'L Plates'??, Who out there actually uses them?

[GR81]

Never had mine on until my restricted test.

neither... now its gone, as of last tuesday

[Mrs Old Farts]

Ive found having my L plate on has made drivers behind me hang back abit as they are probably to scared to come to close incase they end up with me as their bonet emblem.

[surfchick]

mine is staying on till i'm on me restricted.matter of maths. busted for 30 over kph is cheaper than fine for not riding with the L. so the L it is. i wear me L from here to everywhere... not for much longer tho, gonner get to the invisible R soon.

[GN1NiteStnd]

My fiancee is on a learners, i left hers on till she was safe and didnt need any special treatment from other road users then ripped the bloody thing off.

Yeah I didnt agree with it at first, thought that i was gonna stick out like a sore thumb. Luckly I havent been pulled over, and i think that even the little tab he left behind came off not long ago.

Oh well dont have to worry about it for a while, the clutch is f@#ked and not to mention the regos out again.
--who knows where i can get the clutch fixed for cheap? like <$400?

[pyrocam]

ahhh finally I can belong in this forum.

yeah I wore my L for 2 weeks then found it was too dangerous (other drivers treating you like shit) so took it off until my R test when I sellotaped it on.

[shcabbeh]

Never wore one, except for the 20 minutes or so the restricted test took.

I've found that cops don't even notice me. I remember riding up to Auckland from New Plymouth while on my learner's, got to the motorway, most people were doing around 90, including a cop. I was doing 100 and slid ahead of the cop on the right hand lane..he glanced once, and only once. I think part of it has to do with what you're wearing too. If you're in full protective gear they're probably less likely to consider pulling you over than if you're wearing say jeans and a t-shirt. Plus you get the benefit of protection too, wow! ;D

I've never been pulled over while on my learner's or restricted, you're more likely to get noticed if you're going considerably slower with or without an L plate on than if you just relax and ride normally.

[the legend]

well if u dont want a $150 odd fine dont bother plus wat a pain eneway

[nicmotors]

Well i think that if you are pulled over without l plate on it's more like 400 buck, tho it seems to be a very uncommon thing to get pulled over for these days. That is if you keep the clown factor down, eg, be sensible.

ther also is another advantage of having an l plate on your bike which someone mentioned earlier, that is if mounted in a particular way not all of the licence plate will be visable to speed cameras (OPPS!) never thought of that one, oh well wouldn't that be a shame to miss out on getting a free photo! LOL!

Think however i will mount one on the bike eventually to satisfy insurrance purposes, but on saying that i will uese discression when i'm riding on the open road...

Most of the post is pretty much 50/50, so its each to their own really

[scooterboynz]

i never used one , infact when i went to sit my license i had to rent a 250 for the day , couldn't turn up to do it on my gsx-r 1100 i had at the time ;-)
the 250 i rented had a "L" plate allready on it ,,,

[MagicMarker]

didn't have my L plate for the first 2 months, got pulled over by a cop, and i became $400 dollars poorer. After that i just ride with my L plate, but i don't abide to the 70kph rule, it's just dumb. I do 110 instead and hope not to get caught.

[Cookie]

didn't have my L plate for the first 2 months, got pulled over by a cop, and i became $400 dollars poorer...

Just wondering why did they pull you over?

My "L" is in my jacket pocket and I am at risk of the same loss of $400 at the moment.

[MagicMarker]

it was quite dumb, was riding with my brother he had a pillion on a cb400. Cops thought the bike looked too small for 2 ppl, so sirens on and flash flash, so i pulled over, but he actually wanted my brother, i should've kept riding but as i was a learner i pulled over. To top things off the cop was a real ass! I told him it fell off, but he replied with a "well that's not good now is it?"

They normally don't have a real reason to pull you over. unless they feel like being pricks

[Phenoix]

Well my R test is due in a few weeks (Once I bok it)
And I need to borrow an L plate, I belive there is one floating around on for for just this occasion ?
Im to cheap to buy one as its life span will be very short

[thealmightytaco]

I use one, but on my first ventures onto the open road I havent stuck to the 70k rule, just kept with the flow. I passed a motorway patrol that was doing about 70ish escorting a mechanically hampered bus too, he didn't seem to mind, though was preoccupied obviously.

And Phoenix, my L is made from a $2 shop lunchbox, cut the yellow lid into shape and put the L on with black PVC tape. Perfect.

[Zed]

As you will see, I'm a learner rider.
I've been riding for quite some time, however it is very seldom that my eye will catch a nice law abiding fellow who is proud to say to the rest of the road that they are still on their learners by diplaying the 'L Plate'.
I just haven't got around to it 'yet'...
I also think 70kph is a danger on the open road...
just curious to read other opinions...

If you are a capable rider and don't ride silly or get involved in any accidents (hmm?) then the absence of the displayed l-plate will probably go unnoticed, but then again you run the risk of a fine if questioned by the fuzz!

70km limit on the open road is ridiculous, i'm sure most people on here would agree...with the exception of maybe Ixion?