Looks soo much better with the tailtidy! But yeah, smaller plate needed .

I really could do with riding mine. Got a brand new tyre on the back. Could do with scrubbing that in, or ive no chance keeping up with a mate on a Multistrada on friday. Nevermind.

Don't go too small on the number plate because it really is like having a huge hand pointing at you shouting STOP ME! Then once they have stopped you everything else is up for scrutiny.

Depends how small you go i guess.

Should be okay aslong as you dont take the pee

That is the whole point though.  Some are so small it is like having a neon flashing STOP ME above you.  Then they start to look at your tyres and see if your exhaust is road legal and all the other stuff.  I know some of the number plates look the size of a snow shovel but if you have one the size of a postage stamp you are asking for all you get is all I am saying.

That is the whole point though. Some are so small it is like having a neon flashing STOP ME above you. Then they start to look at your tyres and see if your exhaust is road legal and all the other stuff. I know some of the number plates look the size of a snow shovel but if you have one the size of a postage stamp you are asking for all you get is all I am saying.

Yeah i agree mate (:

Never really understood the need for such small plates - I never spend time looking at mine thinking I wish it were smaller (well not the plate anyway) I just get on and ride it.

Its all a bit "look at me, look at me". As said above you're just opening yourself up for added scrutiny if stopped.

Big plates look fine, until you fit a tailtidy n what not. Then it dwarfs everything around it

I wonder if striple has a big plate ?

What to keep the spray from the wet roads off his back?  Nah!

I wonder if striple has a big plate ?

No, he doesn't. They're a f*****g abomination, lol. I don't know how anyone can stand to look at such an eyesore on their bike without vomiting copiously. I've always run 7" x 5.5" plates on all my bikes (apart from my RD200, which had a pressed metal plate). Small enough to look good without taking the **** or drawing attention. Never been stopped for it, and on the few occasions I've been stopped for other reasons they've never mentioned it. Current ACPO guidelines advise no action if the plate's legible from a decent distance and not taking the p**'s, but some forces still enforce the regulations.

Edited 15 September, 201510 yr by StripleR675

What to keep the spray from the wet roads off his back? Nah!

Nah. Small plates give it an extra 50bhp per tonne power to weight.

Fastest 675 around

What to keep the spray from the wet roads off his back? Nah!

Street Triples are well known for flinging spray up the riders back, even with a standard barn door sized plate and the aesthetically horrific OE number plate hanger. Fortunately, I'm not daft enough to ride in the wet, so that isn't an issue, lol.

My OE hanger is where it belongs - in a box in the garage, along with the hideous legal sized original plate, ugly pillion footrest hangers and OE exhaust system. Replaced by a rather lovely looking and superb quality CNC machined tail tidy from Daz at D3, with number plate light removed so the plate looks like it's just floating below the rear beak, and is all but invisible in side profile. God is in the details, as they say...

Edited 15 September, 201510 yr by StripleR675

What do people thing about this tapered plate ?

 

it wouldn't suit anything other than a KTM but ? YAY OR NAY>

 

Striple you have a VERY nice bike there.  I think there are far more important things for the Police to worry about rather than the size of number plates and as there are far less Police about these days I think the chance of getting pulled are far less as well.  Having said that if you have one that would be difficult to be picked up by a roadside camera because of size or font you stand an increased chance of a tug.

 

Not too sure about the tapered plate.  For a start I cannot remember the rules now as I haven't had to for the last 16 years and to be fair I wasn't that interested before then either.  They can be found by Google if anyone is that interested.  So I am unsure if it is legal or not and without seeing it on the bike I cannot form a view of what it looks like.

 

Just to go slightly OT but still about number plates.  For years I have had a personalised number plate on my cars.  My initials are CEW and the plate is OEW but with a carefully placed bolt it could (and has) looked like a C instead of an O.  For some time I did have it that way (after I had left the force) but for some years now I have had it as it is supposed to be as I am aware that if caught DVLA can withdraw the plate from use.  We have just decided to go down to a one car family and as my wife has a personalised plate that I bought her when I proposed to her (romantic sort me) we are keeping her plate.  I 'thought' about transferring mine to the Tiger but to be honest I can't be bothered with it.  You seldom see a bike with a personalised number that has no suffix or prefix and it just looks odd.  I don't actually care what number I have on the bike nor what the plate is as I don't look at it.  That isn't to say that I think others shouldn't bother.  We all have different tastes and I for one am delighted as life would be so boring any other way.

