Learner plate

[cameron.new]

I have bought a new bike recently and bought some L plates. They came with Velcro strips and stupidly I concluded that the L plate would stick nicely.

Quick trip down an 80km/h road and bye bye L plate...

Now the question I have is what do you Learners out there use to attach your L plates?

My ninja doesn't have much room on the mudguard and most is taken up by the licence plate so I velcro'd it behind the licence plate. What would you guys recommend to do?

Thanks!

[nodrog]

They have these new things called bolts, you should google it.

[nzbiker86]

Lol....

Make a small hole in the L plate and you should be able to use the same bolt/nut holding on your rear reflector.

[Subike]

I attached mine with double sided tape to a piece of stainless steel. which I then bolted to the bottom of my numberplate mount.
It survived the 6 months of daily riding, a trip to the brass, the march hare, and 7000k's without coming even loose.
it now resides on another learners bike, where it has been for the past 2 mths.

[nzspokes]

Read this thread and thank me later. Mine did 13000ks..

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/90389-L-Plate-Template?highlight=plate

[Old Steve]

I got mine (a pair of rigid ones actually) at the AA. Had to cut a square out of one corner but fixed to the number plate with zip locks. Might have fluttered up into a horizontal position when I rode, but I never got pulled up. Passed it on to someone else when I went 6R.

[G4L4XY]

I put my L plate on when I did my restricted then threw it away :) But that was when I was living in whangamata, cops there don't really get ya unless ya being useless. Even got waived through a checkpoint in waihi hahaha!
But in Auckland it might be best to use one.
I put a hole in mine and put a bolt through it, was fine.

[cameron.new]

All sussed now. Ended up using a bolt attached to the licence plate to mount it..

Heavy winds today and got her over 100km/h :scooter: and it managed to stay intact.

The AA plates are actually really nice. $10 well spent! :yes:

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[Subike]

sorry to tell you thats not legal, the whole plate must be visible, check out the requirements,
It has to be to exact dimensions, and not obscured in anyway when mounted.

[Akzle]

yeah. i had the same problem with bolting my plate to the 750...

turns out i don't give a fuck.

[cameron.new]

sorry to tell you thats not legal, the whole plate must be visible, check out the requirements,
It has to be to exact dimensions, and not obscured in anyway when mounted.

They would have to had a really bad day to ticket me on that.

The only other option would be to fabricate a mounting plate and attach off the swingarm and that would be a real bitch.

I will leave it as it is and hope for the best. I stood abut 100 metres away from the bike just to test whether it was visible enough and it can be obviously seen but yea it is just a tad illegal.


yeah. i had the same problem with bolting my plate to the 750...

turns out i don't give a fuck.

You had trouble with your learner plate on a 750? :scratch:

[nzspokes]

All sussed now. Ended up using a bolt attached to the licence plate to mount it..

Heavy winds today and got her over 100km/h :scooter: and it managed to stay intact.

The AA plates are actually really nice. $10 well spent! :yes:



Thats gunna scrape when you wheelie.

[Akzle]

You had trouble with your learner plate on a 750? :scratch:

(yeahyeah. i know you are. but really, you should know better than to take anything written in green seriously...)

things to watch for are: rear tyre not rubbing /snapping plate off, muffler not burning plate/setting it on fire/melting it.

you CAN also, if you're thusly inclined, snap the corner of your plate off and bolt that behind your plate.. if you DO get pulled up on it "oh shit, my L plate, sorry officer, it must have snapped off on this ride just now, because it was on when i left home... i checked it as part of my pre-ride inspection to comply with my license conditions :D"

[carburator]

never bothered...

just makes you a target for wankers in cages..

[GingerMidget]

I didn't have one on the megelli, and I've only just put it on the new bike in the last couple of days. I got looked at more after I put it on tbh, and I'm thinking about just taking it back olff again. Plus it makes my tail tidy look like arse.

[clonak]

never bothered...

just makes you a target for wankers in cages..

Pretty much. Had the L plate on 3 times through out the *cough*2yrs*cough* I was on my learners, each time, arrogantly and dangerously over taken while I was sitting just above the speed limit, cut off, beeped at, sworn at(why,I dont konw...), seemed like everyone was out to 'teach me a lesson in riding'. Lesson #1 was the L plate is just plain dangerous on a bike. Took it off, hardly had any problems, other then people just being stupid. Never got pulled up on it luckly enough. On 6R finaly now, so not a problem anymore.

Im not saying dont ride with out one, because that is illegal. But just watch out for F-wits. They are everywhere.

[cameron.new]

Haven't had any issue so far but I can see where you are coming from. Have had mates that has been stopped an questioned on their invisible L Plates but always just given warnings. They have better stuff to do I guess.

[Maha]

I only put the L plate on twice, and both times, it was behind the rego plate, very little of it showing at all, as far as I was concerned, it was on the bike..:corn:

[davereid]

I only put the L plate on twice, and both times, it was behind the rego plate, very little of it showing at all, as far as I was concerned, it was on the bike..:corn:

Yep, place the bloody useless thing on the side of the numberplate that faces forward. Then it can still be clearly seen... by anyone in front of the motorcycle, who is knee high and standing in the middle of the road.

