MOT test

[PaulD]

I took Pussy for her mot test yesterday and she was given a clean bill of health
Actually she did technically fail but as the mot tester has looked after my bikes at test time for the last 30odd years he gave me a pass and told me to sort it out!
Anyone spot the problem? answers on the back of a buff log book
Fossie is exclude from this as he already spotted it when he first saw the bike

[Kryten]

Number plate looks a bit iffy

[PaulD]

Your both in the right area

[PaulD]

Looks a bit too high as well

Well it’s actually fitted to the number plate bracket so it can’t be fitted any lower?
But the problem is the number 8 should be on the bottom line! The plate looks like it was made at Bill Smith motors judging by his name on the bottom of the plate who is a well respected local Honda dealer and ex TT racer who should know better!

[fossie]

The later picture by Blix is acceptable because the year is at the front , on Pauls the years is the last letter.
The town of registration and month suffix must be together.

For example A770
TAV is 1983 About August in Norwich. (The numbers are superfluous .)
But TAV
770A In this case August ,Norwich but a number can't put on the first line (******) 1963

The new numbers are set out so the town is always first then the half of the year and random letters.
( because when people are questioned about Reg numbers , they generally only remember the first 4 digits and it is easier for the authorities to trace.). PN 15 EAD (Preston Jan-sept 05 EAD ). "Dickhead".

So in all honesty Paul's reg number should never have been made. Anyone how was trained should have questioned it.

[johnr]

probably confusion arose because modern plats have the 2 letters, then 2 numbers, and finally the remainder on the bottom line. as older plates fall out of use when bikes are scrapped, then they get less frequently seen and so mistakes like this are made.

of course, some plates are simpler to lay out than others......