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Black and silver numberplate. Should I or shouldnt I ?
Oddjob:
Depends on the style of casting. I have Lesters on my 500 and they suit the black and silver plate being black and silver themselves.
Murf:
I am going to put a black and silver plate on my 1975 550 N reg and think it will look ok but wouldn’t dream of putting one on my 1979 CBX it would just look wrong.
Athame57:
--- Quote from: Murf on May 09, 2025, 12:57:08 AM --- I am going to put a black and silver plate on my 1975 550 N reg and think it will look ok but wouldn’t dream of putting one on my 1979 CBX it would just look wrong.
--- End quote ---
Then again, up until 1988 British forces in Germany all had black number plates ending in B, like this one. ( although I'm sure this is a UK B reg example.) When it is official it is normal again!
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
All this talk about black & white number plates reminded me of the plates you saw in the late 1960's that were Export Home Delivery Temporary Number Plates, the VRM's were not the usual ones for the County Letters iirc.
They were Black & White plates with a distinctive yellow border, you could drive for a limited period in the UK (6 months?) before you exported the vehicle abroad. Back then there was no VAT, just purchase tax, the yellow border showed HMRC that the vehicle had been purchesed without this tax.
Woodside:
Yes
Your bike should be yellow and black plates
No argument
If you want it original that's how it is.
No body in the 70's wanted black plates it just aged the bikes .
It's just a new modern trendy thing
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