October 18th, 2013, 10:34 AM | #1 |
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is this tiny mod legal
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October 18th, 2013, 07:45 PM | #2 |
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Looks like a good left hand turn would grind off half of your plate.
Most states you can get away with those during the day. You need it to be lighted for night riding. Pretty sure it wouldn't pass safety inspection without the light here.
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October 18th, 2013, 08:24 PM | #3 | |
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Seems like vertical mounting can be legal in FL; it varies state by state. It would require a plate light.
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November 10th, 2013, 07:13 AM | #4 | |
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From what I've seen, those curved plate mounts near the rear hub are popular with the choppers and such. MI is pretty lax about small stuff like this, so it may not be a good comparison, but I'd think that you'd be ok with it as long as it was fairly visible to a cop behind you. The spirit of the law is to ensure that your license plate is legible, so as long as you're not going out of your way to make it illegible, I think you'd be ok (around here at least). One other effect of that style mount is that it can make it a lot harder for random cameras to see your plate. I've heard of people in areas where they have lots of drug or border surveillance preferring these mounts for privacy reasons. I'm not condoning or encouraging illegal behavior, but I don't condone unconstitutional government monitoring either. |
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November 10th, 2013, 08:26 AM | #5 |
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If you're getting a vertical mounted license plate with letters in the correct orientation because while legal it subverts automatic camera recognition systems, do you not think that would draw more attention from the police whom as you've already mentioned will be aware that people use this is a means of evading being caught speeding etc and subject you to more pullovers as a potentially suspicious vehicle?
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November 10th, 2013, 11:42 AM | #6 |
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it seems like vertical plates are only legal where helmets aren't required
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November 10th, 2013, 02:27 PM | #7 |
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I rode a CBR600RR for a year that had a vertical license plate. I don't even think there was a light. Never got any attention from the police. I did buy the bike used...I don't think I'd do that mod myself.
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November 10th, 2013, 05:43 PM | #8 |
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