Has anyone recieved a ticket in NY for riding with a side plate? Has anyone recieved a ticket in NY with the new HD's that come with the side plate? Did you fight the ticket, did you win or lose, I am fighting a ticket now and would like to collet info so I can fight it. If anyone has one the ticket would love to know how and why.


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HOZ

I am going to assume that if it is factory it is legal. Harley Inc. would have done the research. We have a couple Lawyer business members here. Give them a shout.

Have to agree with Rex...from the pics I can't see what the issue might be. Check with the legal beagles.

Is your plate mounted vertical? My friend rides a hardtail custom and he got pulled over for having the plate vertical. He had to rotate it back to have the ticket signed off. Were in California btw. Did you ask the Policeman if he was bored ? Good luck bro

My plate is not factory but it is the same setup as above for the new HD which are factory. It is Horizontal and the COP was a man on a mission he was giving a car a ticket when right after he went for me.

Based on what you said then it looks like one of those things we have to put up with. That is, decide if the possibility of winning the fight is worth the effort.

Rex, that is true but every fight should be worth the effor for every fight not fought win or lose is an advancement for the other side.

I think what you are wanting / trying to say is.... if we don't fight they win. If we do fight and lose, at least we fought. We can't win if we don't fight. Freedom isn't free, but it is worth fighting for!!!!

I understand, and that was mostly my philosophy for many years. But time has taught me that my energies are sometimes better spent elsewhere.

I'm thinking "choose your battles" too... I would pick mitigation. Go in and show the judge what this was all about. Be polite and dress respectfully for HIS court. I would just explain what you did, that you are not a lawyer but it seems wrong to have to pay a fine for something you bought from the factory that way. Then I would ask that it be reduced to a warning if it's really a violation, or dismiss if it didn't meet the language of the law. By the way, don't try to dis the cop in front of the judge. Technically cops are "officers of the court". Most judges do not find disrespecting the officer all that acceptable.

When it comes to passing judgement on cops, keep in mind that if they ever take down a REAL bad guy for some chippy infraction, they might lose the evidence if they have NEVER stopped or ticketed anyone else for that specific infraction. You can thank the Supreme Court for that one. So, new cops who know this often will enforce laws that seem chippy to you and me so that when they do catch Dahmer or Manson on a bike with a side-ways license plate they won't be ridiculed by the public for loosing the case. Tough game they play!