L Plate

[KLOWN]

geez my hand goes numb after 5 minutes, but on the bike it's usually ok for a lot longer than that.....

I heard that it's better having your hand numb, that way u can pretend it's someone else

with reguards to the 'L' plate i'd recommend that you have it on for at least a week. As soon as I felt able to ride without basic mistakes I took the L plate off and haven't looked back. (only been riding for 3 months)

[Ivan]

trust me it sucks but keep it I got snapped and now have a 400 buck fine I wrote in explaining but mr Coppa didnt let me off it and I got no money and am expected to pay 400 bucks man it sucks balls

[slimyxylofone]

I took my L off after a week or two when I felt comfortable enough to handle the traffic.

Regarding the insurance if you crash. I asked State whether they'd cover me if I didn't have my L plate on. They said that they would UNLESS the crash was a direct result of not having the L plate on - which really is quite impossible. I even got the women who I was talking to to go and double check with her supervisor and the same answer still applied.

[phoenixgtr]

In regards to 70 on the motorway. Dont do it. You'll get yourself killed. I had a mate who lived in Porirua but worked in Wellington. He asked a cop and the cop actually told him to ignore the law and travel at 100 on the motorway

[speights_bud]

I ride with my L plate on only fo rinsurance purposes, but I don't obey the 70 kph rule on the open road. I ride at the speed of the traffic flow up to 110 kph- any more and you're 40 kph over and its loss of licence. I have never had any trouble from cops but should it happen I will use the excuse that some cager in a white Toyota tried to run me off the road. I've not been targeted by cagers either, for showing an L Plate.
Lots of people don't show their L Plates but it has to be your call.
Enjoy your riding
Chers

ditto, so long as you behave yourself keeping the L-plate on and just travelling at 100km or keeping with traffic flow shouldn't cause any problems. (works for me anyway)

[madboy]

I hoope you are sitting in a wooden chair on a wooden floor holding a wooden table with a comment like that.

Or a 600cc sportsbike with no numberplate, listening to a police scanner.

[COP_B8]

I dont have mine on...........mainly because my bike doesnt fit into the 0-250cc category
If your gunna break one law might as well do it properly also I dont think it is humanly possible for me to travel at 70km on a motorway

[sunhuntin]

i have mine on....hoping to book in for restricted soon....working days next few weeks, so impossible right now [ick] but, because theres no where to bolt it to the plate, its attached under the rego holder....which means a nice tire shaped curve in the bottom! LOL. in saying that, i ride at 100/110, and even 120 when im on a downhill! ive also ridden at 1am, and found it easier then than say 10pm....less traffic.
also, im learning to take pillion as well [just around the forecourt at work] but wont take one on the road til im allowed.

[Maha]

geez my hand goes numb after 5 minutes, but on the bike it's usually ok for a lot longer than that.....

Geez marty geez, ya wanna try changing hands and gaining a stroke mate, oh, and you should be wearing an 'L' plate while performing this manoeuvre cos only the best can do it without losing a stroke...........

[Qman]

My L plate fell off the day i didnt go and buy it.
A mid life crisis wouldnt feel the same with an L plate
As for 70 on the motorway... some days im lucky to get above 20

[MidnightMike]

My L plate fell off the day i didnt go and buy it.
A mid life crisis wouldnt feel the same with an L plate
As for 70 on the motorway... some days im lucky to get above 20

Your bikes too cool for an l plate anyways, and whats with the elephant man avatar

[Qman]

I’m trying to get into character, blame Quasievil
he's the one that called me a monster

[Qman]

Your bikes too cool for an l plate anyways

Thanks, but not as cool as the busa i looked at yesterday ( how much is that busa in the window, woof woof ).

[Big Chim]

I dont have a L plate, wont put one on till i need to sit the restricted test. Just behave your self and they wont have any reason to pull you over.

Brother and law was unlucky to get pulled over while he was doing the limit, coped checked his license saw he was on a learner and said sweet as off you go all while having no plate on. So no plate and no fine.

Like Pathos said earlier stuff having some idiot in a cage run you of the road, i'd rather pay 400 than be dead.

[jaybee]

first welcome to the site, keep it safe, i kept my L plate on the whole time, just mind over matter really, but yeah do go with the flow or else you are a danger.
pretty scary haveing big trucks fly past ya really should up the L speed limit the count down to restricted isnt that long comes up pretty fast actually, then before ya no it its full liscense time,