Parking tickets

[Feasty]

Every now and again I need to park in Sheffield city centre, but rather than use a car park further away I put the bike in a bay on the side of the road outside the office I need to go into.
The bays need paying for via ticket machine, which also has a phone app location on the side.
You also get 20mins free, by printing out a ticket and sticking it in your 'windscreen'.

I only need to be there for 10-15mins but with my luck that'll be when the traffic warden comes round . I don't see why I should faff around with a parking app, and there's nowhere to put a ticket on my bike.
What would you do with a ticket/proving you've paid or have been less than 20mins?
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[Arfa__]

Buy the paper ticket, take a photo of it stuck to your bike before you leave. If it blows off, gets rained on or a scabby barsteward pinches it, at least you've got proof to counter any fines. Could be yet more faff defending a fine, but what else can they expect you to do with a paper ticket?!
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[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[rpsmith79]

No need to worry, your bike will probably have been half inched by the time you return to it, Sheffield is fast becoming a no go area for motorbikes

I'm so glad i moved down the road to Chesterfield, so much nicer here, but the stories i hear/read about my home town make me not want to visit on 2 wheels (even though my paretns still live there)
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[t121anf]

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[stinkwheel]

Bet you can buy stick on tax disc holders pretty cheap these days, you could slip it into one of those.
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[Feasty]

Some useful ideas there, thanks. After reading I also came up with the idea of using a large peg or clip - but then someone is bound to nick the ticket at some point for themselves.
I ended up taking a photo of a ticket with the bike in the background...
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Previous: Aprilia Habana Retro 50cc (beauty), Yamaha SR125 (fell apart), Honda XR125 (nippy little commuter), Honda SLR650 (Geewhizz), Yamaha Diversion 900S (Smoooooth) written off courtesy of a stupid escaped horse.
(7 year gap), BMW F650 (Relaxing ride). Aprilia Caponord ETV1000 (Big and bold). Yamaha FZS600 (got me in trouble too quick!).
Current: Yamaha TDM 900 (Comfy, light but big, power when needed).

[ThunderGuts]

Not having your reg plate on is asking for trouble - nice idea in theory, but in practice it'll probably get reported as stolen / dumped or plod will take it away anyway, not to mention the wrist slapping you'll get when you go and get it back.

I do appreciate the issue - if it's an app, your ticket will be logged in the app against your registration, so the warden will see that your vehicle is ticketed appropriately, irrespective of if the ticket is physically there or not. Likewise, of little use to anyone else if the reg doesn't match up (doesn't stop some dimwit trying it on of course).

Parking without the ticket is clearly in contravention though, so you are asking for a fine if you do that. Just get the ticket in the app, stick it on the bike, photo it (as said above) for extra evidence and crack on.
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[Fat Angry Scotsman]

[ThunderGuts]

[rpsmith79]

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