Exhaust and Number Plates - Police view

Originally Posted by hall13uk

so what would most people say was a acceptatable size for a plate, ie not taking the pee but not standard either.

Originally Posted by northwind (is lovely)

I think mine is 7x5, either that or 7.5 x 5.5, and I've never had any problems with it- despite being stopped a couple of times for other things. It's noticably smaller but it's not stupidly small

I'd guess either 7x5 or 7.5x5.5 is an acceptable shrink without taking the pee

Originally Posted by jim@55

what he said................... i want to know as well

the two jims need to know

[northwind]

7.5 by 5.5 looks like this:



(any excuse to show off the bike!)

6x4 looks like this:


IMO looks a bit daft- seems like I'm used to decent sized plates, so really small now looks as bad to me as really big.

Is it legal to have a motorcycle plate with the "GB" text and Euro stars on the left side of the plate?

YES

does the plate have to be wider to make space for the "GB" strip otherwise the letters are squeezed together?

[Spiderman]

a good site to answer these questions peeps http://www.malplates.co.uk/plates.php

I bought mine from them. Its a "show plate" and a flexi 7x5.

I think most police officers these days are pretty fair (well the one's I've met). I've worn a dark visor and not been done for it despite being pulled by police for routine checks for stolen bikes etc. They also checked my can over which was had the baffle removed and was pretty loud but as it had no markings on it (i.e. did not say not for road use) they said it was fine. I tend not to wear shades anymore, I nearly lost an ey when I had a crash with sun glasses on. So if it's bright I wear my visor. I'd rather pay the fine than loose an eye thanks.

Good thread!

i think my plate maybe getting smaller

Originally Posted by hall13uk

i think my plate maybe getting smaller

Damn your plate is shrinking too?!! I reckon it's this cold weather!