Number plate size

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mrapriliafalco · #1 Post by **mrapriliafalco** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:27 am

Does anyone know the legal limit is it 7.5 x 6

DavShill · #2 Post by **DavShill** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:38 am

No too small mate.

legal size is 9" by 7".... looks bloody huge if you've fitted a tail tidy!!!

#3 Post by **mangocrazy** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:45 am

Has there been a clampdown on 'aftermarket' number plates being made up, or can one still get them done fairly easily?

Not that I'm thinking of getting a smaller plate made up of course, oh no officer...

#4 Post by **Kwackerz** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:46 am

http://www.cheapestplates.co.uk/legal.html

Quite good explanation

#5 Post by **Kwackerz** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:47 am

mangocrazy wrote:Has there been a clampdown on 'aftermarket' number plates being made up, or can one still get them done fairly easily?

Not that I'm thinking of getting a smaller plate made up of course, oh no officer...

I use a place off Ebay. No probs and decent service.

I can dig out the name for them if you need.

mrapriliafalco · #6 Post by **mrapriliafalco** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:17 pm

The tail tidys going on at the weekend and I think I WILL GO FOR a 6x5.
Just hope it does not look to small what you guys reckon with a tail tidy too small ???

D-Rider · #7 Post by **D-Rider** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 12:50 pm

Surely we should use smaller ones on environmental grounds - uses less material, wastes less fuel in pushing it through the air and causes less emissions in doing so.

At least we should bill the "powers that be" for the extra fuel it consumes

..... just a thought .....

#8 Post by **mangocrazy** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 2:07 pm

DavShill wrote:legal size is 9" by 7".... looks bloody huge if you've fitted a tail tidy!!!

So what would be the recommended size numberplate to fit with a tail tidy (seeing as I've just ordered one...) ?

mrapriliafalco · #9 Post by **mrapriliafalco** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:12 pm

Going to go for 6x5, should look ok and not take the pi **

sabestian · #10 Post by **sabestian** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:50 pm

I was told by an MOT inspector that there is no actual legal limit, they need to be legible from 15 metres.

It may be BS though, he is quite...relaxed.

fastasfcuk · #11 Post by **fastasfcuk** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 3:56 pm

i've got a 8" 6" with a tail tidy and was told thats the smallest you can go legally, the lettering as got to be a certain size and min and max distances apart do'nt know what they are though.

Alkydale · #12 Post by **Alkydale** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:14 pm

fastasfcuk wrote:i've got a 8" 6" with a tail tidy and was told thats the smallest you can go legally, the lettering as got to be a certain size and min and max distances apart do'nt know what they are though.

Characters
Height 64mm
Width 44mm
Stroke 10mm
Space between characters 10mm
Space between groups 30mm
Top, side & bottom margin 11mm
Space between vertical lines 13mm

Still doesn't say what minimum size the plate has to be, but must be dictated by the size and spacing of the characters.

#13 Post by **Kwackerz** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:28 pm

Sod the size of the numberplate..

Seen this?

http://www.dvla.gov.uk/media/pdf/public ... 0draft.pdf

(Opens in PDF)

also read page 5, 'costs, drawbacks, risks. New numberplates on the way for Bikes?

It's all very interesting.

Aladinsaneuk · #14 Post by **Aladinsaneuk** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 4:49 pm

in norfolk/suffolk

if you do not have a full size sail board, with the BS stamps - you get a 30 quid fine on the spot

yes, the police chief constables did agree last year that so long as a number plate was clear and legible they would ignore it - BUT then they lost the cash from speeding, so now they wave 30 quid fines around like confetti
(Cynical - Moi? too damn right!)

I have actually got a legal plate on - and it is correctly lit - by two leds that show as much life as a necrophiliacs ball

bigun · #15 Post by **bigun** » Wed Aug 13, 2008 8:12 pm

Think mine is 6x5. Doesn't look too bad till you put it next to the standard plate and then you realise how small it is. I don't care though. I'm vain!