Best reason to get a top gun undertail...

[Throwdown]

I have increased the storage under seat three-fold by cutting out the box and securing the rear of the tray the ecm and battery sit on to the sub-frame, with a couple of brackets.

THEN, it occurred to me. Using helpful licence plate location law supplied by a member from Queenland, (sorry to lazy to search for thread), it is possible to legally locate the plate as far forward as it will go attached to the subframe, (you'll have to fashion a couple of brackets and cut entry holes through the top gun, but you have to mount a plate anyway). Then it could be be lit with a directional light mounted towards the back of the tail, (because of the top gun shape, you'll only see the light it gives off, the source will be hidden).

The benefits. Legal plate, the number plate is clearly visible, verticle to the ground, lit etc..., better looking from the back, AND, best of all, invisible to flashing roadside speed cameras. You heard it here first. I'm gonna do mine soon.

PS. Top gun a lot cheaper from the States. <i></i>

[demeester]

Certainly in Victoria, the legislation says it must be clearly visible from an angle of 45 degrees to both the left and right, so it would not be legal here to mount it that far forward... <i></i>

[Throwdown]

Shit!

Do you think the cop on the street knows that. I'd hate to my idea dead before I even try it. Mind you I was ridding all day last week without a plate on at all, (without realising it, I left it off), and I had no trouble. I'm still going for it. They'll have to catch me. By then the flashing cameras I've got away with will have been worth it. <i></i>

[demeester]

I'm sure this is one of the few vehicle regulations that every cop knows. Like, you have to wear a helmet....

That said, it is far more subjective than wearing a helmet or not, and a cop behind you not looking for something to pull you over for may not notice.

And regarding the "worth it cause of what I save before I get caught", probably true as I reckon most cops who have a go at you for it will tell you it's not road worthy, and give you a canary or something, or a minor fine for a "plate not legible" or something. But if you get a real prick who stings you for "avoiding speed detection devices", you may find yourself in deep poo. Although, I still haven't heard of anyone getting hit with this one (max penalty somewhere in '000s...) a cop would have to have a real beef ... <i></i>

[ressac]

What about 45 degrees in the vertical? If you can mount it forward with 45 degree field of view left and right, but have it not visible from overhead speed cameras (like the ones here in Bracks land) I think that might be a goer. <i></i>

[demeester]

But overhead speed cameras you know about and can slow down to not be done (although I assume that the "lapsed time" cameras up the Hume will be overhead...)

It is the unknown mobile cameras that are the biggest pain in the posterior... <i></i>