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Title: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on March 21, 2018, 11:36 AM
I’m running with a different number plate this year. The Crupi came with a Box plate, which fits perfectly with the Box Maximus bars. Chuffed to bits with the bike, I decided to get a fancy-looking, custom-made graphic from Danger UK, which had the logos for all the bike parts, as well as my name, number and a Union Jack, as seen below. However, my on-track performances haven’t been so flashy and it may sound a bit stupid but I felt a bit of a fraud with that plate! So with a new race number for 2018, I decided to change things up this season and go for something more low-key and better-matched to my riding. Although the Box plate is cool, I also fancied something a little older and initially picked up a NOS Lizard Skins plate, as pictured. However, I then saw a used but cool-as-fook UGP plate which I couldn’t pass up, particularly as a colleague was visiting his folks in the States and could bring it back for me in his suitcase! Pics of how it looked when I got it are below, but it doesn’t look like that now! Part 2 to follow!! :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: In2bmx on March 21, 2018, 12:46 PM
Cool plates  :coolsmiley: :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on March 25, 2018, 07:07 AM
So with the plate decided, the next thing I wanted to do was sticker-bomb the back of it. I’d seen a few sticker-bombed things I’ve really liked and thought that would add to the less-flashy look I was after. I had a trial run on the back of the Box plate, using up old BMX Museum stickers that I’d picked up over the years. Then it was time for the UGP. Again, I used some Museum stickers plus some others including parts of the ones salvaged from the front of the plate and of course, some Union Jack action to keep the flag flying over this side of the world. The result is below. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Taipan on April 04, 2018, 12:19 PM
Cool as f**k!  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on April 21, 2018, 02:19 AM
Cheers mate! Here it is mounted up and ready to rock and roll! :slayer:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: factory pilot on June 02, 2018, 08:41 AM
Looks totally RAD dude  explosion
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on January 30, 2019, 12:04 PM
Got a new number this year, so decided to bust out the Lizard Skins plate! The question is, do I sticker-bomb this one as well??
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Taipan on February 09, 2019, 03:14 PM
Yes!!  :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: deeman on February 09, 2019, 04:04 PM
Yes!!  :daumenhoch:

x2!
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: CustardLips on February 09, 2019, 04:31 PM
Both look cool Mick.  :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on February 09, 2019, 10:47 PM
Looks like I'll be digging out the sticker box this week then! :daumenhoch: Could do with one of these:-
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: CustardLips on February 09, 2019, 11:29 PM
Maybe a bit big for a plate Mick but pm me your addres and I'll pop one in the post.  :daumenhoch:

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Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on February 10, 2019, 07:21 AM
That would be friggin' great mate! PM incoming! :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: oldtired on February 11, 2019, 05:38 PM
get the marker pens out , :LolLolLolLol:      to tight to buy stickers me  :LolLolLolLol: :LolLolLolLol: i scrounged the two numbers on the lizzard one  :LolLolLolLol: n our lass bought the monkey sticky

Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on February 12, 2019, 12:43 AM
Nice one Jim! :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Drawn on February 12, 2019, 07:56 AM
I wont give you any bad tips, nor should I go take a photo of some stirring that happened a while ago,
But running Roman Numerals as a number was a good giggle.
Commentators got confused (couldn't figure it out quick enough),
Gate Check person had to get an interpretor  ;D
Chief Commisaire just looked and went "you made that to comply with the rulebook yeah?" and shrugged it off.

Thats just a start to the trouble making.
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: oldtired on February 13, 2019, 10:25 PM
comentary went ................."i vee i i vee em cee em em  gets the holeshot followed by i i ex i i vee  ............."  " oh they've finished "  :LolLolLolLol:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on February 13, 2019, 11:58 PM
 ;D
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on February 23, 2019, 08:52 AM
This little lot arrived today courtesy of someone with a penchant for custard pies! Now I need to get stickering!! :daumenhoch:

Thanks Nick! :bow:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on February 26, 2019, 10:41 PM
Now I have stickers coming out of my ears, I did the only sensible thing I could think of and....... bought some more plates! :D
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on February 28, 2019, 12:07 PM
& while I wait for those to arrive from the States, I stickered up the Lizard Skins plate with a bunch of RADness!! :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on July 23, 2019, 12:20 PM
Time to update this thread with some plate action! :D

First off, I bought a cool Knucklebone plate which I'm going to keep in the wings for next year. it came with some Pryme numbers, so I naturally had to sticker my current Pryme plate with a couple of those (cannibalising a 4 to make a 1) to replace the makeshift ones on there. Pics below! :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on September 11, 2019, 06:51 AM
Recently spotted and couldn't resist picking these up on ebay! I think I have a problem!! :crazy2:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: In2bmx on September 11, 2019, 08:53 AM
Cool plates  8)
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on June 10, 2020, 01:11 PM
Got bored = bought plates! :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Dingobmxer on January 23, 2021, 08:58 AM
Recently spotted and couldn't resist picking these up on ebay! I think I have a problem!! :crazy2:
I need that UGP plate in my life!
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on March 16, 2021, 04:24 AM
It's a sweet plate for sure - will keep you in mind should I move it on, though I may well use it this year. :daumenhoch:

In the meantime, I've just bought this one on the bay. There's some interesting background to it, but I'll wait until I actually get my hands on it before revealing more. :D
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on April 03, 2021, 11:21 AM
So this ^^^ arrived in the post this week. Sold by a French rider in Peru to a British guy in Japan - globalisation at its finest! :D

As you can see from the pics, it was used in Rounds 5 and 6 of the 2016 South American race series and will now see service over here. Since I'm no. 8 in one of the series I've registered for this year, I simply removed numbers 3 and 1 - sorted! The 8 is not completely straight but I can live with that as it's the perfect size. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on August 07, 2021, 09:58 PM
Needed a break from grading yesterday, so sticker-bombed the back of the UGP plate I'm using for the Niigata race series. What can I say - I was bored! :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on April 03, 2022, 09:37 AM
Another season, another used, sticker-bombed race plate! I turned this painted and subsequently faded and yellowed #99 into a #9 for one of the series I'm registered for. It ain't pretty but neither is my riding! :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on November 11, 2022, 12:50 PM
More race plates landed on my doorstep this week. Two very cool UGP plates and a Box plate with a custom decal sheet. :coolsmiley:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on April 15, 2023, 01:45 PM
My 2023 race plates for the two series I've entered. :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Chilli Rinse on April 24, 2023, 09:34 PM
Liking the knucklebone Mick  fistblump
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on April 28, 2023, 12:19 PM
Cheers mate! I picked it up from the Museum a few years ago, so thought it was about time to sticker-bomb and race it! :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: Pass the plates please!
Post by: Mikku on August 15, 2023, 10:41 PM
I got bored the other day, so got the stickers out again! :daumenhoch:
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