HI ALL I JUST BEEN READING MY LOCAL M.C.N PAPER (MOTOR CYCLE NEWS ) .
ITS SAYING THAT SMALL PLATES WILL MAKE RIDERS LOOSE THERE LICENCE.
IN UK THE SIZE FOR CHARACTERS HAVE TO BE 64MM HIGH,44MM WIDE,AND WITH 10MM GAP,AND NO BACK GROUND PATTERNS ,

WHAT ARE THE LAWS ELSE WERE GUYS AND GIRLS.

ive got small plate on my z and i bet soon as i get on road with it i get knciked by police.

In the US, they are a standard size set by the Department Of Transportation. And they are small.

Here in the US the licnse plates are provided by the state in which you live. They determine the size and spacing of the numbers and letters plus the colors. Each state has it's own coloring and background schemes.

ok thanks guys..

I believe that there's a big difference between US license plates and UK number plates in terms of what they do.

In the US I believe that you buy a license plate (with a unique vehicle identifier on it) each year and it is dated - this gives you the right to use the vehicle on the highway.

In the UK, the number plate is only a unique vehicle identifier - it serves no other purpose and stays with the vehicle for it's life (ok - some exceptions).

The legal minimum size is about 9x7 inches and as this is big, people often fit slightly smaller ones (8x6, 7x5 etc) on to look better.

We still pay our annual fees, but it's for a small disc (tax disc) that must be attached to the bike - image attached.

hi heres size number plate and letters i have on my z .(it came like that from shop)

Here in Czech Republic no modification of licence plate is allowed. Anyway still the cops are quite ok with having some "home-made" models :-)

They only want to keep them a set size cos the cameras theyre gonna bring in wont be able to read the smaller letters and so cant track you.

Originally Posted by george doors

it came like that from shop

Er, yeah right, of course it did George....

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Originally Posted by george doors
it came like that from shop

TeHe!! tried that one as well "what do you mean officer? its illegal?, well knock me down with a feather, i'll get it changed right away!" Mine is all on one line at 9" x 2" ( and don't aslk for a picture as i do this at work and doing pics from a works PC is a big nono) so i know i will have to get it changed for its MOT in April, but 'til then i will plead stupidity and keep my fingers crossed!

Got an 8x6 on mine - which is a bit smaller than regular, but since I fitted the R&G tail tidy with the stock indicators, the full size cheese board won't fit between the indicators....

Still looks big in the pics though...

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Originally Posted by ZedKid

I believe that there's a big difference between US license plates and UK number plates in terms of what they do.

In the US I believe that you buy a license plate (with a unique vehicle identifier on it) each year and it is dated - this gives you the right to use the vehicle on the highway.

In the UK, the number plate is only a unique vehicle identifier - it serves no other purpose and stays with the vehicle for it's life (ok - some exceptions).

The legal minimum size is about 9x7 inches and as this is big, people often fit slightly smaller ones (8x6, 7x5 etc) on to look better.

We still pay our annual fees, but it's for a small disc (tax disc) that must be attached to the bike - image attached.

In the US you only get a differnt plate if yours is stolen or you change states. We have to pay for new tags each year, it's placed on the license plate with a month tag, and we have to pay registration fees every year due by the month on the plate. The tags have an identifier that matches the registration for the vehicle because people try to steal tags and put them on vehicles that aren't registered.

lol@zed it did come like that from shop .i took it like it is part from belly pan .