Striple you have a VERY nice bike there.  I think there are far more important things for the Police to worry about rather than the size of number plates and as there are far less Police about these days I think the chance of getting pulled are far less as well.  Having said that if you have one that would be difficult to be picked up by a roadside camera because of size or font you stand an increased chance of a tug.

 

Not too sure about the tapered plate.  For a start I cannot remember the rules now as I haven't had to for the last 16 years and to be fair I wasn't that interested before then either.  They can be found by Google if anyone is that interested.  So I am unsure if it is legal or not and without seeing it on the bike I cannot form a view of what it looks like.

 

Just to go slightly OT but still about number plates.  For years I have had a personalised number plate on my cars.  My initials are CEW and the plate is OEW but with a carefully placed bolt it could (and has) looked like a C instead of an O.  For some time I did have it that way (after I had left the force) but for some years now I have had it as it is supposed to be as I am aware that if caught DVLA can withdraw the plate from use.  We have just decided to go down to a one car family and as my wife has a personalised plate that I bought her when I proposed to her (romantic sort me) we are keeping her plate.  I 'thought' about transferring mine to the Tiger but to be honest I can't be bothered with it.  You seldom see a bike with a personalised number that has no suffix or prefix and it just looks odd.  I don't actually care what number I have on the bike nor what the plate is as I don't look at it.  That isn't to say that I think others shouldn't bother.  We all have different tastes and I for one am delighted as life would be so boring any other way.

When I had a company car I transferred my personal plate onto my gixer. I quite liked it. They are on both of our cars now. Stick it on the bike I say !

No, he doesn't. They're a f*****g abomination, lol. I don't know how anyone can stand to look at such an eyesore on their bike without vomiting copiously. I've always run 7" x 5.5" plates on all my bikes (apart from my RD200, which had a pressed metal plate). Small enough to look good without taking the **** or drawing attention. Never been stopped for it, and on the few occasions I've been stopped for other reasons they've never mentioned it. Current ACPO guidelines advise no action if the plate's legible from a decent distance and not taking the p**'s, but some forces still enforce the regulations.

Ooh pressed metal plate on an rd 200 ? Me likey. That's class.

Mad I have 'almost' made up my mind to sell it.  I have had an offer from Elite Registrations for it that I think is fair.  Did yours have a prefix or suffix?  Couple of the RATS that I ride with have RAT plates with their initials two numbers then RAT and they look good but I don't think I can recall seeing a 3 number and 3 letter plate on a bike.

Chris - got 2 early suffix plates. Took a bit of getting used to seeing it on the bike but did look good.

Went for a 50 mile spin after work

Just to start running the back tyre in abit really.

It might rain on friday, and i dont fancy wearing a brand new tyre in, in the rain, following a Multi.

So i thought id best do the worst of it on my own

Just ordered plate 7.5 x 6.5

 

Shouldn't attract to much attention

Went for a 50 mile spin after work

Just to start running the back tyre in abit really.

It might rain on friday, and i dont fancy wearing a brand new tyre in, in the rain, following a Multi.

So i thought id best do the worst of it on my own

Good shout fella get the tyre ready so you can focus on the long trip ahead. To be fair most tyres I've had recently haven't needed much scrubbing in. The last pr3's I had didn't take any. First ride was on a real greasy day and they just dug in.

I am fairly sure all you need to do is scrub off the release agent from the tyre and that won't take long at all.  Only problem I have is it will still be on my chicken strips even after 4000 miles!

I didn't sell mine, despite having advertised it and having someone interested.

 

Two reasons - 1) I don't know what I'd want to replace it yet as I've not found anything that ticks all the boxes, and 2) He was in London and it would probably be stolen before the end of the year. At the moment, theft of GTS300s in London is pretty much guaranteed.

Good shout fella get the tyre ready so you can focus on the long trip ahead. To be fair most tyres I've had recently haven't needed much scrubbing in. The last pr3's I had didn't take any. First ride was on a real greasy day and they just dug in.

Yeah i must admit, it felt fine from the start rven though i was going very steady.

Ive not been unfortunate to have to run a tyre in in the wet yet, so i dno how that would go tbh .

The viffer has a habbit of spinning up at the best of times if you get ahead of yourself and exceed 7k in the wet. Bit of a pain like that tbh.

I am fairly sure all you need to do is scrub off the release agent from the tyre and that won't take long at all. Only problem I have is it will still be on my chicken strips even after 4000 miles!

Bok Bok.

I think some tyre manufacturers use a water based release agent now so its even quicker to scrub in.