to or behind the number plate so that it is displayed just below the number plate. Think like a rear fender extender.

Adam Ef · 28-02-22, 08:04 AM

That's the only thing I can thing of too, other than a flag on a pole trailing behind you, which might be mistaken for an invasion.

garynortheast · 28-02-22, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by johnnyrod

......... any ideas on where to stick this?

Up Farage's rectum, along with a pineapple and De Feffel.

Sorry.....

johnnyrod · 03-03-22, 09:34 PM

Thanks all

johnnyrod · 07-03-22, 07:30 PM

Well I haven't found anything definite about needing an oval on the bike, everything says "vehicle". Also when I went in 2017 I had the EU/GB strip on my number plate, apparently I should also have had a GB oval for Spain - so the same rule as now (but UK), same for the other guys, but no one noticed.

Ruffy · 07-03-22, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by johnnyrod

Well I haven't found anything definite about needing an oval on the bike, everything says "vehicle". Also when I went in 2017 I had the EU/GB strip on my number plate, apparently I should also have had a GB oval for Spain - so the same rule as now (but UK), same for the other guys, but no one noticed.

Is it really worth the risk? "Bike" is a subset of "vehicle" - I think the rules apply to all types so you'll essentally be reliant on luck.

I suspect you'll be pretty annoyed if you get pulled - at the least it would cost you cash, time and create frustration that I bet you'd prefer to be without.

27-02-22, 08:22 AM	#1
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,126	UK sticker on bikes for Spain? I'm going to Spain in September, so just been reading up on the requirements. The Euro/GB number plate badge doesn't cut it any more now that we are in the glorious post-Brexit wonderland of freedom etc. etc. so it needs to be a UK badge with a union jack. This is fine except for Spain, Cyprus or Malta, in which case you have to also have a UK sticker attached to the back end - any ideas on where to stick this?

27-02-22, 10:07 PM	#3
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,126	Re: UK sticker on bikes for Spain? Soft panniers

28-02-22, 12:02 AM	#4
Ruffy Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: nr. Ashby-de-la-Zouch Posts: 328	Re: UK sticker on bikes for Spain? My suggestion would be to stick it to a piece of plastic or light metal flat sheet bolted to or behind the number plate so that it is displayed just below the number plate. Think like a rear fender extender. __________________ Spannering the wife's SV650S K5 pointy in Black, and son's SV650 X curvy in Blue. RIP SV650 X curvy, crashed and written off December 2019. I'm (procrastinating about) fixing up an old Yamaha FZ600 to get myself fully back on the road.

28-02-22, 08:04 AM	#5
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03-03-22, 09:34 PM	#7
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,126	Re: UK sticker on bikes for Spain? Thanks all

07-03-22, 07:30 PM	#8
johnnyrod Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Doncaster, oop norf Posts: 2,126	Re: UK sticker on bikes for Spain? Well I haven't found anything definite about needing an oval on the bike, everything says "vehicle". Also when I went in 2017 I had the EU/GB strip on my number plate, apparently I should also have had a GB oval for Spain - so the same rule as now (but UK), same for the other guys, but no one noticed.

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