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Post by jon on Jul 9, 2022 8:45:10 GMT 1
I’m sure number plate size was discussed on here in the past, and the smallest legal size not being a fixed dimension as such, but being the character size and spacing.
I’ve search for it but cannot find it.
Was a company mentioned?
I have a severn digit plate with two 1’s in the 4 digit plate, so could get away with a small legal plate.
Jon
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Post by kirkhd on Jul 9, 2022 9:43:43 GMT 1
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Post by veg on Jul 9, 2022 9:49:17 GMT 1
Generally I think if you don’t take the piss size wise you’ll be ok. The problem is it’ll only ever be yellow back rats that do you for a small plate. They use it as a pretext for pulling you. The doing further checks, always used to find the dicks with tiny plates usually had loads more going on it just draws attention to you. Loud pipe fine, tiny plate what you hiding?
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Post by jon on Jul 9, 2022 10:03:22 GMT 1
I’ve read through those threads (and others) but they are all on about physical plate size. I’m sure it’s to do with character size and spacing and borders that determine the overall size. Jon
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Post by jon on Jul 9, 2022 10:06:37 GMT 1
Generally I think if you don’t take the piss size wise you’ll be ok. The problem is it’ll only ever be yellow back rats that do you for a small plate. They use it as a pretext for pulling you. The doing further checks, always used to find the dicks with tiny plates usually had loads more going on it just draws attention to you. Loud pipe fine, tiny plate what you hiding? I’d rather find out the smallest legal size for my reg numbers than chance a medium sized plate. I remember a sticker on the cover of a performance bikes magazine that read ‘loud pipes save lives’. How true Jon
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Post by jon on Jul 9, 2022 10:15:27 GMT 1
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Jul 9, 2022 10:18:11 GMT 1
I'm sure it's got to do with letter size and spacing
Something like the standard letters are made from 11mm lines, must be 11mm between them and border around them
Years ago I bought L7AYA simply because it would fit legally on a very small plate
Only bending of the rules was bikes are supposed to be over 2 or 3 lines so was technically not legal but as veg says it takes a psrticular type of officer to prosecute for that
Or they can't prove what they really stopped you for 😁
Steve
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Jul 9, 2022 10:26:24 GMT 1
I'll add that I no longer own the plate
20 years of accident free riding before it
Fitted it to my Fazer 1000 - binned it
Then fitted it to an R1 - binned it
Took it as a bad omen so let it go with the R1 after I'd repaired it (thank God for crash bungs 😅)
Strange thing is the R1 was mint, unrecorded accident and under 3000 miles
Within a couple of years Its changed to black and not been on the road for years - maybe the plate bad luck carried on 😬
They were also both metallic red so I am wary of owning another that colour 😆
Strange the little things that spook you 😱
Steve
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Post by jon on Jul 9, 2022 10:26:27 GMT 1
My reg number equates to the smallest legal plate being 194mm wide by 164mm high I think?
That works out around 7.5” by 6.5”.
Jon
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Post by veg on Jul 9, 2022 12:02:52 GMT 1
I remember a sticker on the cover of a performance bikes magazine that read ‘loud pipes save lives’. How true Jon[/quote] V true, if they get you noticed not a bad thing. The only time I was approached about my pipes was on a gsxr and my zrx both times by ex shift members who’d joined the yellow back rats, both times I told them to do one. Yellow back rats would do their own grannies for speeding. Generally not liked by any other dibble.
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Post by jon on Jul 9, 2022 12:35:51 GMT 1
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Post by ajh on Jul 9, 2022 16:26:18 GMT 1
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Post by tony2stroke on Jul 9, 2022 17:53:38 GMT 1
I'll add that I no longer own the plate 20 years of accident free riding before it Fitted it to my Fazer 1000 - binned it Then fitted it to an R1 - binned it Took it as a bad omen so let it go with the R1 after I'd repaired it (thank God for crash bungs 😅) Strange thing is the R1 was mint, unrecorded accident and under 3000 miles Within a couple of years Its changed to black and not been on the road for years - maybe the plate bad luck carried on 😬 They were also both metallic red so I am wary of owning another that colour 😆 Strange the little things that spook you 😱 Steve I have a "thing" about red bikes too, for the same reason, stacked 2, NVT50 right off and an AE80, "that" had already taken a friends arm (well paralyzed the left arm) in an earlier accident, never bought or will buy a red bike again.
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Post by tony2stroke on Jul 9, 2022 17:56:36 GMT 1
I bought a plate off him, good service, and a nice size plate too, I had a 1 in it so could be made smaller.
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Post by Gunny on Jul 14, 2022 19:07:42 GMT 1
Standard legal bike plate is 9x7 i buy 8x6 and never have any bother, it just looks better. Stopped using 6x4 when they put the fine up to £100
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