Why is everyone removing the rear guard?

External Since: Dec 03, 2007 Posts: 2

On Dec 7, 9:36 pm, the big dog <thebyg... DeleteThis @mailinator.com> wrote:
> On Dec 6, 3:20 pm, "Untermensch" <Untermen... DeleteThis @nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> > Just about every sports bike I see now has the rear guard and No plate
> > bracket removed and their plate mounted up high under the tail, pipes or
> > even back behind the rear wheel hugger................
>
> > Whats the go????????????????????????
>
> When you put the plate back there, it's perfectly visible to the rear,
> but from higher up, say speed camera level, the tail or pipes obscures
> the view. Have no idea how legal the setup is though. I don't
> imagine police officers take kindly to that sort of thing.

I thought it had something to do with being able to remove the rear
wheel to change the tyre more easily, but then I guess most of the
riders of such bikes just get the shop to do it...

External Since: Apr 19, 2007 Posts: 43

On Dec 7, 10:01 am, Marty H <hyt....TakeThisOut@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Dec 6, 3:20 pm, "Untermensch" <Untermen....TakeThisOut@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
> > Just about every sports bike I see now has the rear guard and No plate
> > bracket removed and their plate mounted up high under the tail, pipes or
> > even back behind the rear wheel hugger................
>
> > Whats the go????????????????????????
>
> I believe there was a shortage of things to complain about on the
> sportsbike forums, so they needed to come up with a new way for the
> police to hassle them so they then could complain about police
> harrasment.

I heard something about how it came out as a recommendation by a big
qourum and a peak body survey commissioned when it was noticed that
sanctimony levels had dropped to a historic low...