Motorbike numberplates

Motorbike numberplates are typically square and of a limited and prescribed size. See: numberplate sizes

The DVLA permits motorbikes to only have a rear numberplate - a practise that is in force today and has been for some time.

There is a great deal of bikers who have illegal numberplates that are either too small or illegible and the police sporadically crack down on motorbike numberplate offences but generally tolerate it as a nuisance.

Motorbikes and mopeds can participate in the DVLA numberplate transfer scheme so a numberplate you hold on a moped or numberplate you hold on a motorbike can be transferred across to a car or onto retention so long as you meet the criteria for the cherished transfer.

motorbike number plate

When numberplates were fist assigned to motorbikes it was mandatory that they also displayed a front numberplate but due to the absence of large mudguards on new bikes and in a rethink on legislation it was decided that motorbike numberplates need only be displayed to the rear.