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Black and silver numberplate. Should I or shouldnt I ?

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DomP:
Cheeky black and silver plates on my xs650b and a slightly smaller portrait one side mounted on my cb550

Spitfire:
I think I'll stick with the yellow one that was on the bike when I bought it in 1976, my days of turning the lights off on the motorway and nipping down a slip road are well past.

Cheers

Dennis

Nashfly:
Each to their own - put on which plate you prefer

My 3 classic bikes all have pressed black & silver plates, because I prefer the look of them

Given that pressed plates are easily bent, I have perspex plates behind them for reinforcement - well worth doing

My nearly finished 1972 CB500 four is an RC181 replica from 1967, so I have purchased an 'E' suffix Plate from that year to transfer onto it - to me it's a nice touch, to others it's frivolous.....as I said at the start of this post: 'each to their own '

Johnny4428:
Personal preferences. I only have one Honda with a black and silver plate my 1973 750k3, I did “him and hay” about the type of plate to put on it but i agree with Julie that later 70’s bike with these plates on look a bit strange.

Athame57:

--- Quote from: Nurse Julie on May 03, 2025, 06:52:15 PM ---
Personally, I think bikes look strange with the wrong colour after about N reg, it doesn't sit well on the eye for some reason.

--- End quote ---
I think they need wire wheels for black plates and a lack of plastic too, as with my 1978 S reg CB400f2. Cast wheels and plastic just don't look classic anymore.

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