Not quite the reaction Derbyshire plod hoped for....
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this happened to me (and many others)at ladybower cafe a couple of weeks ago.
now if you choose to have a small plate and/or a noisy exhaust then you have to accept the small fines as an occupational hazzard.
however, given that the police had spotter vans, marked and unmarked cars/bikes calling into the roadblock.
why harass the people who are riding within the law?
while i was being run though the database and having an uninvited roadside mot. a car driver on seing the police put down his phone pulled up next to the checkpoint and put on his seatbelt,i pointed this out to the very atrctive lady officer who was interogating me.she didnt care.
i resent the blanket you have a motorcycle you must be guilty of something aproach.
now if you choose to have a small plate and/or a noisy exhaust then you have to accept the small fines as an occupational hazzard.
however, given that the police had spotter vans, marked and unmarked cars/bikes calling into the roadblock.
why harass the people who are riding within the law?
while i was being run though the database and having an uninvited roadside mot. a car driver on seing the police put down his phone pulled up next to the checkpoint and put on his seatbelt,i pointed this out to the very atrctive lady officer who was interogating me.she didnt care.
i resent the blanket you have a motorcycle you must be guilty of something aproach.
accident said:
this happened to me (and many others)at ladybower cafe a couple of weeks ago.
now if you choose to have a small plate and/or a noisy exhaust then you have to accept the small fines as an occupational hazzard.
however, given that the police had spotter vans, marked and unmarked cars/bikes calling into the roadblock.
why harass the people who are riding within the law?
while i was being run though the database and having an uninvited roadside mot. a car driver on seing the police put down his phone pulled up next to the checkpoint and put on his seatbelt,i pointed this out to the very atrctive lady officer who was interogating me.she didnt care.
i resent the blanket you have a motorcycle you must be guilty of something aproach.
But you've admitted to being guilty of having a small plate and noisy exhaust haven't you?now if you choose to have a small plate and/or a noisy exhaust then you have to accept the small fines as an occupational hazzard.
however, given that the police had spotter vans, marked and unmarked cars/bikes calling into the roadblock.
why harass the people who are riding within the law?
while i was being run though the database and having an uninvited roadside mot. a car driver on seing the police put down his phone pulled up next to the checkpoint and put on his seatbelt,i pointed this out to the very atrctive lady officer who was interogating me.she didnt care.
i resent the blanket you have a motorcycle you must be guilty of something aproach.
Rawwr said:
I avoid the fine for having a small plate by having a standard plate. Its worked really well so far.
I do the same with my exhaust. There was someone today at Devils Bridge who had the most obnoxiously loud and s
t sounding exhaust that I've heard in a long time. I'm sure he thought he was cool. Rawwr said:
I avoid the fine for having a small plate by having a standard plate. Its worked really well so far.
You need a tail tidy.That aside, standard plates on a bike are massive and look s
te.Smaller plates, provided the font is OK and they can still be read easily both look better and are not problematic other than on a technicality.
I have always had smaller plates, in a sensible location and a sensible font. It hasn't been an issue to date.
The problem on a practical level are those that use daft fonts and/or have the plates in idiotic locations (the classic is the plate sat under the rear end and tilted at 45 degrees)
cmaguire said:
What if it didn't sound st?
Most chavvy, slash cut, or open ended exhausts sound awful. Just a racket of noise, that does nothing at all. Austin Racing cans are one of the worst for this. t?There's nothing good about a noisy exhaust, other than to attract the kind of attention you don't want. Oh and they don't save lives, as the sound travels backwards from the bike, so doesn't wake up drivers.
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