Flip up plates
Discussion
cinqster said:
Made my own for the front of my Spyder using a stainless steel hinge and MTB gear-cable and outer.
Yep ... I've come up with a design for a "flip-down" plate using exactly the same parts!
"Flip-down" is necessary to ensure that plod cant see that there is any mechanism there when they look closely.
He he!!
TonyOut said:
I feel a business plan coming together :-)
YamR1 said:
How is the business plan coming along for the flip-up plates-I really need one and can find no current manufacturers! Thanks, Jim.
put me down for 3 please.....
>> Edited by barry sheene on Thursday 2nd September 14:17
SirPsycho said:
cinqster said:
Made my own for the front of my Spyder using a stainless steel hinge and MTB gear-cable and outer.
Yep ... I've come up with a design for a "flip-down" plate using exactly the same parts!
"Flip-down" is necessary to ensure that plod cant see that there is any mechanism there when they look closely.
He he!!

S2rr Kitty said:
There is a lizardy type thing that hangs round here sometimes who may be able to help you.....? not sure if his was home made or off the shelf but it works a treat!
Yeah mines a bike2track jobbie, ive been lucky tho as out of the other people who got 'em mine is the only one I know of that still works! (touches wood as he types)

Seriously I reckon there is a big marker for these, everyone who sees mine thinks its ace, figure out something for cars too (probabaly the type that ive heard of that uses LCD to obscure the plate at the flick of a switch is best) & you could be a on a gold mine.
You need this lizard to market it for you correctly tho ok.....

Never been pulled for mine in unflipped mode, & i've had it about 3+yrs, thing is tho as a copper mate said to me, if you were silly enough to be caught with it flipped, you could- if the copper feels like it, go to court & be had up for perverting the course of justice or some such, which is a really big deal, whereas having no plate at all (as longs as you werent doing 180 down the bypass or somat!) is no biggy as it could have just fallen off & you hadnt noticed, so a light wrist slap.
A 'mate' of mine fitted a Flip plate to his Ducati (for track use only
) and it had a tendency to flip itself whilst riding, it seems that interference from the ignition coils etc. caused this anomaly - the problem was solved by re-routing and fitting a Ferrite core to the cable.
FYI 'he' removed it as 'he' was worried that it looked too 'dodgy'
Just thought this might be useful information

FYI 'he' removed it as 'he' was worried that it looked too 'dodgy'
Just thought this might be useful information

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