7x5 plate and the Law?

[L3nny]

One of the downsides of working night shifts is you tend to spend a bit of time on Ebay half asleep and making questionable purchases.

My bike came with some ghey Red Dragon and letters in some extinct language on the number plate so I decided to get one of those cheap show plates off ebay.

I ordered 7" x 5" as there was a 8x6 on there before so I though, what difference is an inch either side??

Anyway it came through the post today and it looks a lot smaller than I was expecting.

So I know this plate isn't technically legal but is it worth putting on the bike? Am I likely to get pulled by every do-nut muncher I pass? Will it pass the MOT?

If I do get stopped what are the usual penalties?

Cheers.

[SoulKiss]

The only person that got pulled on AR10 was for a too small number plate.

It wont get you through an MOT

Penalties are a £60 donation to the local Police Force, and probably the inconvenience of having to produce your documents at a station.

No points tho.

If it was me i wouldn't fit it. All its going to do is draw more attention to you from plod giving them a reason to pull you over and possibly finding other things wrong with your bike

i have been tempted to get the same size plate, as on certain bikes still looks legal (in my opinion). but i do agree if you have a noisey exhaust and a small number plate your asking for trouble.

so i went for the noisy exhaust only option. and everytime i pass a police officer i get the dirtiest looks you can imagine.

[tigersaw]

I have 7x5 on both trail bikes.
Pass MOT's OK.
Got pulled a while ago (for just being plain silly and using the verge as a road) and they had a good poke around and didn't mention it.
I reckon so long as it looks sensible you'll be ok.

My 7 x 5 plates pass MOTs and never had a problem

[L3nny]

Well I already have the loud exhaust and normally ride with a black visor so there is plenty I can be pulled for if the copper is in a bad mood.

Just chucked it on. Here is the old one, still illegal in face probably more so as the font isn't standard and it has a honeycomb background but it's a bit larger.



And here is the new one. IMO the new one looks clearer. I'll stick with it for now. May get a standard size one if the paranoia get to me too much lol.



Oh and yes I know the back lights are rubbish and are held in place with tape! That's the next job.

Your DOOMED--DOOMED I say

Looks fine to me.
Rather than looking like a poof with that stupid dragon on the plate!

[Luckypants]

If you had gone for one without the border, it would look a bit bigger and be less likely to attract attention. But it looks fine to me but I ride a bike....