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Black and silver numberplate. Should I or shouldnt I ?
Charliecharlcomb:
Agreed. For Pre 74 bikes only. Great feedback, thank you.
Oddjob:
Get a reverse engraved black and silver Perspex plate, best of both worlds.
Bryanj:
I think i got mine from a place in Jersey, even cheap postage
beardylondon:
If you watch old TV shows from the 70s, you never see late 70s bikes or cars with black and silver plates. This is because yellow and black were seen as modern at the time, and black and silver old fashioned. I’m not that old, but imagine being 17 in 1976 and having a motorbike, and your parents had a 10 year old car with black and silver plates, you’d want yellow and black ones to look up to date.
Hence my 1976 on a P and came with black and silver plates (installed circa 2021 by last owner) , and I immediately got Jepsons to make period correct yellow and black plates. They use the correct font, not the post 2001 Charles Wright font you see on later yellow and black plastic plates examples, the cheaper eBay kind.
Oddjob:
Lot of truth there, the yellow and black perspex plates were also easier to keep clean, didn’t suffer from letters falling out like the pressed plates could do and as you say looked more modern.
However a few years later I opted for a black and silver reverse engraved plate, the main reason was it wasn’t as easy to see in the dark, as a lot of the time I was being chased by Panda cars for going to quick, I really didn’t like to give them any help at all. Same would apply these days with anpr and cameras. Don’t help them prosecute you 😆😆😆
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