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hi all just wondering as i hear on the "grape vine" two different things regarding num plates. well if you have a small 1 an get pulled by the police i know its £30 fine an whatever but my mate is sayin its now 3 points too. is this correct or just a load of cob?

Mostly Crap News printed that you'll now get 3 points for it but its 100% not true. You will not get points for small plates

ah result. your sure of this thoe.
it does your nut in thoe with all this flyin round. althoe i did think 3 points was a touch harsh.

they will give a chance to rectify first id have thought. chances are MCN printed that as a result of some twat who was acting like a pratt, which ended up in him receiving 3 points then got done for a small plate too. It then gets sensationalised by a paper and too many people believe what they read.

*cough* More Crap 'n' Nonsense

i've got a 5x7 plate with blood dripping font............ what the hell?

masterofinsanity wrote:i've got a 5x7 plate with blood dripping font, hanging sideways by one screw from the tail unit............ what the hell?

you forgot that bit...

not now mate, it fell off again on sunday so i had the whole rear end off and redone the fixings.

You cant get 3 points whatever you do, even if you kick up a fuss you wont have 3 points for small plates. What they might do is force you to put a new MOT on the bike (to check everything else is legal) whats annoying if you only just got one done..

Hi,

What's the legal size then? 9x7 aint it?

Think I have a 8x6 or 7x5 on my mine.


Well, I know the plate size isn't legal but the font size is. I once got pulled over for doing 70 in a 30 zone (boyracer in a scooby was giving me stick) and the officer checked over my bike and he didn't even notice my plate smaller then the normal size which I can't remember what it is now. He even thought my bike was a 600 I tried telling him it's a zxr400 but he wouldn't have non of it.

But yeah tbh even if you did get pulled for a stupidly small plate, the most they can do is give you a producer, slap on the wrist and check over ya bike and maybe a MOT re-test like rene said. I know for sure my plate isn't legal but the police take no notice

Regards

Rich

i also wondered about black visors but the link below explains about small plates and black visors

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/ ... =EPI-90160

gem

oh sound then i take it that will apply to irridium visors too then. ill defo get one now.

Gemini wrote:i also wondered about black visors but the link below explains about small plates and black visors

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/News/ ... =EPI-90160

gem

two points:

a) It's in More Crap 'n' Nonsense.

b) ACPO guidelines are not law, and individual forces are not required to follow the guidelines. Non-conforming plates and dark visors are still illegal, and you can still be prosecuted for them, and there's evidence that several forces have ignored the ACPO recommendation.