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Black number plate or yellow?
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
For the safety aspect I'm staying with reflective just might treat myself to pressed alloy rather than plastic as I hate to see delamination.
andy120t:
I think the 'black/ silver plate up yo 1980' is just a bureaucratic cock-up. I don't mind rolling forward to qualify for tax-exempt but to do it for an old- style number plate is just silly.
There is a late seventies Mercedes SL with a black/ silver plate. I've only ever seen it head on, but it just looks wrong. It took me an age to work out what it was when it approached, as the plate colour didn't match the model era and the look doesn't match the classic seventies shape and style.
I'm all for the right plate for the year - but at the end of the day, it's your bike!
matthewmosse:
My cb500/4 came to me with an old and well patinated black and white plate, I just stuck with it, it kind of looks right on that bike, and replacing it would loose the patina, the rest of the bikes got a similar distressed look. My landrover should have b+w but as local places only make up the modern plates, that's what it got. I still have the original b+ w but the original owner retained that reg number sadly.
Moorey:
Best bet put someone else's plate on. ;)
wildtapholer:
It's a personal choice really, I went for the black and silver.
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