belfastguzzi

Hehe see ElectraGlide in Buell thread 'T.V. is the reason why less than 10 per cent of our Nation reads books daily Why most people think Central Amerika means Kansas Socialism means unamerican'

Thanks for your interest folks. I fear that the previous owner gave the authorities too much information when he changed the frame over. The DVLNI here haven't answered my query (yet), but all the opinions are pointing in the same direction. Even though I think it's unfair to say the bike' s origin is now 'unknown', once the Q mark is given, it's a once only, for-life, decision and it's there to stay.

KANSAS oh yeah, I get the joke!

Basically, it's the steering. Handlebars are going straight ahead, but the rest of the front end is trying to turn a corner. It's unruly.

It's not that I haven't presented you with the reality. Well, you know that I've tried to get you to face up to the facts. PS What about Bendy? HMMMMmmm You know that it's sent by beardy old men?

I think I'll have to accept it found in other webby places – • I think you will find that a Q plate on a vehicle has to stay. To my knowledge you cannot change the plate. • NO you cant change a Q plate to a private plate.the Q means the car has been written off and repaired or the car has been made up of spare parts with no ID • your car has been put on a Q for the reason it has no identity • Q Plates are non transferable and you cannot transfer other number plates to Q registered vehicles • A Q Plate is literally a VRM which starts with a Q prefix. Use of this plate indicates one of two things: a vehicle which was not originally registered in the UK and for which proof of age was unavailable at registration, or a vehicle which has been built using a significant proportion of used parts. It is perfectly normal for a kit car to have a Q registration, but on other vehicles, it suggests that their full history may be difficult to trace.

nice bike

If only. Mojave Desert. It's another one of those magical phrases. Did you mean road warrior or roadkill? One nation under god has turned into one nation under the influence of one drug (chorus) Television, the drug of the nation Breeding ignorance and feeding radiation etc

No So what is your equivalent Q plate, ours being QNI? Do you have additional letters by region?

Excellent. Well judged! I'm giving him two invisible points, in celebration.

Electra Glide in Blue is on tv. I'm watching it, seeing Guzzirider as Motor Officer Zipper Davis, tootling about the dry & dusty Merikan Vastness on his big motoscooter (oh, yeah – he's just saying, right now, that he "dreams of a stroker with 1400cc and chrome sprockets and insulated cocktail bar" and all sorts of other Guzzirider stuff!). Not sure who 'Big John' Wintergreen is. Possibly a severely dehydrated Martin Barrett. One thing's for sure, David, the VW Bus Driver, is D'the man'laing. . 'Doc' the coroner is on now. Must be Jaap. "Why did you have to shoot yourself in my jurisdiction?" Though it could be Docc I suppose

If it were up to me, I'd give you at least one Standard Point, but you never know how things go here. I suspect that bribery oils the wheels, though I can't prove it, yet. If Bendy chooses to mis-interpret the question, you could be disqualified 'cause you didn't correctly identify what's wrong with bike.

Thanks folks – it has just struck me that this is just Northern Ireland related, not UK, though presumably you have an equivalent. It's the '84 Le Mans lll, which was rebuilt on a second-hand frame (same model/age). So it was given the QNI plate. The plate is ugly and I would prefer the original, as the original • fits better with the sort-of-classic status • is smaller (partly because there are only 3 numerals, not 4, in the old number) • is a much nicer, neater and more interesting number: AXI with 3 numerals. Redguzzi, as far as I can gather, the rules are that these plates can't be changed once you have them. I have queried it with DVLNI on the basis that the origin and age of the bike and frame are known – however I don't think that will wash with them. The fact that it has a second-hand frame seems to have been the crucial factor meaning that it had to be given the QNI plate. 'QNI marks are issued to vehicles of indeterminate origin, where the age or identity of the vehicle is in doubt. The display of a QNI prefix is a visible sign to a prospective purchaser of a vehicle's uncertain origin.' I'm enquiring just in case anyone has found a means of persuading the authorities. The only way that I know of, so far, involves selling it across the border, re-registering and then re-importing etc... which I don't want to do.

Single :!: You are clearly a bigamist :!:

OK For you not sure if Americans have the right sort of puff to inflate a boyo like this though?

If you're in the poll / petition mood – do it here

Well, the petition is making the news today. Seems to be that the Government thought it was a good idea to give the people a means of speaking, but now that they're doing so and adding loads of names to the petition, Govt.'s now saying that it's all irrelevant and can be dismissed because the weak-minded people of the UK are just swayed by irresponsible hooligans, such as Mike Wilson. Something like that.

Not sure if I queried here before. As I can't find anything through a search, I'll ask. Has anyone had success in getting the original plate restored to a bike, or any vehicle, that has previously been assigned a QNI plate? I know this is regarded as impossible: I'll clutch at any straw. Grateful for any info regarding success – or lack of success.

and daddy's got a brand new pigbag so everyone's happy?

Pick one of those and you could have the right one.

Take care and don't go for too long a run. It could be your undoing. The transmission spring is likely to break and the gearbox will seize-up anyway, in the hot, slow traffic. The finely tuned angine will then be no use. Give it back, quick. Rear wheel bearings? Be very afraid.

You got part of the name, but not the correct name Gearbox / clutch? Not what I was thinking How do you define nothing?

Snippet of last year's UGP:–

After seeing the Richard Britton tribute on YouTube, then the thread here referring to the John Britten DVD, I thought I'd see if the V1000 is on YT. Here it is, from that Greatest Ever Motorcycle top ten programme (which was notable for featuring the Guzzi V8) JB V1000 MG V8