Old style numberplates

[pato08]

Can anyone tell me where I can gat old style black and silver number plates made,  One for the back and one each side of front mudguard A10 Plunger

[lawnmowerman]

Hi Pato

I used Tippers http://www.tippersvintageplates.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/tippers?opendocument&part=6
Not the cheapest but they look the part.

Jim

[pato08]

Thanks Jim

Added to my favourites, for future reference

Pato

[Goldy]

The cheapest ones are the pressed type and are obtainable mail order from Pollards Motorcycles in Sheffield.

[Stu55Flash]

I used 'Pressed Alloy Plates' Sheffield as advertised in the bike mags also:

01909 563310

Stu

[RoadRunner]

Hi,
Re number plates, I bought a set from Tippers which were of excellent quality but the front ones didn't quite have the same curvature as my front mudguard; hence the front ones were sourced from Pollards which fit okay and are reasonably good. Both sets have pressed numbers/letters. I guess it depends which front mudguard you have fitted - not sure if mine is correct for year/bike but it looks okay and it fits
Not sure it this has helped!

Cheers
RR 

[tombeau]

Its funny, I actually identify our age of bikes as having letter stickers or hand painted lettering rather than alloy plates, which I think of as being a late 60's/70's thing.
A quick flick through of Rockers, and BSA twin Restoration, does rather reinforce this view. Are we being a bit guilty of blinging up our Beezas?
Still, do what you want. I'm not exactly the Authenticity Police.
Cheers,
Iain

[bsa-bill]

Could have been a question of cost Iain , I can recall black plates with raised white plastic/Bakelite ? letters on cars of the same era

There again life is funny, I can't recall many things that I know happened but also I seem to recall things that SWMBO says never did happen

[tombeau]

You're right about those chunky white plastic letters on car plates. My dads bubblecar has 'em. The plates were by Bluemels.
My recollection of the 60's is also questionable as I was born in the '70's.
Cheers,
Iain

[RoadRunner]

Hi, I don't recall the early sixties being I was only a youngester then; but the 'friend' who got me into this 'fine mess' of building an A7 still has his in bits with the original plates we're guessing. These are curved pressed ali but do not have nice rounded ends like the replica ones we get today - they are square ended and only just use enough metal to get the letters/numbers on, so quite short and look good. I did try to get some made this this but.... some people just so are inflexible  .

Anyhow my Beezer will never be totally authentic or orignal for its plate/year or model for that matter; but I am trying to use as many orignal aparts where humanly possible to made a decent looking bike that I like (hopefully - since I've never ridden it yet!) A 24 yr project coming to an end in 2011 unless.....

Cheers
RR

[Butch (cb)]

I think the only part of my Flash that has not been either replaced or renovated is the rear number plate inc. mount. It has extra tags welded on from some time in the past that bolt it to the mudguard. It's still resplendent in brush painted black with stick on white letters. It's a nostalgia thing for me.

[bsa-bill]

A 24 yr project coming to an end in 2011 unless.....

Thanks RR -  makes my seven year project seem like I did it in a rush

My recollection of the 60's is also questionable as I was born in the '70's

Iain your probably familiar with the adage "If you can remember the sixties you weren't there" trouble is you had to have been 'active'  in the sixties to make sense of that adage

[Goldy]

In the 60,s if you were wealthy you had aluminium plates of if not, which was most of the bike population, then you used white adhesive stick on numbers and letters.

[bsa-bill]

Spot on Goldie
My 61 Flash was Black so the front numbers stuck straight onto the mudguard, now here's a teaser anybody know when it no longer became necessary to have numbers on the front ?

[Butch (cb)]

Always seems odd when you see contemporary road test reports of bikes you consider to be more modern, still carrying a front plate in the pics. I'm probably mostly thinking of the Trident here. I think these late ones were front on rather than side on. Interweb says:


Older British plates had white, grey or silver characters on a black background. This style of plate was phased out in 1972, and is now legal to be carried only on vehicles built prior to 1 January 1973.

Motorcycles formerly had a double-sided number plate on top of the front mudguard, curved to follow the contour of the wheel and visible from the sides. The requirement for the front number plate was dropped in 1975 because of the severe danger these presented to pedestrians in the event of a collision. Motorcycles registered after 1 September 2001 only need to display a rear number plate, while motorcycles registered before that date can display a number plate at the front if desired.