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Brammo Empulse Discussion => Brammo Empulse => Topic started by: Jeff on March 17, 2013, 04:14:15 AM

Title: custom license plate!
Post by: Jeff on March 17, 2013, 04:14:15 AM
Well, my request finally wound its way through the bowels of the California DMV.  After a couple months, I am now in possession of one of the absolute nerdiest custom plate jokes known to man.

(http://i.imgur.com/LxV34WI.jpg)

(For those of you who are not terrible shut-ins and don't happen to memorize unicode character encoding . . . . here is a spoiler (http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/26a1/index.htm))

If at some point within the next year one random person on the street gets it I will be highly surprised.  SHOCKED, you might even say.  Anybody else getting/have a custom plate?
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: protomech on March 17, 2013, 08:05:32 AM
Ha, very clever. I think your chances of being randomly discovered are slim..

http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/26a1/index.htm (http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/26a1/index.htm)
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: implovator on March 17, 2013, 09:20:02 AM
Best EVAR!
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: 7racer on March 17, 2013, 10:23:45 AM
holy crap!  would never have figured that one out!
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: 7racer on March 17, 2013, 10:24:34 AM
anyone else getting any custom plates?
Title: custom license plate!
Post by: 00049 (AKA SopFu) on March 17, 2013, 01:51:00 PM
I went with KOOPEC.

I wanted to go with EFOPEC, but two things were stopping me: I teach MSF and showing up to a class with that plate would probably be frowned upon by the program I work for. And my girlfriend's dad has worked with and knows many people fairly high up in OPEC, so she put the kabosh on that. She hasn't figured out what the "KO" stands for yet. Hehe
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: flar on March 17, 2013, 02:19:26 PM
I ordered mine in late December and still haven't received the notice.  When did you order these?

I have a dragonrider theme in my stable so I went with N(i)GHT F(u)RY for my Eclipsed Black ride.
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: 7racer on March 17, 2013, 02:42:34 PM
Texas has a nice website where you can enter your custom plate and see if it fits and if it's available.
http://www.myplates.com (http://www.myplates.com)

unfortunately, everything cool I can think of entering is taken!
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: Jeff on March 17, 2013, 03:20:57 PM
Texas has a nice website where you can enter your custom plate and see if it fits and if it's available.
http://www.myplates.com (http://www.myplates.com)

unfortunately, everything cool I can think of entering is taken!

Haha well you definitely at least need a Dynamo plate (I did not know that was actually a sports team):

http://www.myplates.com/LuxurySeries/PLPC161M (http://www.myplates.com/LuxurySeries/PLPC161M)

Also holy crap, Texas' custom plate system is waaaaaay slicker than California's.  Stupid things I entered in and are still available:

SHOCK
EBIKE
0 CCS (alternately, 0 CYL)
MPLSR
and my favorite, OHMG
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: 7racer on March 17, 2013, 04:17:29 PM
OHMG!

hahahaha!
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: 7racer on March 17, 2013, 04:23:39 PM
just tried "0 CO2" and that was available to (but kinda too nerdy for me)...no offense Jeff :P

LOL crap....I might need a custom plate
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: Jeff on March 18, 2013, 03:10:30 PM
Clearly you need to get matching plates for your Tesla and Empulse!

Also I'd like to point out that Texas is the only state I've seen so far where you can get a license plate with a picture of a hamburger on it.
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: travel4nutin on March 19, 2013, 02:07:54 PM
"NO TO BP" I hate what they did to the Gulf.
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: jonathan on March 19, 2013, 05:37:19 PM
Hey Jeff
Great plate...great meeting you last weekend at Scuderia!
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: Brammofan on March 19, 2013, 06:09:05 PM
Not much to work with here, but what about this:

(http://www.myplates.com/Images/Plates/PLPC001M?plateText=BRMMO)
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: flar on March 19, 2013, 06:50:41 PM
If I had thought of it before I ordered "NGHT FRY", my theme of dragons combined with no talipipe would have been better described by "NO SMAUG"...
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: protomech on March 20, 2013, 08:08:51 AM
Nice.. or BLKARRW. (only really suitable with a black bike)
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: Jeff on March 20, 2013, 09:08:54 PM
Hey Jeff
Great plate...great meeting you last weekend at Scuderia!

Nice meeting you as well!  Exciting seeing another one in the wild.  We'll have to meet up at some point and roam around the city making a fearsome whining noise.
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: 7racer on March 20, 2013, 10:28:35 PM
Nice.. or BLKARRW. (only really suitable with a black bike)

lol I don't get this one...

and all great suggestions!  This will be my first custom plate if I get one  ;D
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: protomech on March 21, 2013, 02:18:33 AM
What killed Smaug?
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: flar on March 21, 2013, 04:40:06 AM
What killed Smaug?

Ooohhhh.  Nice one...

I just got my postcard from the DMV today (well, yesterday at this point) so I'll be Night Fury by tomorrow...
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: Jeff on March 21, 2013, 03:51:42 PM
What killed Smaug?

