Classic Yellow Numberplates

Does anyone know of a supplier of pressed yellow numberplates to suit
a seventies bike?

Out of interest does anyone know when the now ubiquitous acrylic type
plates were introduced? I'm guessing late eighties.

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Simon

On Apr 2, 7:25 am, "sweller" <swel...@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote:
> Does anyone know of a supplier of pressed yellow numberplates to suit
> a seventies bike?

Framptons: http://www.pl8s.co.uk/page3.html though the site says he's
on hol until April 10th. I got some pressed black/silver plates from
him for the Triumph and Notrun/

> Out of interest does anyone know when the now ubiquitous acrylic type
> plates were introduced? I'm guessing late eighties.

Early 80s I think. ISTR my dad had an A reg Sierra with a set fitted.

On Apr 2, 10:38 am, Lozzo <l...@lozzo.org.uk> wrote:

> > Out of interest does anyone know when the now ubiquitous acrylic type
> > plates were introduced? I'm guessing late eighties.
>
> My first RD250E had an acrylic number plate in April 1979

Interesting. All the bikes I've had from that era that still had
their original plates have had pressed or riveted ones.

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Simon

On 2 Apr 2007 05:31:07 -0700, "sweller" <sweller@mztech.fsnet.co.uk>
wrote:

>On Apr 2, 10:38 am, Lozzo <l...@lozzo.org.uk> wrote:
>
>> > Out of interest does anyone know when the now ubiquitous acrylic type
>> > plates were introduced? I'm guessing late eighties.
>>
>> My first RD250E had an acrylic number plate in April 1979
>
>Interesting. All the bikes I've had from that era that still had
>their original plates have had pressed or riveted ones.

I don't think pressed plates were ever very common. Around that time
it was mostly either the older moulded letters rivetted on or simply
black plastic sticky numbers on the retro-reflective yellow
background. Changing your plate was as simple as peeling the old
letters off and replacing them.

Allegedly.

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Ace wrote:

> I don't think pressed plates were ever very common. Around that time
> it was mostly either the older moulded letters rivetted on or simply
> black plastic sticky numbers on the retro-reflective yellow
> background. Changing your plate was as simple as peeling the old
> letters off and replacing them.

Dunno, I had a variety of bikes of late 70s early 80s vintage that had
stick on type plates or pressed ones. Don't think I ever had one with
the moulded letters though. I can think of at least 2 I had with
pressed plates - CB125 LBW14L and CB350K4 PKE40M and I wish I still
had them! Paid 20 for the one and a tenner for the other....

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sweller	Classic Yellow Numberplates Does anyone know of a supplier of pressed yellow numberplates to suit a seventies bike? Out of interest does anyone know when the now ubiquitous acrylic type plates were introduced? I'm guessing late eighties. -- Simon

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AW	Re: Classic Yellow Numberplates On Apr 2, 7:25 am, "sweller" <swel...@mztech.fsnet.co.uk> wrote: > Does anyone know of a supplier of pressed yellow numberplates to suit > a seventies bike? Framptons: http://www.pl8s.co.uk/page3.html though the site says he's on hol until April 10th. I got some pressed black/silver plates from him for the Triumph and Notrun/ > Out of interest does anyone know when the now ubiquitous acrylic type > plates were introduced? I'm guessing late eighties. Early 80s I think. ISTR my dad had an A reg Sierra with a set fitted.

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AW	Re: Classic Yellow Numberplates Ace wrote: > I don't think pressed plates were ever very common. Around that time > it was mostly either the older moulded letters rivetted on or simply > black plastic sticky numbers on the retro-reflective yellow > background. Changing your plate was as simple as peeling the old > letters off and replacing them. Dunno, I had a variety of bikes of late 70s early 80s vintage that had stick on type plates or pressed ones. Don't think I ever had one with the moulded letters though. I can think of at least 2 I had with pressed plates - CB125 LBW14L and CB350K4 PKE40M and I wish I still had them! Paid 20 for the one and a tenner for the other....