Geek Alert!!!
Ok, some of you will know that I took the Bandit to France not so long ago. As part of my "Prep" I asked my local friendly bike shop (the owner of which is a personal friend) if he could make me a GB Plate. He said he couldn't as they're not legal.
Yet... following Napoleon yesterday I noticed that his New 09 plate has a GB Euro Circle of Stars logo on it.
Anyone here *know* what the actual rules are? DVLA seems to indicate that "Euro" plates are ok for both cars and bikes, but my dealer was sure they weren't...
Anyone know for definate?
riding a UK bike in the Netherlands, I can tell you that it's a legal requirement to have a GB sticker clearly visible to ride on the continent.
It can be a sticker, or part of your number plate.
And you can indeed get them made - anywhere Tell ur local shop to get his facts right ;-)
http://www.dvla.gov.uk/media/pdf/leaflets/displayofnumb...plates.pdf
"Since 1st September 2001 there has been an optional provision for the display of a Euro-plate for vehicles registered in the UK."
"Vehicles displaying this symbol no longer have to use the traditional oval shaped national identifier (GB) sticker when travelling within the European Union."
http://195.99.1.70/si/si2001/20010561.htm#16
(The Road Vehicles (Display of Registration Marks) Regulations 2001)
"16-(2)(a); no material other than the international distinguishing sign of the United Kingdom displayed in accordance with the Council Registration may be placed in the space provided on the plate for that purpose .."
Your dealer is wrong Ian.
Yep. That's waht I'd read, and what I thought.
And I was sure I'd seen *legal* bike plates with the Euro GB Symbol on, but he insisted!
Nice to see I'm not going *too* mad... :-)
The Euro-plate is a number plate that incorporates the symbol of theEuropean Union (a circle of 12 stars on a blue background) with the national identification letters ofthe member states below
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