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:Me]

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/sh...ighlight=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 and it managed to stay intact.

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

[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?

[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 and it managed to stay intact.

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

Thats gunna scrape when you wheelie.

[Akzle]

You had trouble with your learner plate on a 750?

(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 "

[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.