numberplates, again

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.

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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Originally Posted by Welsh_Wizard

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..

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

Originally Posted by Welsh_Wizard

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..

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

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.

Originally Posted by Dicky Ticker

THERE IS NO LAW OR DEFINITION STATING THAT 9"X7" IS THE REQUIRED LEGAL SIZE and if I am wrong will somebody please tell me the relevant law or construction and use regulation.
The law defines the shape,reflective quality, font and spacing plus
the name of the manufacturer,meaning that if you have a seven digit number your plate will be bigger than a six or five digit number which can be a smaller plate but still conform to the legal requirement

Originally Posted by Luckypants

Thank you, saved me having a rant! It is about letter size and spacing not the size of your plate.

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

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

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

more revenue for the coffers.

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!