Historic vehicle

I'm looking at purchasing a vintage motorcycle. It IS an import
but has the paperwork to gain an historically correct 6 digit
black/silver plate.

Will I be allowed to put a front plate on as well? I know these were
banned after a few nasty accidents with pedestrians being cut by them.

Of course finding a number plate maker who can cut a semi circular plate
will be another problem.

 

Can you not cut yourself an aluminiun plate, paint it yellow and then
put black sticky lettering on it?....As a last resort.

Bod

 

I had a number-plate question some weeks ago - following which I put
an icon on my desktop which takes me to this:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/561/contents/made

It might answer your question - or again it might not. I've not
time to plough my way through it but will leave that to you!

 

DVLA Rules for Motorcycle and Tricycle number plates:
All motorcycles and tricycles must display a number plate at the rear of the
vehicle. Motorcycles and tricycles registered before 1st September 2001 may
display a number plate at the front of the vehicle but are not required to.

so it is registration date that is important, rather than year of
manufacture. If it was mine then I would put a front plate on and not worry
about it.

these people will sell you a curved plate:
http://www.tippersvintageplates.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/tippers?opendocument&part=6

 

Why would he want to paint it yellow?

 

The V5C should say on it something along the lines of "Was registered/
used overseas. Declared manufactured 19<whenever>". For these purposes,
it's that date - the first registration _in any country_ - which matters,
not the date of first registration _in the UK_. If it was the UK date,
then any imported classic would be unusable without considerable retro-
fitting to modern standards. As it is, any import only has to be retro-
fitted if it doesn't conform to the UK standards when it was new.

 

Well, whatever colour a front plate on a bike should be.
It's been years since I've seen a front plate.

Bod

 

Except it is silver and black

 

Ok, but you get the gist.

Bod

 

Wrong - I put front plates on the LE, it is normal expected practice for
an authentic classic.
OTOH you are free to leave them off if you prefer.

 

Silver and black on a vintage bike, I think.

 

Ok, ta.

Bod

 

Front plates were outlawed at about the same time as yellow and white
plates became compulsory on UK regd vehicles, but some had been fitted
with reflective plates prior to that date.

A bike's front plate would have been either black with white or silver
letters/digits, or reflective white with black letters/digits... not
yellow.

--
Lozzo
Versys 650 Tourer, CBR600F-W racebike in the making, TS250C, RD400F
(somewhere)
BMW E46 318iSE (it's a car, not one of those 2-wheeled pieces of shite
they churn out)

 

Ding, I believe is the correct reply here, though never done that and I
am pissed.

I do know you are correct however but the ones that people are talking
about being "outlawed" are the "ballcutters" i.e. the ones that are
double sided and sit on top of the front mudguard, however, you are
still able to put 2 seperate curved plates each side of the front
mudguard if you so wish.

--
Donnie
"**** the world, it's time to fight back"

Lambretta Series 2 186cc "The Shitter"
Lambretta LD 175cc "The Chopper"
Honda CB500R "Look out, Donnie's about!"

 

No, the "ballcutters" are the correct way for most classic bikes
exactly as originally fitted. They are actually two separate curved plates
mounted back to back. They were outlawed FOR NEW BIKES after
(mumble forgottendate) due to safety concerns. There is a little
confusion because some bikes with deep profile mudguards had flexible
sticker type plates on the side of the front mudguard as original
equipment. Some scooters also had a single front facing square plate
mounted to the front of the legshields.

Simple rule :- restore as per the original fitting.
Clue :- look for the two small mounting lugs on the top of the mudguard,
these may be missing on some repro mudguards especially when the same
part without lugs was used after the cutoff date.

 

There was a gentle hint in the OP, you see.

I've underlined it above, for the hard of thinking.

 

or black and white, which was more common.

Jeff

 

Several posters have pointed this out in this thread already.
You obviously haven't read the earlier ones.

Bod

 

I always thought those were the "cooling" rings that adorned SO drum
brakes. eg http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b127/cafeparts/rings.jpg

 

Wotcha.

We always called 'em "pedestrian slicers" - Bacon slicers were Moto Guzzi
Falcones
http://www.moonshiners.org.uk/slicer2003rally.htm