Plate positioning

**sAsLEX** · 30th August 2005, 19:49

Originally Posted by White trash

Funkyfly has a fucken good plate setup on his Gixxer. Sensei may have a pic. Also, the wicked quick guy from the Litre Crew (you know who I mean) has a good one too if I remember rightly. I wasn't paying too much attention, just trying to stay on the road chasing him.

you mean john with the cbr thouh, yeah he has it up infront of the rear tyre, behind the shock,

**Pixie** · 31st August 2005, 10:42

Originally Posted by kerryg

Not to hijack this , it's a closely related subject: who knows if it is legal to trim the edges off their number plate? I saw a bike the other day (Hayabusa IIRC) and he had reduced the overall size of the plate by ....at a very rough guess... a couple of cms in length and a cm in height. The numbers were still the same size of course, and it looked very very neat and tidy, a surprisingly good look I thought. Might do it myself if it not gunna cause problems with WOFs

I folded the top and bottom edges of my MX5's front number plate to fit it below the grill,and tilted it 45 degrees.I don't know if this constitutes "trimming"

**Reckless** · 31st August 2005, 11:05

Mines where it shold be but the last guy that had it cut most of the white off so pretty much just the letters and numbers are left. Doesn't look to bad either. Just got a new warrant from the testing station when I bought it so they didn't have a problem with it.

**kerryg** · 31st August 2005, 11:06

Originally Posted by loosebruce

But in terms of legitmicy i'm pretty sure you're not allowed to modifie the plate in any way, when i get told off i'll get a new one, if they catch me that is

Yeah I thought as much. Oh well...cheers anyway

**kerryg** · 31st August 2005, 11:09

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

Nope, not legal. As explained to me by an Officer of the law who was a bit bored.
Never got a ticket for it in 4 or 5 years though.

Ta Lou, I think I'll leave it as is then. Cheers

**sAsLEX** · 31st August 2005, 11:14

Originally Posted by Reckless

Mines where it shold be but the last guy that had it cut most of the white off so pretty much just the letters and numbers are left. Doesn't look to bad either. Just got a new warrant from the testing station when I bought it so they didn't have a problem with it.

pretty sure that things like rego being displayed aint part of a warrent of fitness check, that being focussed on safety rather than the other stuff

**SARGE** · 31st August 2005, 11:47

ive trimmed mine down and mounted it on a piano hinge, complete with "wings" to lift it up a bit when i get going a bit over the limit.. i'll post pix tonight

**Brutalgixer** · 31st August 2005, 13:31

na-- just plain genius-- oh yeah there is also microsoft paint--

**Sensei** · 31st August 2005, 20:31

Don't worry about hiding my plate just bring's more attention from the Filth when they see you trying to hide it . Just made a small bracket to clean back of bike up & leave my bike looking stock

**Brutalgixer** · 1st September 2005, 12:13

yeah i used to have my plate like that, but i thought i'd try behind my rear schock, different strokes for different folks i guess"

Go the gixers---

**SPORK** · 1st September 2005, 14:36

Originally Posted by SARGE

ive trimmed mine down and mounted it on a piano hinge, complete with "wings" to lift it up a bit when i get going a bit over the limit.. i'll post pix tonight

Now that's class!

**hondacmx450** · 1st September 2005, 14:53

Originally Posted by Quasievil

Every Sportsbike I saw in the States recently had the plates stuck up by the rear shock, looks cool as, just have to ensures its visible.

Saw a gixxer last week with the plate mounted on its side on the right swing arm, it didnt make the bike look any better, it looked fucken stupid.

ill tell paul you said that hahhah i said that to him too but he thinks it is ok

**vifferman** · 1st September 2005, 15:02

Originally Posted by SARGE

ive trimmed mine down and mounted it on a piano hinge, complete with "wings" to lift it up a bit when i get going a bit over the limit.. i'll post pix tonight

There were a couple of guys in Tauranga when I lived there who had hinged plates complete with cable-operated knobs under the side of the seat that miraculously folded the plate up when going past speed cameras, revenuers, and other nosey people.

**SARGE** · 1st September 2005, 15:07

Originally Posted by SARGE

ive trimmed mine down and mounted it on a piano hinge, complete with "wings" to lift it up a bit when i get going a bit over the limit.. i'll post pix tonight

here is a few pix of my plate setup... you will notice the rego holder acting as a wing and the amount i've trimmed the plate..comes up about 60-70 kph