Triumphrat

Moggy

I took this photo,and got all our P. plates without realizing.
The car reads KCKRS, with Tae Kwon Do in red under that. The bikes both have TRiumph above and T100 Bonneville below the TTIOO and TTI00.
Anybody else got pics to share? and wot do you guys think?

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BeastInBlack

The money spent on that could have been spent on some worthwhile upgrades, too much cash to burn methinks!

ohiorider

I think they are fine. Shows you like the bikes enough to diisplay their Triumph heritage on your plates. i don't have personalized plates, but I think the minimal cost is for first time only; after that, the renewal costs are the same as a standard plate.

BTW - you guys certainly get some different colors from us Yanks. Or maybe I'm out of touch with the newer Bonnies?

Bob

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yonder

I don't know how much you spend on personalized tags over there, but over here the difference in cost wouldn't even pay for a K&N filter.

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e404pnf

I'm not feeling very inventive with my searches, but you can get a "BO xx NNE" for £1799 (Link) or if you are less flush how about "T100" for £250 (link)
We are quite restricted with the format of our plates. If you are bored (or just killing time at work like me) you can search on the DVLA's website...
Gav

AceT100

Mine cost $41, and as we have to pay registration anyway....



I'm from England originally, but live in California now

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e404pnf

If you move back to good olde blighty how about "UK xx BKR" for £799 (link) or how about "EX xx USA" for £399 (link)

(I really should do some work today!)

mr_badda_bing

This is 33.00 a year.

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BishRat

Hey Beast... fortunately, the rest of the world doesn't run the plate system the UK does For those who don't know, in the UK the plate stays with the vehicle and is not issued to the person... they are transferrable between vehicles as an owner option. Effectively this means that plates have become a saleable commodity and collect market rates. If I owned a vehicle with the registration TT100 (for example), I could sell it to the highest bidder, and they could then transfer the plate to their bike. Some plates have been sold for ridiculously high prices. Usually tens of thousands of pounds. The record price paid for a plate is 375,000 pounds... Yes, that's $750,000 that some *&%$^* with more money than sense paid for the plate "F1" ...

So, because of this, the poor old Brit sees a personalized plate as an expensive extravagance or a status symbol, and when he moves to the states (like me) goes straight for a personalized plate I have one on my cage, and one being processed for the Thruxton. It's simply a case of applying to the DMV, and claiming it if it's unassigned. I think it costs an additional $25 for a personalized bike plate.

The point is that these are the property of the DMV, and issued to you. They have no saleable value to the vehicle owner. If you see a highly personalized plate in the UK, the chances are the owner has paid some ridiculous figure for it.

In New York, I wanted TON UP... but it was gone. So was 59CLUB, CAFE, BONNIE, and a whole bunch of others that seemed appropriate. I finally selected one (which will arrive soon... I'll share then)... but if anyone in New York is interested THRUX was still up for grabs as of two weeks ago...

Ace (another ex-pat Brit) did pretty well with UK BIKER... unfortunately, CA allows eight characters on a bike plate, NY only six

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Cheers... Bish
'06 Black & check Thruxton - AI & airbox gone, TORs, instruments lowered, YSS piggybacks, prog fork springs, gaiters, kneepads, rear fender bobbed, lucas rear light, Napoleons, custom blue/chrome headers, and a little duct tape...

AceT100

That'll never happen....I'm staying here!!

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