Covering Your Rego Plate?

**Bonez** · 18th June 2005, 16:39

Originally Posted by FROSTY

worst ive done is ride with no plate at all--the crap square plates used to snap off at random --honest injun

That reminds me. I must get around to replacing GasAxes one..............

**lukehyslop** · 18th June 2005, 18:39

I knew a guy who regisered his cage (evo) as an agricultural vehicle. Cost about $35 a year from memory. Only difference was that the rego had an A instead of a G at in the bottom left corner. He was required to stay within a certain distance of his "farm". Only one cop noticed in 3 years of driving and $200 fine.

**Zapf** · 20th June 2005, 00:26

but the evo is 4wd not? just so he can quickly get from one side of the farm to the other..

**phantom** · 20th June 2005, 08:18

what about all the trucks you see around that no way in hell can you read their rego

**scumdog** · 20th June 2005, 10:23

Originally Posted by lukehyslop

I knew a guy who regisered his cage (evo) as an agricultural vehicle. Cost about $35 a year from memory. Only difference was that the rego had an A instead of a G at in the bottom left corner. He was required to stay within a certain distance of his "farm". Only one cop noticed in 3 years of driving and $200 fine.

He was lucky, could have gone to court for 'using a document for the purposes of gaining a pecuniary advantage' and theres $130 in cost before the fine is mentioned.

**Lou Girardin** · 20th June 2005, 12:08

It's like the old days when 'bikies' covered their plates in dirt and grease till they were illegible.
They may as well have said, stop me and book me for anything you can find.
We did.

**DrDee** · 22nd June 2005, 18:47

When I had my Harley it had one of those square plates on it, mounted sticking up off the rear guard. Just so happens it was perfect for dropping the spare helmet on to carry it around... I must have gone 6 months with the spare helmet totally obscuring the number plate before a cop finallly pulled me over and asked where the number plate was

**Zed** · 22nd June 2005, 18:55

Originally Posted by DrDee

When I had my Harley it had one of those square plates on it, mounted sticking up off the rear guard. Just so happens it was perfect for dropping the spare helmet on to carry it around... I must have gone 6 months with the spare helmet totally obscuring the number plate before a cop finallly pulled me over and asked where the number plate was

Hey you didn't belong to that Harley Bankrobber Gang did ya??

**Jackrat** · 22nd June 2005, 19:10

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

It's like the old days when 'bikies' covered their plates in dirt and grease till they were illegible.
They may as well have said, stop me and book me for anything you can find.
We did.

That's much as I explained it to me Bro'.
Talk about a red flag to a bull.
About as bright as wearing a cannibis Tee shirt,Pick me, pick me.
Morons.

**Sparky Bills** · 23rd June 2005, 09:00

Covering Your Rego Plate?

Whats a Rego plate??
OHHHHHH
Sorry Orificer, It must have fallen off

**loosebruce** · 23rd June 2005, 18:30

A certain buddy of mine has got it sorted with tyre rubber from numerous burnouts covering most of his plate.
My TL one got dragged along the road at a fair speed and a fair bit scrapped away.
Normally i take the plate light blub out, and if it ever er falls off, there's never a plan to hang around to explain why it's "fallen" off.
I need to mod the Gixxer a fair bit as that plate hanger is just plain ugly and the need to re position the plate. Not that i do anything illegal on the road anyway.

Save it for the track.

**Lou Girardin** · 24th June 2005, 15:14

Originally Posted by loosebruce

A certain buddy of mine has got it sorted with tyre rubber from numerous burnouts covering most of his plate.
My TL one got dragged along the road at a fair speed and a fair bit scrapped away.
Normally i take the plate light blub out, and if it ever er falls off, there's never a plan to hang around to explain why it's "fallen" off.
I need to mod the Gixxer a fair bit as that plate hanger is just plain ugly and the need to re position the plate. Not that i do anything illegal on the road anyway.

Save it for the track.

That may work for you, but I'm damned if I want to ride and be prepared to do a runner all the time.

**FEINT** · 24th June 2005, 23:56

I am wondering if having the plate in this location is illegal in New Zealand? It can be seen, just that it isn't on the END of the bike. I guess it can be considered covering the plate?