L-Plate size and position??

[MikeyBrown]

Hi,
I have just bought a '97 CG125 with no L-plates attached to it. I have 2 sticky ones and 2 hard ones at home.

I am aware that there is a legal size for an L-plate (7"x7" square I believe). How would I go about attaching the front one? I want to keep it the legal size and its a sticky one. Any suggestions? (I have been told that sticking it on the front mudguard is illegal, as is wrapping it around the fork legs)

The reason I ask is that I've read on a few forums, that people can be pulled and fined £60 + 3 points for displaying a wrong sized L-plate and having it in the wrong place.

Any advice will be gratefully recieved

Cheers,
MikeyBrown

[Shaft]

One of these should do the trick:

https://www.roaduserdirect.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=806
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[Rogerborg]

You can use a fork clamp to attach the front plate. Or just fettle up a bracket somewhere. God damn, there are Amazonian pygmies who can't count to 3 who could figure it out.
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[fireyphoenix1...]

mine is mounted on thick plastic zip tied to the bikes front light mount works great
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[chiortas]

honestly i forgot to put an L plate on the front, been riding that thing for a month or so... and the guy who rode the cbf 125 before me didn't have the L plate on the front either... no issues so far, but if it's 3 points i would rather put it up, don't want that f*cking insurance to keep mounting on oblivious rates... will buy a sticker and stick on the windscreen. better than nothing i guess..
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[MikeyBrown]

[maria383]

My one was held between the front forks with cable ties.

Like the guy in the middle...
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[WowIHaveA10Pl...]

I have fairings so just wedge it in behind the windscreen.

When I first put them on I was cursing them, they make the bike instantly look slower, cheaper, tackier, etc. But at the end of the day my skills isn't as good as a full licence holder and if someone gives me that extra bit of room because of them I can't complain.

[N cee thirty]

https://i825.photobucket.com/albums/zz176/robyarr/DSC00813.jpg lol mine in bits at christmas

works well
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[neil.]

Had mine on the front fork like the chap on the left in that photo. Then i got a screen and stuck one to it. I found they snap off fairly regularly from the fork, especially if you ride on a lot of fast roads like dual carriageways. You could try mounting a sticky one on to a cut-out section of a big ice cream tub, which might be better than whatever they make the rigid plates from. That, or carry spares with you and cable ties.

[blurredman]

I bought sticky type L plates, and cut out lids of Jacob's Selections Crackers case lids. They proved very useful as they only bend and bounce back where a sturdy L plate would have simply broken.

I put my front L plate under the lamp. See my profile.
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[MikeyBrown]

[Teflon-Mike]

The fork-leg clamps are by far and away the least messy and least 'contentiouse' with the plod. They are vulnerable though, and the newer 'enviromentally freindly' card-board ones disintegrate far to easily!
https://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w269/teflons-torque/Little%20Dreams/Bike325.jpg
Just fitted to my latest 'project' so Snowie could ride it.
Try and get the plastic ones if you can, or make your own improvised version with old plastic and some clamps / cable ties.
TIP: Cut a bit of rubber from an oldbicycle inner tube and wrap around the fork-leg before clamping. Dont over-tighten the clamp.
Rubber protects the fork-leg from being scratched by the metal of the clamp, while squashing a bit, it grips the leg tight enough to stay put, but bashed, can still twist a bit, so a BIT less likely to get snapped off!
WHEN the plate gets snapped, do NOT remove the broken bit before you have a replacement (worth getting a couple 'in case TBH). Half an L-Plate is better than none, in the eyes of the law.
Might NOT get you off the hook for failure to display, but gives you a better chance of being given the benefit of the doubt.

[MikeyBrown]

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[MikeyBrown]

[blurredman]

Here was mine when I had my L's on..

https://i56.photobucket.com/albums/g164/Blurredman/Cars%20and%20Mine/DSCF0308.jpg?t=1295978623
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Current: 1973 MZ ES250/2 - 18k, 1979 Suzuki TS185ER - 10k, 1981 Honda CX500B - 91k, 1987 MZ ETZ250 (295cc) - 40k, 1989 MZ ETZ251 - 51k.

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