Inspection Sticker Placement

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Since I have the forks apart and I did what I think is a pretty good job of cleaning them (short of making them look like chrome), I was thinking about the possibility of removing the inspection sticker to further clean that tube. I know I'd have to get a new inspection. But I got to thinking that maybe the new sticker wouldn't have to go on the fork. A little research found this for PA.

(2) On a motorcycle or a motor-driven cycle, the certificate of inspection shall be affixed in a clearly visible, upright position to one of the following areas of the vehicle:
(i) On the left side?traffic side?of the front fork.
(ii) On the left side?traffic side?of the front fender.
(iii) On a plate attached by weld or rivets to the left side?traffic side?of the vehicle for purposes of mounting the certificate of inspection.

So, does anyone else use some kind of plate or alternate location for their sticker. I know inspection laws vary by state so if anyone from PA or another state with the same rules could show me what you got?

 

[RichDesmond]

Back when we had inspections in Oklahoma I'd make plates that would attach (typically) to front brake caliper bolt. Usually just a rectangular aluminum plate with a hole drilled in one corner. Sometimes I'd have to get a bit more creative with the shape, but it was never hard to do.

The "weld or rivet" requirement is to keep people with multiple bikes from just inspecting/registering one bike and moving the plate around. Don't know how the Oklahoma law read, but I was never bothered by a cop about it when pulled over for speeding.

 

[Rich82GS750TZ]

Thanks isleoman and RichD. I did see those in my search. Didn't see anything welded or riveted. Agreed, that is an as asinine rule. I'm sure it's to dissuade people swapping stickers easily between bikes. I'm gonna put my bike back together and think about it until my inspection runs out end of August. Maybe I'll talk to the guys where I get my bike inspected and see how strictly that rule is followed/enforced.

 

[GSXR7ED]

I remember seeing inspection sticker on my first bike that I bought from a guy in VA...it was on the left fork.

We have no such requirements here in Delaware.

Where is it feasible to put it?


Ed

 

[Rob S.]

The sticker on my Suzi is on the upper part of the left fork, between the headlight and the gas tank - not too obtrusive.

The sticker on the Sportster is on the frame down tube - even less noticeable.

After years of riding an uninspected Z1 (too loud, too smokey, etc.) I'm just thrilled to be totally legal. They can slap the sticker wherever they want, all the easier for the law to see it. "See, officer, it's legal. Now please leave so I can exceed the speed limit. And yes, that will be me you hear from a mile away. Have a nice day, trooper."

 

[RichDesmond]

If that's true (and it probably was) then why don't they rivet/weld license plates to the bikes in OK? Would seem to be a bigger issue to worry about. My confidence in rivets preventing sticker transfer is lower than that of the PA DMV.

Well, as I said, I don't know what the law was here regarding the weld/rivet thing.

Mass has a decent system. You keep the license plate till the plate color or design changes which is rare. Inspection stickers are 1" X 1" adhesive backed stickers that the inspection station attaches to top right of license plate.

In Dec you renew registration by phone call and credit card and they send you a 1" X 1" sticker that you put on the top left corner of the plate. Color of each type of sticker changes each year. So easy to determine non compliance. 95 out of 100 times a PO is going to be viewing your bike from the rear before you get pulled over. Put the info on the plate.

Inspection and military stickers on forks are ugly.

We do have a similar system for registration, different color sticker each year on the license plat . Agree on the stickers being ugly on the forks, that's why I made plates. We haven't had inspections since 1999 or so, but I still had to have military base access stickers up until 2007, when they decided that the post 9/11 100% ID check was going to be permanent and vehicle stickers were redundant.