Legal? or just asking for trouble

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Legal? or just asking for trouble

26 Jan 2012 18:41 - 26 Jan 2012 18:42

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Im looking for a place to mount my tag. I was planning on keeping it lit with a white LED..

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Re: Legal? or just asking for trouble

26 Jan 2012 18:44

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I have a similar setup on my zx-10r. I think that it is technically not legal, but I have not had any problems in Texas with it. Including one traffic stop where he didn't write me up for the license plate. :blush: Your results may vary.

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Re: Legal? or just asking for trouble

27 Jan 2012 05:46

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I really want to avoid trouble on this I hear the fines can be as great as 1k. There are some horror stories over at customfighters.com of people with vertical tags getting big$$ tickets. This is where I would like to mount it. I just wonder what the laws say.

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Re: Legal? or just asking for trouble

27 Jan 2012 06:38

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Indiana doesn't recognize vertically mounted plates, they also require an unobstructed view from 50 feet. I got stopped for mine being at to much of an angle due to the stretch on my swinger so I made a horizontal mount for the axle

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27 Jan 2012 08:11 - 27 Jan 2012 08:16

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No eBay APP ID and/or Cert ID defined in Kunena configurationAfter reading up on this I noticed some states have a law with it being at the most rearend of the bike over the tallest part of the tire and Georgia has some laws about covers obstructing the view.
Just ordered a set of these to be compliant.

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Re: Legal? or just asking for trouble

27 Jan 2012 09:29

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Interesting, I'm doing a swingarm right now and was wondering this same thing. I see where you can but ready made vertical mounting brackets. But was kind of leary on those. I guess if the cop wanted to be a prick he'd find a way to write you a ticket for it. Guess I'll have to check this out before I mount my plate.

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27 Jan 2012 10:43

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Indiana takes pride in writing tickets for no license plate light and the vertical mounted plates. 3 out of 5 sportbikes seem to have them mounted like yours with little problem.

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Re: Legal? or just asking for trouble

09 Feb 2012 21:12

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Ok, here is my final setup. Ebay tail light with integrated turn signals, ebay led lights for the tag (note they are not very bright ).This as legal as I can get it and keep the style. I have an 81 GPZ tail sitting on top of it temporarly. I am going to use it to make a custom tail.

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09 Feb 2012 21:47

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Nice setup!

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Re: Legal? or just asking for trouble

09 Feb 2012 23:36

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I like it man... looks great!!

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Re: Legal? or just asking for trouble

10 Feb 2012 04:52

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Is that a CBR integrated tail light by any chance?

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Re: Legal? or just asking for trouble

10 Feb 2012 07:47 - 10 Feb 2012 11:41

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porchev914 wrote: Is that a CBR integrated tail light by any chance?

Yes it is. I bought it when I was going with the duck tail and it fit that great but now I wish I had one that was more squared off to match the gpz tail.

Thanks guys. How legal do you think this will be? see any problems?

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