Somewhat conversely to that, when I had an Enfield (not a pre84 one) I whipped the indicators off and used hand signals and never got pulled. That bike also had a straight through megaphone exhaust and a black and silver plate. I think it just looked old enough that plod didn't look twice at it.
Well I guess that shows they don't know what they're doing either! The bike I had hassle with was mostly Cagiva Mito on a Y reg so hand signals probably did look a bit out of the ordinary.
Somewhat conversely to that, when I had an Enfield (not a pre84 one) I whipped the indicators off and used hand signals and never got pulled. That bike also had a straight through megaphone exhaust and a black and silver plate. I think it just looked old enough that plod didn't look twice at it.