Numberplate Question - SV650.org

02-01-11, 07:33 PM

I'm making a tail tidy, you need a reflector for the MOT.

If you were to take a normal standard numberplate and stick a reflector onto it, but in between the lettering and the bottom of the numberplate, not obscuring any of the registration lettering, would that be legal?

For example, on this plate, sticking a rectangular reflector over the www.fun125.com lettering

Thanks

02-01-11, 07:36 PM

Sorry Ralph, dunno but plz post a piccy of it when you've done (post photoshop blur).

02-01-11, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fruity-ya-ya

Sorry Ralph, dunno but plz post a piccy of it when you've done (post photoshop blur).

Will do, but it's not an SV tail tidy BTW, it's for an XT600E

02-01-11, 07:40 PM

Np, love to see peeholes handy work!

andrewsmith · 02-01-11, 07:43 PM

Yes and number plate light if he decides to be arsy

02-01-11, 07:44 PM

A tail tidy for the SV wouldn't be difficult to make BTW, it's just a couple of bits of sheet metal cut to a template with a few straight bends. I recently sold one http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=159661 and it would have been very easy to fabricate a copy.

02-01-11, 07:46 PM

Number plate light I will have, it's built into the underside of the tail light, just that the numberplate will be hanging immediately below that tail light and not several inches below it. Reg plate will actually be better illuminated at night.

02-01-11, 07:47 PM

I had a strip reflector stuck on the bottom of my number plate for years, always passed mot, never got pulled for it, plate was 8"x6".

02-01-11, 07:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fruity-ya-ya

Np, love to see peeholes handy work!

You calling me a c**t?

You won't see anything TBH, the way the existing snow shovel bolts in, it will just need a rectangular piece of alumninum sheet with a straight 60 degree bend and holes in the right place to bolt into the subframe, the rear light, and to bolt on the numberplate. It will be hidden and none of the actual aluminium sheet will be showing unless you go sticking your head under the bike looking for it

andrewsmith · 02-01-11, 07:51 PM

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TAIL-TIDY-Univ...ht_2993wt_1121

I'm looking at one of these (making) and sticking the reflector on the plate or numberplate light

02-01-11, 07:33 PM	#1
-Ralph- Guest Posts: n/a	Numberplate Question I'm making a tail tidy, you need a reflector for the MOT. If you were to take a normal standard numberplate and stick a reflector onto it, but in between the lettering and the bottom of the numberplate, not obscuring any of the registration lettering, would that be legal? For example, on this plate, sticking a rectangular reflector over the www.fun125.com lettering Thanks Last edited by -Ralph-; 02-01-11 at 07:37 PM.

02-01-11, 07:36 PM	#2
Fruity-ya-ya Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Numberplate Question Sorry Ralph, dunno but plz post a piccy of it when you've done (post photoshop blur).

02-01-11, 07:40 PM	#4
Fruity-ya-ya Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Numberplate Question Np, love to see peeholes handy work!

02-01-11, 07:43 PM	#5
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Numberplate Question Yes and number plate light if he decides to be arsy __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

02-01-11, 07:44 PM	#6
-Ralph- Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Numberplate Question A tail tidy for the SV wouldn't be difficult to make BTW, it's just a couple of bits of sheet metal cut to a template with a few straight bends. I recently sold one http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=159661 and it would have been very easy to fabricate a copy.

02-01-11, 07:46 PM	#7
-Ralph- Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Numberplate Question Number plate light I will have, it's built into the underside of the tail light, just that the numberplate will be hanging immediately below that tail light and not several inches below it. Reg plate will actually be better illuminated at night.

02-01-11, 07:47 PM	#8
toxic Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Numberplate Question I had a strip reflector stuck on the bottom of my number plate for years, always passed mot, never got pulled for it, plate was 8"x6".

02-01-11, 07:51 PM	#10
andrewsmith Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, Just south of salad dodging country Posts: 7,750	Re: Numberplate Question http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TAIL-TIDY-Univ...ht_2993wt_1121 I'm looking at one of these (making) and sticking the reflector on the plate or numberplate light __________________ RIP Reeder 20/07/1988 - 21/03/2012. Always missed squire!!! Every year we meet old friends, gain some new ones, lose old ones and you always remember them all. “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi

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