[yorkie_chris]

Both ends will be under-sprung for you at that weight, and will massively benefit from some heavier springs and oil.

The brakes are fine, it's just the forks that don't give you the same control of braking power as a more modern set of forks do.

There's laws about the size of number plates, lots of people put smaller than legal plates on their bikes because they look better, that's what an illegal plate is.