Velcro securing Number Plates

Yorkie · 27-02-2010, 10:26 PM

Has anyone used velcro to secure their number plate?

Ive just used some of the heavy duty stuff on mine and it looks quite tidy!

Yorkie

27-02-2010, 11:07 PM

My dads got Velcro on his car plates..........

Does this mean you car park illegally then you can remove your plates???

Nickj · 27-02-2010, 11:18 PM

It's prbably one of those things that'll have the plod searching for the hidden fake plates you obviously will have hidden somewhere on the bike.
Of course this is the kind of thing a master criminal or maybe a terrorist would do so expect to be locked up for at least 24 hours.

Is the the 'standard' fuzz and hook velcro or the thick plastic equivalent you see on some car linings?

Gadget · 28-02-2010, 05:17 AM

My brother in law attaches his plate like this.
There are no holes and he has never lost the plate.
I think the story would be different if he had a tail chop.

slob · 28-02-2010, 06:09 AM

I know somone who uses dzus clips to hold his plate on.

Kato · 28-02-2010, 09:09 AM

Used velcrow a few times on cars and bikes works well but I'm always concerned that my plates are gonna get nicked.

Yorkie · 28-02-2010, 09:10 AM

Im not that worried about the coppers, if they nab me it must be fair game!

Its just handy for plate changing, small to door size!

Yorkie

Blah blah · 01-03-2010, 08:17 PM

I vecro'd the seat onto the frame when I built the chop, couldn't get the fugging thing of afterwards... velcro's pretty good stuff

Oh, and talking of numberplates, I once met a chap on his carboned up, bored out, tweaked to fuggery 748 in the middle of Wales with a numberplate held on with elastic bands !! Although he may have also had a slightly different plate on underneath for some obscure reason which is nothing at all to do with being able to quickly throw one away should the police actually get anywhere near him once he'd stopped obviously

LVC · 01-03-2010, 08:29 PM

All my plates are held on with double sided 3M tape - no holes, neater and easier to clean and I've never had one fly off. The trailer has velco attachments for the plates as I have two towing vehicles and alternate between them.

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Originally Posted by Yorkie

Its just handy for plate changing, small to door size!

Is this a regular thing then Yorkie - if so why? Mot's are once a year and if you get stopped it's too late anyway

Yorkie · 05-03-2010, 09:32 PM

Who gets stopped??

It just looks neater!!

Yorkie

LVC · 06-03-2010, 08:04 PM

If it's neatness and staying-in-place-ability - I would recommend the 3M double sided sticky stuff - available in a variety of thicknesses (just like Monster owners) - Halfords, DIY stores, etc sell them. Also much less easy to nick than if they were just velcro'd in place.

Who gets stopped? .... me regularly so the plod can have a good look at a decent bike instead of the restricted French mopeds.

Yorkie · 07-03-2010, 09:26 AM

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me regularly so the plod can have a good look at a decent bike instead of the restricted French mopeds.

If only it was the same everywhere!

Yorkie

27-02-2010, 10:26 PM	#1
Yorkie Anglo-Saxon Warrior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: North Yorkshire Bike: M900 Posts: 2,485	Velcro securing Number Plates Has anyone used velcro to secure their number plate? Ive just used some of the heavy duty stuff on mine and it looks quite tidy! Yorkie __________________ NO ICE, GUN IT!

27-02-2010, 11:18 PM	#3
Nickj Too much time on my hands member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Forest Of Dean Bike: S2r Posts: 3,196	It's prbably one of those things that'll have the plod searching for the hidden fake plates you obviously will have hidden somewhere on the bike. Of course this is the kind of thing a master criminal or maybe a terrorist would do so expect to be locked up for at least 24 hours. Is the the 'standard' fuzz and hook velcro or the thick plastic equivalent you see on some car linings? __________________ "The final measure of any rider's skill is the inverse ratio of his preferred Traveling Speed to the number of bad scars on his body." Song of the sausage creature

28-02-2010, 05:17 AM	#4
Gadget wtf... Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Abbey Wood Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 563	My brother in law attaches his plate like this. There are no holes and he has never lost the plate. I think the story would be different if he had a tail chop. __________________ Gary N

28-02-2010, 09:09 AM	#6
Kato Dismantled Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: East Molesey Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 2,231	Used velcrow a few times on cars and bikes works well but I'm always concerned that my plates are gonna get nicked. __________________ "Political correctness is just intellectual colonialism and psychological fascism for the creation of thought crime"

28-02-2010, 09:10 AM	#7
Yorkie Anglo-Saxon Warrior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: North Yorkshire Bike: M900 Posts: 2,485	Im not that worried about the coppers, if they nab me it must be fair game! Its just handy for plate changing, small to door size! Yorkie __________________ NO ICE, GUN IT!

27-02-2010, 11:07 PM	#2
Panther Guest Posts: n/a	My dads got Velcro on his car plates.......... Does this mean you car park illegally then you can remove your plates???

28-02-2010, 06:09 AM	#5
slob . Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: East London Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 9,714	I know somone who uses dzus clips to hold his plate on.

01-03-2010, 08:17 PM	#8
Blah blah Upsetting normal people.. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Portreath Bike: S2r Posts: 833	I vecro'd the seat onto the frame when I built the chop, couldn't get the fugging thing of afterwards... velcro's pretty good stuff Oh, and talking of numberplates, I once met a chap on his carboned up, bored out, tweaked to fuggery 748 in the middle of Wales with a numberplate held on with elastic bands !! Although he may have also had a slightly different plate on underneath for some obscure reason which is nothing at all to do with being able to quickly throw one away should the police actually get anywhere near him once he'd stopped obviously __________________ Power is nothing without control... I have neither !

05-03-2010, 09:32 PM	#10
Yorkie Anglo-Saxon Warrior Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: North Yorkshire Bike: M900 Posts: 2,485	Who gets stopped?? It just looks neater!! Yorkie __________________ NO ICE, GUN IT!

06-03-2010, 08:04 PM	#11
LVC The Loire Valley Monster Join Date: May 2006 Location: South of Le Mans Bike: S4 Posts: 709	If it's neatness and staying-in-place-ability - I would recommend the 3M double sided sticky stuff - available in a variety of thicknesses (just like Monster owners) - Halfords, DIY stores, etc sell them. Also much less easy to nick than if they were just velcro'd in place. Who gets stopped? .... me regularly so the plod can have a good look at a decent bike instead of the restricted French mopeds. __________________ *Kiss French, Play Japanese, Ride Italian....*