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My bike is currently legal in regards to number plate and exhaust (no tax disc on it though) - but only because it had an MOT last weekend and I am off into Wales tomorrow. Since Welsh plod have a reputation - and there will be a group of us - I am assuming we will get pulled at some point during the day.

I have had an 8x6 since I bought the bike, which was swapped for a 7x5 by a friend as a wedding present (matching his n hers plates...)

The 7x5 will go back on, and the baffle will come out but not until sunday.

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Never understood the fascination with smaller plates - not as if it makes you go any faster. Maybe you get a small benefit in the looks department but a £60 hit on your wallet far outweighs the benefit..

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i think its worth the 60 quid lol and it does look neat ... not to small just 7x5 is just right ,

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It's only recently £60 (up from £30) and remember you have to do a risk assessment ;)

It probably comes out that the true cost averages at £1.50 (across all people with small plates) ;)

I would then say that is worth it :p

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These threads are so funny... it is the same the world over. My plate is the standard 7x3 6 digit government issue plate and people still want to make them smaller.

I don't get it either.

Cheers

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I got a £30 fine and swapped it to the smallest legal size I could go.

I have 6.5 x 6.5, becauseI only have 6 digits and some of them consist of 1's It can legally be fairly small anyway.

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Yep thats right.. and don't forget, if you bike was registered before Sept. 2001 then you can have the text over 3 lines like -

ABC
123
DE

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I've gone back to the 9x7 after being stopped by the rozzers on the day the £60 fine came in. Had a 7x5 on at the time and was lucky he just gave me a rectification notice. As others have said, it definitely isn't worth the hassle being stopped etc for a couple of inches ;)

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and now that they can raise 60 quid a pop , i guess more will be getting pulled for them.

more revenue for the coffers.

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Went for a bimble out in wales yesterday...had a chat with plod at Ponderosa. He said that plates would definately get a tug - although he wasn't pulling people himself that day as he was just talking to riders on the car park. I did get the feeling that his unmarked collegues would be keen though.

OT - He told us which unmarked cars were out, how to identify them (Octavias, no aerials but they had dog guards in the back) and where the cameras were. He also suggested a different way home for some good roads...he wasn't wrong!