Fixing the tax disc to the bike

This bike did not come with a tax disc holder and my first option was to buy a GPMoto black aluminium tax disc holder which is sold at Halfords for £14.99. However to fix this to the bike one has to find a suitable bolt to attach it to. Furthermore, the holder itself uses through bolts with thick nuts and will therefore not sit nicely if there is something behind it. I therefore looked for other options and found: secur-i-disc from http://www.secur-i-disc.co.uk/ for £2.95 including postage:


The pack contains two transparent discs with adhesive backing:


The larger disc has text around the perimeter. Take the protective paper off the adhesive side and place it on a desk with the adhesive side facing up:


Place the tax disc with face down on the adhesive disc. Make sure you do this carefully so that the tax disc is reasonably well centred:


Remove the protective paper from the adhesive side of the smaller disc. This disc is slightly larger than the tax disc, and the idea is to stick it onto the back side of the tax disc so all the edges of the tax disc are sandwiched between the two plastic sheets. Otherwise there is the risk that the disc will be destroyed when it rains:


Note the periferi of the adhesive side of the large disk has not been covered and this is what is used to attach it to the left side of the bike. I afixed it to a plastic panel:




So all-in-all a simply and elegant solution! It is supposed to be tamper-proof as attempts to remove it will destroy the tax disc. The only question is whether it will surivive for one year when used daily and in pouring rain. I will report back!