Number plates

Norton Jubilee DeLuxe 1959

What number plates were fitted to this bike, were they pressed aluminium or painted on. Iv's seen some number plates fitted to the front mudguard which appear to be painted numbers/lettering.

How would they have left the showroom from new.

Thanks

John

They were fitted with pressed aluminium plates from new but the problem now is that no one supplies the front plates (they have a very slight curvature and the plate ends are asymmetrically shaped) so people opt instead for stick-on replacements.

Hi there,

I've got a 61' Navigator which hasn't got the original front number plate and I was thinking of getting one. Does this now mean that there is no-one in this country that makes them? I assume the plate would have the same profile as those on a Jubilee. In the case of stick-on replacements is it still possible to get a plate with the right profile for the front mudguard?

...is it still possible to get a plate with the right profile for the front mudguard?

My own research suggests not. The supplier(s) are able to produce stick-on plates in their 'standard curved style' (which, from my observation, is smaller-radiused than authentic plates), leaving the purchaser to trim the ends to the Norton shape of rounded front and pointy rear (if that makes sense).

Previously wrote:

Hi there,

I've got a 61' Navigator which hasn't got the original front number plate and I was thinking of getting one. Does this now mean that there is no-one in this country that makes them? I assume the plate would have the same profile as those on a Jubilee. In the case of stick-on replacements is it still possible to get a plate with the right profile for the front mudguard?

Hi Sam, you can still get the main front number plate steel new, drilled to suit the mudguard posts, but you'd have to get a plate maker to make up the actual numbers.  I recently bought one for my Navigator, which is the same as the one for my 1959 Dommie - both made by Fred Williams - and they come with the rubber "U" channel that fits on the bottom.  I would have thought that there are quite few classic numberplate makers who can make the curved plates to fix on the main plate.  I see them at Classic Bike shows and you can find them on the internet.

Cheers, Lionel

Previously wrote:

Hi Sam, you can still get the main front number plate steel new, drilled to suit the mudguard posts, but you'd have to get a plate maker to make up the actual numbers.  I recently bought one for my Navigator, which is the same as the one for my 1959 Dommie - both made by Fred Williams - and they come with the rubber "U" channel that fits on the bottom.  I would have thought that there are quite few classic numberplate makers who can make the curved plates to fix on the main plate.  I see them at Classic Bike shows and you can find them on the internet.

 

There may be some confusion here (mine,possibly). The query was of course about the plates that are pop-riveted to the sides of the De Luxe Jubilee/Navigator front mudguard whereas your response seems to refer to the more normal, centrally-located plates that attach to the top of the standard type of mudguards. Or perhaps I've got it wrong.

Thanks all for your suggestions.

Quick Google for 'Classic motorcycle front number plate' produced this result,

http://www.tippersvintageplates.co.uk/phdi/p1.nsf/supppages/tippers?opendocument&part=6

Pressed aluminium and curved for the front.

Steve

Hi all,

Best place I found was http://www.jepsonandco.com/  They were very helpful and freindly when I phoned them regarding my 63 Navigtor.

The end result, aluminium pressed plates front and back for £26.59 inc VAT and postage.  Bargain.  Just waiting to be bolted on.

Jeff.