[f2dz]

I have mine in a similar place except mine's one my brother made years ago to use in a car and it's just a piece of laminated paper. Falling to pieces more and more every day, hoping it'll just come off one morning and I'll use that as my excuse for not riding with one.

Got pics of your Ninja 300? They're purdy.

[cameron.new]

I have mine in a similar place except mine's one my brother made years ago to use in a car and it's just a piece of laminated paper. Falling to pieces more and more every day, hoping it'll just come off one morning and I'll use that as my excuse for not riding with one.

Got pics of your Ninja 300? They're purdy.

Havent had a good day for photos yet mate and been busy with work.

Will try take the DSLR out tomorrow and see how we go. Would love to try out a GoPro on the tank :)

[tbs]

Take off that huge yellow plastic monstrosity, go up to the supermarket and buy a tub of any ice cream that comes in a yellow container, eat that ice-cream, clean the container and then cut a small yellow square from it. Stick a couple of pieces of insulation tape on in to make an L and screw it to your number plate.
If you can't find a yellow tub, then go and buy a yellow plastic folder from Whitcoulls (which is what i did and it is still useful as I hold the rest of it between the chain and rear tire when lubing my chain and it stops lube getting all over the tire).

I'd also suggest taking off the plastic surround around your number plate. I made sure to use a nut that I could undo with my fingers so that it was quick release, but in actual fact I mostly just rotated it 180 so it was hidden up under the plate when I didn't want to get harassed by cagers. (Although by that time I had also chopped the stupid giant plastic fender off the back of my bike and had the plate mounted on a couple of $4 angle brackets from Mitre 10, so it was really easy to reach.)

No-one's going to give you a ticket if it's a bit small but still clearly visible. When I turned up for my 6R test the instructor pointed out that it was a bit small, but that was as far as it went. About half an hour later it was in the bin outside the testing center.



Nice bike.... let's see those photos.

[yoyo 2wheels]

my L plate was cut right down with 1cm of yellow showing around the L for 6 months, cops didnt care, when i sat my restricted license test he didnt give a flying fuck either lol

[JafaSaffer]

They have these new things called bolts, you should google it.

Priceless! :killingme

[Bradles]

Gaffa tape kept mine on through the full 6 month learner period with daily riding throughout the winter months.

[rastuscat]

They have these new things called bolts, you should google it.

Jamaica uses Bolts to promote their little island. Usain is one of them.

[MystikEagle]

Gaffa tape kept mine on through the full 6 month learner period with daily riding throughout the winter months.

Gotta love gaffa tape!

[pratik8890]

On the back, underneath the Number plate, place it along with your wof and rego with a slightly longer screw with a visor to its back to further lock them all. I only had my L plate when I went for my restricted license test, Its too risky on a motorway to have it on and drive the Bike at 70 k/h so I used to carry it in my backpack and drove carefully to lower the chances of getting pulled over by a cop, even if you do get pulled over just say that you may have dropped the L plate while riding but you have another one in your bag. Hope that helps!! I also had it displayed just like the picture posted by Cameron.new in this thread.

[Hawkeye]

Oh no! Yet another.... Where do you put/do you use .. L Plate thread. :facepalm:
There is a thing called Search. It works very well. :rolleyes:

[GSF]

I bought a length of alloy flat bar about 15mm wide and drilled three holes in it - two to mount to my plate holder using the screws that already held the rego plate on, the other hole to screw the L plate onto the bar. Then at the end of the bar, bend up a little lip for the bottom of the L plate to slot into. Rock solid!

[Edbear]

I didn't have one on the megelli, and I've only just put it on the new bike in the last couple of days. I got looked at more after I put it on tbh, and I'm thinking about just taking it back olff again. Plus it makes my tail tidy look like arse.

Your tail tidy looks like a bottom? :whistle:

[SpeedySapper]

When my son got his first bike, we "obtained" a piece of real estate "open home" sign material, which is a bit like corrugated plastic. Cut to size to show the whole L plate and bolted behind the rego using the rego mount screws, the plate was stuck on with contact adhesive. All legal (except for the acquisition of the plastic), totally cheap, and worked great. Shame he wrote the bike off 10 days later.

[TheTengTheory]

Two dollarshop. Hole punched through the top and sandwiched between the reflector and base. So far so goodbut has rubbed against the wheel and the bottom part looks abit melted.

[cameron.new]

It's gone now. Problem solved haha. Have kept it for my restricted test.

[Akzle]

It's gone now. Problem solved haha. Have kept it for my restricted test.

what?! how are regular motorists going to distinguish you from all the other motorcyclists they want to feel smugly superior over by trying to kill you with their cars?

[f2dz]

Just had to redo mine. Lasted around 10,000kms.

Remembered seeing them at Whitcoulls so I went there but their plates are massive, so I made my own to the minimum requirements on the NZTA website, printed at work, laminated at Warehouse Stationery downtown for $3, then bolted onto my plate when I got home from work.

Was $6 at Whitcoulls, made my own for $1.50. Hooray for tiny savings!

[Akzle]

Was $6 at Whitcoulls, made my own for $1.50. Hooray for tiny savings!

that's 5.50. or, about 1/4-1/3 tank of fuel. that's a bit of tyre shredding. man.

[cameron.new]

what?! how are regular motorists going to distinguish you from all the other motorcyclists they want to feel smugly superior over by trying to kill you with their cars?

That's the plan Stan!