Dumb question re: number plates

[jerry]

Are there "rules" regarding number plate background colours similiar to the MX guys? Jerry

[VMX247]

Dumb question (not)  Interesting yes ...
Is it classic mx or enduro umbrella ?
It would have to be age and era - same as Classic MX ??
cheers A

[IT400C]

Hmmm - Traditionally Enduro numberplate background colours are plain yellow with black numbers, no matter what class you ran.

Enduros numbers are allocated on a per event basis - i.e. you'd enter the event and be told what your number for the even was in your acceptance letter (this is back in the days when entries closed 2 weeks before the event)

You'd then go buy your number and put it on your numberplate prior to the event.

Your number was based on the running order (80's-125's-175's-250's-400's).

Apart from adding the letter for age class, I can't see what else you'd do - that seems to be what they did at Harrow a few weeks ago..

[Nathan S]

Every enduro I've been to, modern or otherwise, has supplied the numbers for your bike or helmet - the exceptions being the couple of modern events where they had transponders... (a rant for another time).

 Usually they're squares of white contact with a number hand-written in black texta. Harrow and HBBB had nice yellow printed ovals.

[IT400C]

Every enduro I've been to, modern or otherwise, has supplied the numbers for your bike or helmet - the exceptions being the couple of modern events where they had transponders... (a rant for another time).

 Usually they're squares of white contact with a number hand-written in black texta. Harrow and HBBB had nice yellow printed ovals.

They only started supplying hand written numbers when they started allowing entry on the day - prior to that you number was in your acceptance - posted out a week before the event.

[LWC82PE]

What plate background colour is white? Is that only for US desert racing? because i know Al Bakers early Hondas had white plates.

[IT400C]

Yellow is FIM standard - in the US, especially desert races, they could have done whatever they wanted.

Red and Green backgrounds for Trophy and Vase teams at the ISDE/A4DE, or Red backgrounds for Pro Riders.....  All sorts of variations.

The Yanks especially tend to just do whatever suited them.

[jerry]

So is it fair to assume that if I roll up with yellow backgrounds on a 250 I wont be thrown out of the scrutineering bay? Jerry

[Nathan S]

It would be very safe to assume that.

[IT400C]

It would be very safe to assume that.

Very, very safe...