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Home Country Identification on Bike?

So what is the deal with having a license plate logo or sticker of the country the bike is registered in...is this the law or something people just like to do?
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It is the law for Europe (an EU requirement) but lots of people forget or ignore it - I have never heard of anyone being pulled over for that violation (now someone will come along who has been!).

Welcome to here BTW!!!!
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Travels in Scandinavia, North and Western Europe, Baltic States and Russia so far. No country logo, no problems. I see no need to have a country badge and shall keep biking incognito.

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i am Turkish and I have traveled from UK to Turkiye with a UK registered bike with no logo (they dont even ask for my passaport until Greek-Turkiye border). I had no problem at all. But in Italy, I have collected UK, France, Switzerland, Italy and a Turkish logo/flag (and Greek in Greece) and sticked them on to my panniers just for fun. I know that it is also compulsory in Europa, even not it is good for the people who wants to interact with you.

I am sure you wont get any trouble wheter you stick you country logo/flag on to your bike.

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When/where will be doing your 1 year in Europe? I leave on Dec 5th from NY to do the same, albeit probably a slower pace. Please feel free to contact me to see if our routes/plans coincide at all.
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Trip plans

Mike,

Great looking at your site. I probably won't get to Italy til April or so. I will be heading south to Spain, Portugal and then due east all the way to turkey following the coast more or less then west from Turkey following a more northerly route to Germany.

Maybe our paths will cross somewhere along the line.
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