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Printed Motorbike Number Plates
from £19.99
Printed motorbike number plates have the registration printed in deep black Charles Wright characters, set over two lines, onto a 9" × 7" (approx. 230mm × 178mm) reflective yellow BS AU 145e plate, the size we make for motorcycles, quad bikes and scooters. It is the flat, standard bike plate, sold as a single plate: a motorcycle carries a rear plate only, while a road-registered quad needs a front plate as well. Made in County Durham by a DVLA-registered number plate supplier. Order before 2pm on a working day with your documents approved and we make it the same day.
How it is made
The characters are printed at the size and spacing prescribed for motorcycle plates into the reflective face of a yellow plate that carries our supplier name, postcode and the BS AU 145e mark. The characters sit flat in the face of the plate, do not lose colour in the sun, and can be pressure washed. If you want raised characters on the same plate, see the 3D gel motorbike plate and the 4D motorbike plate. The car version is the printed plate.
Is it road legal?
Yes, when the finished plate meets BS AU 145e and the number plate regulations, which allow a smaller character size on motorcycles registered from September 2001. Every printed motorbike plate we make is built to them: Charles Wright characters, a single shade of non-reflective black, a reflective yellow background with no tint or pattern, and a registered supplier's mark. We do not make tinted, blank or non-standard-spaced plates. Our guide to 3D and 4D number plate legality explains what the standard measures if you are weighing a flat plate against a raised one.
Warranty
36 months against manufacturing defects, which covers the plate and the print. It does not cover damage from fitting, impact or chemicals.
What to order
In the plate builder choose Printed and the motorbike size; for a motorcycle set the front plate to none, for a road-registered quad order a front plate as well. Proof of registration is required first (valid documents); postage is under delivery options. Fit with a screw kit through the bracket holes or sticky pads on a flat bracket.
All our number plates are:
BS AU 145e compliant!
100% Road Legal
Adds next-level depth to your plates
Safe to pressure wash
Doesn't fade in the sun
Professionally laser cut
Industrial strength adhesive bonding
36 month warranty
Orders will be manufactured from Monday to Friday.
Tracked 24: Your plates will be dispatched within 24 hours after you provide evidence of ownership of the registration. The Royal Mail aims to deliver these parcels the next day, so this is our quickest turnaround.
Tracked 48: Your plates will be dispatched within 48 hours after you provide evidence of ownership of the registration. The Royal Mail aims for a two day delivery timeframe on Tracked 48.
Tracked 24 and Tracked 48 both provide a tracking number, which we will email to you, so you will know where your order and your documents are at all times on their way back to you.
Please note we do not dispatch on a Sunday or during Bank Holidays so please adjust your expectations accordingly. We apologise for any inconvenience.
Please note that by law we include our company name, postcode and BSAU number on the plate. The font style for all our plates is Charles Wright which is the legal UK road font, compliant with the law. 3D gel and 4D plates are legal when the finished plate meets the British Standard, BS AU 145e, and every plate we make is built to it. Our guide to 3D and 4D number plate legality covers the current standard and the proposed changes to it.
We have to see your documents before we make your plates: one proving your name and address, and one proving your entitlement to the registration, such as your V5C. A document issued digitally, like a paperless utility bill, a bank statement or an eV948, can be emailed in its original digital form. Anything that came on paper is posted to us or brought in as the original, never a photo or scan. The page after checkout explains the next step, and we return your documents with your plates by tracked post. The full list is on our valid documents page.
The standard UK size for number plates are 520mm by 111mm. Please note this will vary if you opt for a shortened plate option. Shortened plates are cut down to a unique size depending on the length of your registration. Unlike our competitors, we cut these to whichever size you require rather than using pre-made short plates. We produce them to have a 16mm margin on all edges of the number plate, which leaves a nice even clean finish to your plate. If you require a specific size, please state this in the special requests box after clicking purchase. Legally, your number plates cannot have a margin any less than 11mm.
Utopia Plates does not sell show plates, as they could be used on the road, even though the manufacturer may sell them on the basis that they will not be. To avoid this, we will not sell show plates (this includes tinted plates, blank plates or those with non-standard spacing). We will only produce fully road legal plates, with standard spacing (as it appears on your V5C).