Legal plate

Off-topic
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Having been pulled over twice now for my 7x5 plate I’ve gone and got a legal sized plate now. Looks so bad incomparison to my previous plate, so big and ugly. Are many people still running smaller numberplates and not getting pulled by the fuzz?

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had a 7x5 for a couple of years now, never been pulled

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I’ve been pulled twice in one year! How unlucky then. Last time the copper got his ruler out too. :stuck_out_tongue:

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You sure it was 7x5 (same size as mine) not 6x4 (what your looked like last time I checked)

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my numberplate’s behind me so it doesn’t bother me :stuck_out_tongue:

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No point me having a small one… It would make my L plates stand out evennnnnnnnn more :stuck_out_tongue:

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Yeah definitely 7x5. Measured it to make sure. Shiver said my plate looked smaller than his even though they were same size.

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Best excuse to get rid of the L plates then! :smiley:

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Raq Raq :hehe:

Couple of things maybe to think about?

  1. Race rep fairing stands out, so will always catch peoples eyes (Not saying anything against it, I love that scheme)

  2. Were you wearing your 1-piece (not exactly Alex Gold’s - hehe - but still stands out)

In general I’m not saying it’s your clothes or your bikes ‘clothes’, but they do stand out more than general boring bikes/bikers. Could just be enough to catch the coppa’s eye?

Also, you could have been ragging your ass down the street and were lucky they didn’t book you! :w00t::hehe:

I had a 6x4 for 2 years and was never stopped on a black bike with boring black leathers. Maybe I was just too damn ugly for them to bother with! :hehe:

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Surprised you’re getting a tug in town for 7x5 ?
Was it just the plate you were pulled for ?

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Yep, probably. :smiley:

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I had a 6x4 too and was never stopped for it, but I don’t think the police up here are that hot on bike plate sizes. Having said that even in London they didn’t bother . . . I suspect it’s related to how you ride :wink:

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Yup crossing London Bridge filtering traffic at 5mph so nothing to do with my riding. It was a bike cop too and he said it was only due to the plate he stopped me. He measured the plate and the letters and everything. He gave me a lecture for 30minutes making me late for my interview and told me he had a sportsbike with a legal plate too and there was no reason for a small one.

I did talk my way of out the ticket at the end, he let me off as it was only the height of the letters that were 1.4cm shorter than the legal requirement.

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I have recently done the same and gone back to full size. The tail tidy can hardly cope with the wind resistance, it vibrates like mad.

As some have said, its behind you and doesn’t affect your riding so relax that you won’t get stopped and enjoy!

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Not ragging it or riding like an idiot at all. It was all in traffic, first time was the plate set off the ANPR system or whatever they had in the roadside. Second was filtering slowly in traffic.

I don’t wear my one piece for commuting so wasn’t flash clothing but just the plate.

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Mate, you just got unlucky then. Maybe filter faster, so they cant get you! :w00t:

Sh*te, didn’t know ANPR’s flagged up plates? Surely they just show an ‘Error’ if they can’t read it?
Anyone know about this?

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:stuck_out_tongue: Alex isnt a bad looking lad :stuck_out_tongue: :smiley: But you have a better bum :wink:

Back on topic, ur plate does look a little small and im thinking of changing mine but i think it might look silly :frowning:

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It set off the ANPR system as it couldn’t read my plate so the cops pulled me. Had to prove insurance, ownership etc and let on my way with a warning.

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Bummer.

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Could have had the 60 squid penalty, lucky escape :wink: