I can’t find the ruler one but here’s a couple 
He was a nice man, he didn’t give me one cos I was a good girl, I learnt my lesson from the previous visit… and maybe it was because I had just picked my new bike up before going :D:D:D
ive never had that problem with them while being there, must be the company you keep 
I have not had a problem, i got stopped with Schubert and the copper said it was not supposed to be on there but he liked it like that as it looked better!!!
But mine does have standard lettering and is only 7 X 5
some a propper small, or angled at the sky!!!
it all depends:
I have never had a legal plate …never…in 10 years of riding every day (6X4 and 7X5)
I have been warned twice and thats it, the fine is £60 and after one or two of these the police can seize the plate not the bike…though again thats at their discretion and very often it wont lead to that.
If you have a matchbox plate or are rude when stopped well then the chance of a fine skyrocket (or if you go to Nazi North Wales)
and to answer your question about small plates, I can only assume its because historically this was the law and now with most of britain’s enforcement being camera based they dont want to change it. I have ridden in many other countries and this is the only place I have seen where the legal plates look like rear spoilers
Arnie’s escapdes with numberplates were amusing 
normal plates are bit big…lot harder to get a smaller plate made up now tho isnt it? thought it was made illegal in the uk?
you just buy a “show” plate off the net
Did I hear my name?
The law was changed so if you mess around with a plate and make it non-standard it can be revoked so I guess that it would be posisble for DVLA to do this if the plate was too small. Although not heard about revoking plates unless they were “cherished” as DVLA call them and the spacing or characters had been messed around to make it say something.
Yes, having a Q plate makes insurance and selling a nightmare because a Q plate nearly always means that the history of the vehicle is incomplete. This can be because it is an import, reconstructed from several vehicles, or the original registration has been revoked or lost.
so could i get them any smaller than this without any problems from police and dvla ? or is this as small as there aloud ?
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it would be illegal but as mentioned above once you dont take the **** with the size and if stopped arent a knob then generally you wont get any hassle.
Also you know you have to least get one ticket before they can take the plate.
They are also cracking down on them during the MOT now as well.
If you have a slightly smaller one I guess most police won’t even notice/care. However it does seem that if you have a letter box number plate you will get a lot of attention from the police.
A certain former Ducati did have several encounters with the boys in blue in the space of a couple of hours. The second was only a friendly going over by Surrey police but by the time the offences had been totted up, it wasn’t a PCN it was a trip to the magistrates court.
As much as I can understand the enforcement (as people have been taking the ****), part of me wishes the police would spend more time actually policing the criminal offences of the road and not the civil petty ones.
If you were dumped off by another rider in a hit and run but witnesses didn’t catch his number because he had a small plate, would that be petty?
I think when he said petty he is referring to when they get the measuring tape out for slightly smaller plates.
I also find it amazing that so many other countries manage with smaller plates…do the British people just have bad eyesight ?
The hit and run is a criminal offence anyway, and judging by the number that I read on here over the years despite additional information the police don’t seem to be bother by criminal offences as they would appear to be to hard to solve or follow up.
I have report several serious criminal offences to the police and not one has ever been solved.
Probably not but our police and councils rely more and more on cameras and reg plate recognition devices and the plates have to be big enough for them to read. That is what it is all about really.
yes sounds about right …good old big brother…still find it amazing they havent changed the law on front number plates …doh :Whistling:
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I think when he said petty he is referring to when they get the measuring tape out for slightly smaller plates.
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Sorry, but the well trained bureaucrat in me is kicking in - where do you draw the line? Is 5mm too small OK? Or 10mm? OK 10mm is OK. If 10mm too small is OK does 5mm smaller than now become petty?
back home we have to have numbers on the front too , but hardly any1 does , the fine was 50 euros for no front plates a couple of years back not sure now
Not really adding much to the thread, except to say why not just stick within the law and have it at that, makes life a lot simpler for everyone.
However, what I must also say…
My GOD that welsh copper looks cool. Strap a weapon on his hip and some Oakley’s up on his head and you could be in the states, good on you sir!
I was going to say this, but i would have got away with it being female… pmsl
Happened to me today, police biker pulled me for my plate and got his ruler out!