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    Quote Originally Posted by Jim2
    Interesting that one, because they were withdrawn on safety grounds - slicing and dicing pedestrians was the problem I believe. Would do wonders for steering in a heavy crosswind.
    When were they withdrawn? I recall seeing a few pics of bikes with front plates but whether they were from the 30s or 40s or whenever I don't remember. Didn't look too bad on the old Ariels and AJSs (mounted longitudinally) but to be effective for speed cameras surely they would have to be placed transversely?

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    Quote Originally Posted by MikeL
    When were they withdrawn? I recall seeing a few pics of bikes with front plates but whether they were from the 30s or 40s or whenever I don't remember. Didn't look too bad on the old Ariels and AJSs (mounted longitudinally) but to be effective for speed cameras surely they would have to be placed transversely?
    I don't know about New Zealand, but I've been following the Australian number plate issue in AMCN and I believe that they were still a legal requirement in the mid '60s.

    AMCN have made the same point you made too, and also made the point that a transverse front number plate would block oil coolers/radiators/air intakes on many modern bikes and a transverse front number plate would require manufacturer input.

    I think most speed cameras would still pick up the front plate on a mudguard as they are firing at an oblique angle, not dead ahead. Even basic image manipulation software would allow them to enhance the image to read the number plate.

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    Apparently four youths from Sydney pulled off a trick of breathtaking bravado in order to gain revenge on a mobile speed camera van operating in the area. Three of the group approached the van and distracted the operator's attention by bombarding him with a series of questions about how the equipment worked and how many cars the operator could catch in a day, etc. Meanwhile, the fourth musketeer sneaked to the front of the van and unscrewed its numberplate. After bidding the van operator good-bye, the friends returned home, fixed the number plate to their car and drove through the camera's radar at high speed - 17 times. As a result, the automated billing system issued 17 speeding tickets to itself!!
    "Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]

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    Flip up plate holder

    Quote Originally Posted by 750Y
    bugger. but at least we can only get pinged one way & if we buy a flip up plate holder we'll get pinged even less. as for cars well they're the ones killing everyone so i don't care. oh and it is definitely about the money, it's just plain insulting to be told otherwise by a public servant.
    can you buy such a holder?? and where??
    yarg.

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    flip up plate holder

    Gidday yarg,

    There's a thing called a "Stealth Plate Holder" that I know of but it isn't a flip up plate holder per sè. Try this link:-

    http://www.integrale.demon.co.uk/stealth/bike.htm

    Was made by folks in the US called HiTechSpeed and here's their link:-

    http://www.hightechspeed.com/default.asp

    Sounds interesting.

    Later yarg (is that Klingon bro?)

    ching_ching

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    I like those Aussies!!!

    you can however gaurantee that they WON'T be putting cameras down quiet residential streets because they won't get enough money will they?

    btw, there's also a dark blue van spotted by Uretiti over New Years much harder to spot when its in the shade.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hitcher
    Apparently four youths from Sydney pulled off a trick of breathtaking bravado in order to gain revenge on a mobile speed camera van operating in the area. Three of the group approached the van and distracted the operator's attention by bombarding him with a series of questions about how the equipment worked and how many cars the operator could catch in a day, etc. Meanwhile, the fourth musketeer sneaked to the front of the van and unscrewed its numberplate. After bidding the van operator good-bye, the friends returned home, fixed the number plate to their car and drove through the camera's radar at high speed - 17 times. As a result, the automated billing system issued 17 speeding tickets to itself!!
    I like - a lot!

    NOw - where was that speed camera van?

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