Had a set of italic plates on my S2 many many years ago. Got stopped once and told to remove. I thouhg the chances of being stopped by the same plod twice were nil so didn't bother. I was wrong and was issued with a VDRS
Figured I'd be safe then I mean cahnces of the same plod three times must be a million to one. Bollocks to that thinking I was stopped again and it went to court where I got fined £150

I now only run legal plates as I can't be arsed to deal with the pointless grief.
Mind you I left my plates on from Brunter and thundered home. It was only when we stopped at McDonalds I realsied my hiccup