Cheers, no. plate is a flexi but full size as it is effectively the mudguard now and I ride a fair bit on Salisbury Plain where you are likely to get pulled. Virago is the wife's, 10k miles on a 'p' plate and still on it's first exhausts! She loves the thing and wont hear of me 'upgrading' it for her. Tyres are Mitas EO9 dakar, very new so too early to report really but fine on gravel so far. Tool tube is soil pipe(new) and perfect for carrying loaves of bread.