FZ1-SA tail light numberplate illumination

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Hi all
Just move up from an FZR600 to an 09 plate FZ1-SA. :lol Loving it big time - even after a very cold collection ride from London to Tamworth to London on a very cold and frosty Saturday morning. Question is, the bike has original Yam hard panniers and fixings with the indicators wired in line with the number plate. However, I cannot work out why there is no provision to light the number plate. The main tail light does not have a white/clear down facing section (and is too far away)and the additional brake light further back is just that - a brake light. Is it me?

[pitternator]

try a pm to DekF.. he i sthe gen2 guru , and an electrician

[locksmith]

Just guessing that the original rear fender with the number plate light on has been removed ?

[RedRag]

I think the rear lighting system is all original - but have not come across too many OEM hard luggage kits yet to compare

[chaparral02]

The number plate is on the rear fender (Black mud guard)

You can see the number plate light sticking out between the indicators in this picture

[chaparral02]

I think what happened on your bike is someone has changed the number plate light to an extra red tail light....To be seen better with the panniers fitted..

[RedRag]

Thanks for the replies and picture which helps a lot.
It looks like they have replaced the tail light you have to be a 2nd stop light which really works well - however, this means that the bike no longer has a number plate light. This mystifies me on 2 counts - I am fairly sure that the the hard luggage rack system is Yamaha's own ( the hard luggage certainly is), the bike was MOT'd by the main dealer just before I collected it (she's just under 3 years old so it would be the first MOT).
I don't know but shouldn't this be part of the MOT check?