Personalized Plates on motorbikes

**marty** · 25th February 2005, 13:06

by my pathetic maths, i reckon there is more than 175000 5 digit combinations, using the 3 letter 2 number form.

obviously there is 99999 5 number combos

**marty** · 25th February 2005, 13:07

do you think they'd let me get this one?

**Wonko** · 25th February 2005, 13:59

Originally Posted by pyrocam

Ps. What a rip! $504 for a plate whether its for a bike (only one given) or a cage (obviously two)

http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/veh...istration.html about half way down Replace a plate for $8.80 I know they are running a business, and that there is the additional paperwork of changing plate details, but the raw product cost $8.80 retail. Nice profit margin there.

**Wonko** · 25th February 2005, 14:21

TOIDI
with the message "era uoy sey"

WONKO
W0NKO
WONK0
W0NK0

We got my Mum
OH2B50
for her 50th

**Wolf** · 25th February 2005, 16:00

What sluts me off is that even with PPlates, you're limited to 5 characters for motorbikes.

Back when I had my '54 Zundapp and '66 Puch scooters, I wanted to have pplates for them (yeah, like I could really afford that)

I used to call the Puch "The Beast" and the Zundapp "the Dragon" (it was green and it blew out a lot of smoke (pre-mix blue-smoke))

Wanted to have their names in German (native language of their respective countries of origin) but when it came to the Zundapp neither DRACHE nor the English word DRAGON would be allowed as they were one character more than that allowed for a motorcycle

WTF does it matter if a PPlate on a bike is 6 chars rather than 5? It's a custom plate - we're already breaking the "number, number, letter, letter, letter" format.

If I had a decent bike that I deemed worthy of a pplate, I'd get one but it'd have to have some sort of meaning.

**bugjuice** · 25th February 2005, 16:02

I've seen a few cars with plates that would be better suited to bikes sometimes. Saw one this morning - YEHAA on a crappy ute. need I say more?
I kinda think some are wasted on the wrong vehicle..

**Stevo** · 26th February 2005, 00:52

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Six-digit plates for bikes must only be a couple of years away. All of the Ws are nearly used up. And once 99ZZZ has been issued, that's the end of the possible five-digit sequences (don't forget that five-digit plates are also used for trailers, tractors and some roadworking machinery).

surely they could go 11AA1, or 1AAA1, OR 1AA11 OR 1AAAA OR anyfink really?

Agree with the L33T. Just don't get it. Must be city kid talk or something?????

**SPORK** · 26th February 2005, 09:24

Originally Posted by Stevo

surely they could go 11AA1, or 1AAA1, OR 1AA11 OR 1AAAA OR anyfink really?

Agree with the L33T. Just don't get it. Must be city kid talk or something?????

Close, more so just teh UBER INTARWEB GEEKZ know what it is. Such as me. Just a bunch of online gamers started calling themselves "elite" which evolved into "1337" There is close to a whole thread about it somewhere here. No I dear where though.

**Hitcher** · 26th February 2005, 11:29

Originally Posted by Stevo

surely they could go 11AA1, or 1AAA1, OR 1AA11 OR 1AAAA OR anyfink really?

Done. All used up.

**Grumpy** · 26th February 2005, 11:58

I think adding a PPlate to your bike/car is just another way to add a bit of your personality to it, much the same as we do when we bolt on bits. A set of aftermarket mufflers for instance. Sure they add to the performance, make a lot more noise etc... but is also changing it from the norm.

When I had my TL for instance I spent a lot of time personalising it. Putting a PPlate on it was just a progression from that. The plus is that you can take your plate with you if you wish when you change bikes.

**Wolf** · 26th February 2005, 12:06

Originally Posted by Grumpy

The plus is that you can take your plate with you if you wish when you change bikes.

Unless, of course, you've picked one that references the vehicle like "82BMW" or some such - then the plus is that you can add the price of the plate (and any mark-up you wish) to the price of the bike when you sell it.

**Stevo** · 28th February 2005, 21:37

Originally Posted by Hitcher

Done. All used up.

Really?
Coulda fooled me!

**Slipstream** · 28th February 2005, 21:49

if you have a P'Plate with 5 or less characters.... can you swap between cage and motorbike? Assuming you pay the necessary money and do the needed paperwork. Is it possible?

**matthewt** · 28th February 2005, 22:00

Originally Posted by Slipstream

if you have a P'Plate with 5 or less characters.... can you swap between cage and motorbike? Assuming you pay the necessary money and do the needed paperwork. Is it possible?

Yes. From memory it costs about $10 per vehicle to change over.

**Hitcher** · 28th February 2005, 22:03

Originally Posted by Stevo

Really?
Coulda fooled me!

Trailers, tractors and road working machinery all have five-digit or fewer plates. They're gone-burgers. Once 99ZZZ is issued (somebody says it's already gone, probably as a PP), that's it. Six-digit plates for bikes too.