I made it , it's scotchlite sheet used for making stickers or signwriting , self adhesive , 10 minutes with a steel ruler and a stanley knife :smug:

Excellent! Just need some chainmail gloves for when I use the stanley knife.
:bouncy:

Cheers!

Not on the early models there is'nt!Its just a plain plastic cover.
The mod you describe is exactly the same set up as a Multistrada.

I know it's not clever OR big...but what about a smaller...only just illegal number plate?...I have one. It doesn't look that illegal!... You can see it from miles off and it tidys the back end up Luverlee...:D

Lisa, that small numberplate ... is this the one?




Looks good! Where'dya get it? :)

Numberplate and hanger (evoluzione)
From Nelly at Cornerspeed...
Wont say it's easy to fit...AND numberplate light bulb has just gone and facing taking off the whole seat unit to replace it but hey...Some women like maybelline eye mascara...me...I like a tidy back end!:P

I've got the Evoluzione hanger, I was interested in a slightly smaller (but not easily identifiably so) plate.

I spent today sorting out various bits on the bike including this hanger thing. I must have an 'earlier' bike like KeefyB says 'cos I couldn't do the clear panel swap that YiFE did but used the supplied lamp instead.

I'm not too happy with the plate bracket being attached with a single bolt to the under-rear-lamp bracket though. Just begging to come loose...

Ive already got (had?!) a small plate,I guess I'll just have to get a smaller one!;):D
RedSeb says I need to give up the gutbuster breakfasts or wind the rear ride height up,................the ride height it is then!;):D:P
My bikes not the only one,.......I saw another 999 in Italia this week where the rear tyre was chewing the plate.
Try Mal for "show number plates",easy online ordering,loads of options and fast service.
www.malplates.co.uk

My '03 , 999S was the same as my 749R , it had the interchangeable panels too , it must be really early bikes that are different :(

Anyone who has an early model 749 / 999 can go to a dealer and buy the cover with the clear panel in it and retro fit it to their bike , the parts are probably only a few quid :eureka:

Yep,the earlier bikes had a slightly differant number plate light too.It had just a push on cover that was prone to falling off.Most were replaced with the newer type cover with a screw in the side.
My bikes an 02 model on a '52' plate.

There is a simple option that costs nothing and takes only a few minutes. Unscrew the black part of the number plate holder, attach the number plate to the remaining section.

That's what i've done and it looks much better.

Yeh, but you still have all the ugly metal bracket attached to the underside of the exhaust, when this is removed it transforms the back end of the bike.

I still have the stainless bracket (original) with the number plate mounted directly on it and the light modified as shown , I think this is better than some of the brackets I have seen for mounting under the rear light as they look pretty flimsy.

Also , if you remove the original mount you are left with the mounting studs protruding from the standard silencer , not pretty :(

If you have a termi silencer fitted you are left with open threaded inserts , or I suppose you could put bolts in them , either way is a dirt / corrosion trap.

The kit comes with dome nuts to put onto the studs - didn't know what they were for as I have the Termis but if the standard can has studs then that makes sence. I put the bolts back into the inserts... don't think it will be more of a dirt trap than the original bracketry :D

Did over a hundred miles today to Popham and back and it hasn't fallen off yet so I guess my fears of the single bolt being a problem are unfounded as yet.

Talking of which - anyone see/own the 999 with no rear lamp unit that was at Popham? It had a tiny tiny plate and an LED tail/brake light sandwhiched between the seat cowl & exhaust. Very neat but I wondered whether da Law took a dim view...