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Did Norton increase the width of the rear number plate when 7 digit numbers were introduced in 1963?
My bike has a seven digit number squeezed onto a 6 digit plate, the first number and the "A" hang over the edge of the plate!
This needs correcting so I would like to fit a wide plate, if there is such a thing, and either buy or make one.
The general dimensions/shape would be helpful if I need to make one.
There is plenty of…
There is plenty of information regarding reg' plate sizes on the net spanning all of the different year requirements complete with number dimensions to suit.
Norton will have sized their number plates to comply with the regulations set at the time of manufacture.
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..about Norton fitment, but many bikes ran a 3-row number plates, ABC at the top, 123 in the middle and the year letter at the bottom. This might help you?
Certainly was common practice until the late '70s. Even the Met Police Triumph and BMWs used them to allow narrower fitting panniers.
Regards, George