Bike breakers in the Nord Pas de Calais region

[Paul Rochdale]

Is anyone aware of a motorcycle breakers in the Nord Pas de Calais region, say between Calais and Ostend? I have a small collection of motorcycle numberplates and when I'm over there next month want to get hold of a French one. Thanks.

 

[Wapping]

Well it beats train spotting.

You can get one made in a few minutes.

Many provincial markets have an entrepreneurial gentleman or two from warmer climes knocking them out.

 

[Wilburt]

Many provincial markets have an entrepreneurial gentleman or two from warmer climes knocking them out.[/QUOTE]

The French have it well sorted, if I was caught knocking one out in Romford Market it would be a very different matter!

 

[Paul Rochdale]

Yep, it certainly beats train spotting, stamp collecting, cricket, tennis, horse racing and rugby, but they do look rather good mounted on the wall of my workshop - 25 US motorcycle plates that is. I've got Australian, Spanish, Portugese, Belgian and South African plates in the pipeline, being sent to me by friends and relatives. Just fancied a French plate off a bike rather than made at some market stall.

I'm off to the Groenedijk Motorcycle Loft Hotel at the beginning of April and hope to locate a breakers over there.

 

[Wapping]

Just fancied a French plate off a bike rather than made at some market stall.

I'm off to the Groenedijk Motorcycle Loft Hotel at the beginning of April and hope to locate a breakers over there.

The plates made are quite legit.

Failing that, drop into a motorbike shop. They have the stamps and dies, ready to go.

 

[ONYERBIKE]

The plates made are quite legit.


Failing that, drop into a motorbike shop. They have the stamps and dies, ready to go.

Moto-Expert type the reg no into the computer and 20 sec later Voila!
Obviously don't forget logbook and driving license/proof of address, all the bike shops make plates up, Cardy, Dafy moto etc, some at ridiculous sizes, but will refuse to fit them for you without a bribe

 

[madman]

Why not ask a French resident member if they have one. If you buy a secondhand bike here and change Departments with it then it gets a new number. The old plate is just scrap metal.
I have a couple of UK bike plates that were no longer required when I French registered our bikes.

 

[Paul Rochdale]

Well that's was what I was hoping this thread might lead to. I didn't want to have a new one made, rather than have an old discarded one. A Belgian friend has told me that Belgian plates are issued to a rider so stays with him/her whenever he/she changes the bike. Much like US plates. Perhaps French plates follow similar rules?

 

[Paul Rochdale]

One like this for instance.

 

[Ogmios]

North West(ish) France - Deux Sevres (sp!) region. (Geology was never my strong point) i'm sure Pete would come up with something - tell him some mad fecker from Dublin sent ya

http://www.rebootguzzispares.com/index.html?mainframe.htm&2

 

[Wapping]

Perhaps French plates follow similar rules?

Nope.

Change departement 'county' and you change the plate.

In your picture, the 95 is Val d'Oise, NW Paris.

 

[Paul Rochdale]

Thanks Pete; email sent.

 

[Paul Rochdale]

My collection on the workshop wall.