Ant:
I have a 5x7 on the back of mine with the R&G and its borderline where i live in norfolk, theres a couple of rozzers that just take the piss and pull anyone for anything but I have been pretty lucky, theres a chap in the midlands that has the *** packet type number plate on his blade and the coppers round his way havent stopped him yet.
In the last few months there has been more of a clamp down on bikers than any year previous also add to that the introduction of a new specs camera that does front and rear (specifically for motorbikes) they are trying to cover all aspects, the fines at the moment for the plate is £30 once things move along you can bet they will start implementing points for it and if you get caught on camera with the plate as far forward as the yanks have them they will investigate your leathers, helmet, your routine and such like until they find you.
When they do find you the penalties are far greater than just taking the 3 points and 60 quid fine (if you were caught speeding) as you then have to pay back investigation costs and your possibly looking at 6 points/ban and a hefty fine depending on the initial reason for them tracking you down.
To me personally I would love the sleek tail and no plate look but alas I am not going to totally take the piss with the old bill I take it on the chin for the plate if they do stop me as it is but I am not going to purposely try and hide the plate, if I wanted that I would just track the blade and not road ride.
Regarding the manual I hope its of use
Russ