Small Number Plate

[MrGrumpy]

Anyone know what the penalty is for a small bike number plate. Just been pulled and told its a ?60.00 fine. Copper said he had no tickets and I would get one through the post within 28 days. Is this legal or not??

[GSF Jamie 600]

If a copper says it is its legal lol
But yeah 60 quid and a note of rectification, then if caught again its a worse punishment, not sure what it is though

[MrGrumpy]

I was not given any paperwork/notice at all. Is this still right.

[GSF Jamie 600]

Yeah, they have 14days to issue any paperwork to you and it still be valid. In there will be the penalty and a note of rectification certificate thingy

Out of interest how big is your plate, my bike came with a small one but don't want to give the police a reason to tug me

[MrGrumpy]

Don't know the exact sizes of the plate and letters. Will measure the plate and letters and come back with the sizes

[Howling TerrorOutOfOffice]

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[MrGrumpy]

Hi, Not sure what you mean?

[MinhDinh]

It's definitely illegal.

I read on ride magaizne a few months back that it's really harsh now.
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[amnesia]

This is the only link I could find this monring...there is a better one that explains the British Standard requirements.

https://www.newreg.co.uk/services/dvla_number_plates/acrylic_plate_rules

There is no minimum numberplate size.

The size of the characters, their spacing and the reflective borders around the characters are defined. Therefore if you have less digits in your regestration, your plate can be smaller than the assumed legal 9"x 7" motorbike plate.
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[pa_broon74]

I had a small number plate on my TDM, it was about an inch and half high buy five inches long... (Not internet inches...)

I got pulled by anmarked traffic car, they gave me one of those (I think) 21 days to rectify heehaws, no fine or points. Sounds like the officer who pulled you over was in a bad mood.

The bike was due its MOT anyway, so it needed to be done. I actually got stopped about 5 days after that by an ordinary panda type car because of the number plate. I told the WPC that I had a ticket and it was in the works, she asked if I was sure I had a bike license? I was tempted to say something flippant (something about mistaking my TV license for a bike license, silly me... ) But I didn't.


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[BanditJeff]

The old bill have definitely got hotter lately on illegal sized plates. Fine has gone up from ?30 to ?60 as well.
I used to use a 7X5 but now i use a 8X6 with legal size & type letters & numbers, it still looks better than a 9X7 plate and so far i've had no hassle from plod.

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[MinhDinh]

How is he so red with only 4 posts?
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[Ste]

Because his thread got moved.

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[Chris750]

This may seem a stupid question but, will a bike fail its MOT due to having a non standard plate?

[Flip]

Yes it is a failure. It's all down to how arsey your tester is though tbh.

[Chris750]

My rear plate is standard size, but the previous owner has cut the bottom of the plate off. It has been cut so that the lower part of the bottom digits are now right at the bottom with no gap.

I gues I'll need to get a new plate made up then.

[Flip]

They'll pull you on it to try and sell you a new one if they make plates.

[MrGrumpy]

Make sure that there is a red reflecter attached to the base of the plate / mounting bracket. This is a failure too if it is missing.

[Chris750]

[amnesia]

Legality of the plate is more than just the text.

The plate must show the BS number, the makers name and postcode (and possibly more address details). I guess that slogans are a no-no aswell.

It can only display the EU symbol in the blue box, no other symbols are allowed (so no national flags or manufacturer /model logos.)

Ghost images behind the text is not allowed.



So here is an interesting (or not) question...

If you have a rear reflector stuck to your number plate, is that deemed to interfere with the layout of the plate in terms of the yellow reflective border around the text) and therefore make it illegal? Don't loose too much sleep over that!



I have three plates...
legal one for the MOT (and North Wales)

8x6 "Where's me stabilisers" for the week and

7x5 "Rock n roll as a wet lettuce" for sunday best
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[MrGrumpy]

I don't think the reflector can be actually on the plate.
If you look at a stock bike the reflector is mounted on its own bracket at the end of the rear mudguard under the plate. So if the plod want to I guess they could say it shouldn't be on the plate and do you for it.

[GSF Jamie 600]

If everything was done strictly by the book we would barely be aloud to breath, infact they can even do you for having a stick on reflector as by law it has to be a srew on one.

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