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Number plates

The Wee has no where to put a GB sticker . I will be using soft bags, so the one on the old TT boxes is no more . I am therefore considering getting a number plate (that's a license plate to the colonials ) that includes said international requirement.

Do not fear, said plate will have the required spacing, layout etc. so will be 99% legal. There is however a line of text to go at the bottom where the dealer might put his details (this helps bike thieves BTW), or where the normal purchasers of such plates can put a bit of a logo or joke ("my other toy has ***s" , "Built by engineers, ridden by a ****", "The traffic police are all ******s" and so forth).

However, I'm a practical person. On the Bonneville I'd have had the tyre pressures but Suzuki fit a sticker. Maybe I could include my ICE telephone number? My blood group?

Suggestions however daft are appreciated and you may even get yours in print!

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Legally the Number plate supplier and their postcode are meant to be there.

I'd probably opt for something lighthearted that might ease a crossing or inspection 'cos that's one place the cop/soldier will probably look.

So maybe not F**k the Pigs or the like.
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I'd rather be riding a Bonneville
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I've just put a smaller one on, and when I ride to the ferry, well the cops can shove it up their bumhole if they object.

The new smaller one is still larger than i've seen in some eu states.
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I'd probably opt for something lighthearted that might ease a crossing or inspection 'cos that's one place the cop/soldier will probably look.

So maybe not F**k the Pigs or the like.
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