Oh that is faaaantastic.  I didn't get it either.  That may out-nerd mine!
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: #47 (formerly 9 of 30) on May 22, 2013, 06:37:58 PM
Got my special order CA plate today.
What? No one thought of this? ;D
"BRAMMO"
http://brammoforum.com/index.php?action=media;sa=media;in=403 (http://brammoforum.com/index.php?action=media;sa=media;in=403)
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: Brammofan on May 22, 2013, 06:54:50 PM
Very nice!
I really want BRAMMOFAN but it's too many letters for Missouri.
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: #47 (formerly 9 of 30) on May 22, 2013, 08:41:07 PM
BRAMFAN
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: flar on May 22, 2013, 08:52:11 PM
Get a Brammo license plate frame with the plate "FANNO".
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: Brammofan on May 22, 2013, 08:57:36 PM
BRAMFAN
\Unfortunately, I just checked and Missouri only allows six letters.  "BRAMMO" works and maybe "BRMFAN" but that's pretty obscure.  I'll have to think about this.  :-\
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: 7racer on May 22, 2013, 10:59:30 PM
nice!!!!  I keep vacillating on what custom one I want  ???
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: Virtually Yours on May 23, 2013, 05:01:11 AM
In Florida the limit is 6 characters and I've been thinking of getting a personalized plate.  I've come up with several...
ERVLTN - E Revolution
EMPLSV - Empulsive
0EMSSN - 0 Emission
not Brammo related...
3PRCTR - 3 Percenter
RGNCJN - Ragin Cajun
WHODAT - Who Dat say they gonna beat dem Saints
GEAUX - pronounced GO
Any opinions on which one is best?
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: implovator on May 25, 2013, 11:18:41 AM
BRAMFAN
\Unfortunately, I just checked and Missouri only allows six letters.  "BRAMMO" works and maybe "BRMFAN" but that's pretty obscure.  I'll have to think about this.  :-\

Maybe BRMOFN?
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: CAT in HAWAII on May 28, 2013, 03:29:00 PM
What killed Smaug?
I thought Sting killed Smaug,,,,,,

Anyway,, I got "MAD CAT" as my license plate on my bike,,

Kinda goes with my truck,, "DAD KAT"

Not BRAMMO related,, oh well,,, :o

Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: Shinysideup on June 30, 2013, 01:01:58 AM
This one won't really fit, but I sure wish it would...

I come out of my stop, around lunch time, and 3 guys are huddled around my Empulse, holding forth on electric bikes. Two are in their 30's and one kid around 20 or so. I hear one guy say, "Yeah, I saw one at a drag race and it was really fast!"

I walk up, gray hair, bald head, ATGATT, and join in the conversation: "Yep. 60 mph in just 1 second... that's what the Kill-A-Watt will do."

They turn, accepting my input with the ease of workmen not in a hurry to return to drywall, and I hear the word, "Bad-ass." Thinking they're talking about the total sweetness of my ride, I say, "Yeah, they sure did a great job designing it!"

"No. YOU, dude! You're one bad-ass codger!"

So, maybe "BAC" on my plate and only the readers here will know the meaning.
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: Brammofan on June 30, 2013, 07:40:14 AM
BAC- first thought I'd always "blood alcohol content."

I've really been enjoying your posts lately!
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: Jeff on July 02, 2013, 09:36:14 AM
BAC- first thought I'd always "blood alcohol content."

Or perhaps a really big fan of Bank of America stock . . . .
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: skuzzle on November 17, 2013, 04:32:05 AM
Finally got a plate.  This was about my fourth choice.  I wanted CHRGME, CHRGIT, and something else I don't remember.  In Oregon there is now web access to see what's available.  After waiting in line for an hour I was going to get something!

As you can see it's the rainy season now.  The lack of rear fender causes the brake light to become covered pretty quickly.  Seems like a liability issue to me.
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: Jeff on November 18, 2013, 01:55:40 AM
Bad ASS!  Congrats!

The lack of rear fender causes the brake light to become covered pretty quickly.  Seems like a liability issue to me.

Hahahaha yep and in theory if you were to do a theoretical huge burnout, you'd probably find that in theory your brake light and license plate would be absolutely covered in little bits of charred theoretical rubber.
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: Shinysideup on November 21, 2013, 11:45:29 PM
I finally got my plate today.

I'm bummed that my first spellings were taken and that probably nobody except a few Latinos will get this one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/10852133@N02/10988769985/#in/set-72157632567075439 (http://www.flickr.com/photos/10852133@N02/10988769985/#in/set-72157632567075439)

Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: skuzzle on November 22, 2013, 12:48:34 AM
Shinysideup, that's a good one.  Next time I'll go to the DMV with a prioritized list with a couple dozen names.
Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: Shinysideup on November 22, 2013, 02:00:37 AM
Actually, in California, you can check for names on their website and do the whole application thing right there, including the payment.

The process starts here:

https://www.dmv.ca.gov/ipp2/initPers.do (https://www.dmv.ca.gov/ipp2/initPers.do)

Title: Re: custom license plate!
Post by: Shinysideup on December 11, 2014, 05:27:18 PM
After applying for a new version, getting censored, appealing, and getting approved, here's the update. Click on the thumbnail to see the whole enchilada:

(https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7540/15974686516_51731156fd_s.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/qkCrKA)Plate (https://flic.kr/p/qkCrKA)