Modern Buddy

Hi everyone...I've been lurking for a little while, but now I have a question so here goes.

I'm in Providence, RI and just upgraded my (beloved) Honda Met to a Saint Tropez Buddy. Wow, what a difference! Happily I sold my Met to my neighbor a few doors down so I'll still get to ride occasionally.

I'm off to the DMV today and I'm thinking about a vanity license plate. "Buddy" is available, but it's kind of lame, and also the name of our former mayor who was convicted of several felonies while in office.

Rhode Island allows 5 characters, letters only (no numbers -- otherwise I would get "90MPG" in a second).

Any ideas you like to offer are most appreciated!

How about something like: 100 mpg

Mike

All the ones I thought of are 6 letters... Being able to use numbers would be a lot easier! I'll let you know if I come up with anything...

5 characters make it tough and no numbers makes it even harder.

H8GAS maybe?

how about "SWEET".

madtolive wrote:how about "SWEET".

yes. it is true. there is no denying...

how about " OLBLU" (ole' blue)or "HNDRD" (hundred).....man 5 letters and no numbers it tuff.

maybe "RIBUD"? (Rhode Island), but then again if you just read it straight through it doesn't sound so great...

do your family or friends have any nicknames for you that you can use?

brimstone wrote:how about " OLBLU".....man 5 letters and no numbers it tuff.

Yeah, I know it's tough without numbers. I was playing around with BLU (I liked BLUBUG but too many letters). The online form isn't allowing numbers, but I'm reading the regs and it doesn't say anything about numbers. I'll see what they say when I go.

SWEET is taken, unfortunately.

Now I'm thinking SBAHN, which is the subway in Berlin and a take on my name.

yeah, i'd call the DMV and see if they allow numbers...that'd be so much easier. i like blubug or blubtl but still....6 long.

funyn

SCOOT

Because "it's not a moped!" is too long.

MOMPG (more MPG)
GOMPG
SCOOT (did you check that?)
MYMPG
YOMPG (Yo, check out my MPG)
YAMPG (Ya! - I get good MPG)
NOSUV (my favorite)
MPGME

sBahn is cool.

RdBud

YrMom

As in "my other ride is..."

Are you sure RI doesn't allow letters and numbers?

http://www.dmv.org/ri-rhode-island/lice ... e-faqs.php
Can I get vanity plates for my motorcycle?

Yes. You can have a combination of five letters and numbers. Fees vary depending on what plate design you choose. Here's a breakdown of the costs:

Wave design: $37.50 + $27.50 vanity fee.
Sailboat design: $51.50 + $27.50 vanity fee.

For more information, visit our license plate resource page.


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www.cafepress.com/mpgstickers

Get the MPG sticker, get something else for your vanity plate.

jmazza wrote:YrMom

As in "my other ride is..."

That's so wrong.. I love it

Thanks everybody for your great ideas.

I wound up getting sbahn (as in Schnell Bahn!)...TARDIS was too long. When it arrives, I'll take a pic of me on my scoot.

RI is completely messed up with its license plates. People hand them down in their family and the lower the number you have, the cooler you are because you've lived here forever. RI-ders also put renewal stickers all over the plate because we want to show how long we've lived here. I was once behind a van with 12 registration stickers scattered over the face of plate. No idea if any of them was current.

Here you can use numbers and letters but are limited to 4 characters. When you apply for the vanity plate, you have to submit 4 choices for what you want.

Siobhan -

I am going to go out on a limb here and assume that you are not a native Rhode Islander? I will say however that you have excellent taste is scooters! Which plates did you get, the wave or the sailboat?

I lucked out when I went to register my Buddy and got a plate that had the number of my first PIN number when ATM's first started being installed at the banks.

Maybe I'll see you around on your scooter? Do you leave Providence on it? Or maybe I'll run into you at JAVASPEED!

Peace -