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Laverdaroo:
HIYa mate, where abouts in harrogate ar eyou at, I used to live in Jennyfirlds for my sins but ahil from Hookstone area originally.

Laverdaroo:
Yes my keyboard is knackereed, Im in the qorkshop on the old lap top but you get my gist ;D

McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
If you do get stopped by the Fuzz and all there is is an undersized number plate they usually issue a V. D. R. S. Notice giving you time to change the plate & present proof to an Mot station. It's a VEL offence so it's DVLA that prosecute via local CPS - if its a ministry roadside check it might be a fixed penalty. Its not an endorsable offence or wasn't up to 2003.

Laverdaroo:
As long as its not the size of a credit card or can be read and suits the bike you shouldnt have an issue, the worst you get from a 'seven day wonder' is a re MOT and thats at the VERY worst. Usually they just see the bike with the proper plate back on it and sign it off as completed. At which point you go home put yer old plate on and forget about it.

I've had loads of 'wonders' over the years on the Ducati I recently sold and no come back and the LC, the VFR and my old \RS250; no endorsements and no slapped wrist. Providing youre not taking the p*ss and its not offensive, no worries.

That is unless PC Chris Abbott is still in the Harrogate force? He was a proper tool and tried to nick you for anything, he was  a right kn*b head staright out of cop school! ;D ;D


PC Smith was brilliant and used to say things like..... " It's come to my attention boys, (we were 20 odd at the time) that there's a rhumour that some lads on bikes round here are using Guiness labels as a sort of tax disc, I'd hate to see one of those on a bike that you lot owned, you'd be right in the mire for that one "

We all had them on our bikes as a rebellious way of saying get stuffed and it was his way of 'a warn' without looking and having to nick us. He was a proper copper, one of the old guard and a real gent. He knew but gave us grace as we were just young uns, un like PC Abbott who was simply a git being fresh put of cop school and trying to make his presence felt.

We made our presence felt instead by nicking his petrol cap off his car and replacing it with a different lockable one and then after much goading (sp?), especially afer seeing him get on a bus one morning, sent him the keys to it a month later.

He knew full well it was us but couldnt prove it.

A VERY high level of chuckling was had. He tried his best to get us all after that but we alwasy stayed one step ahead of him, even when he was circulatimg on his new unmarked GSXR 750 and black leathjers and tried to keep up with us on the way back to Harrogate from the cafe at Sherburn one night.

Think we beat him back to town by about 30mins ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D


Loser ;D ;D ;D 8)

jamiebridge:

--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on December 11, 2021, 03:59:41 PM ---7" x 5". I think they are officially sold as novelty plates. We've also got a few other bikes, all CB SOHC/4's with that size plate fitted and never had a problem and I still have all the old bikes MOT'd each year with no advisories on the plates.
You can just make out the side plate on my Millie, the Mongrel if you look through the rear wheel😊😊
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Thats great thank you

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