Normally plate will relate to year of manufacture or first registration (wherever). I had to prove age of mine to get it registered. If not it goes on a Q plate.
Finally got it figured out, I spoke to the nice man at Honda motorcycles uk, gave him the details (vin no. engine no. etc) and he could tell me everything I needed to know, It would appear the bike is a 1994 F2R and not a 1997 after all which makes sense.Thanks for the help though folks...
Nah, was needing me glasses cleaned me thinks. Dunno how I got F2s. Gave the guy the vin no. and he quoted off all the details on hondas records and confirmed it was a 1994 f2r,when i got off the phone i went out and double checked it, all numbers were the same as the ones he had on his system and it definately says F2R. Must be needing a trip to the opticians maybe?