FLORIDA MOTORCYCLE PLATES

Numbers began at A 1 or 1 A 1918-37.  1918 is Black/White.

Sidecar series (B) issued 1922-25.

Ordered:  1,200 1929, 2,000 1931, 2,500 1933, 1,800 1936.

1936-60 have unusual legend "3FLA6", etc.

Longer size issued 1956-66.

County codes same as passenger 1938-75.

R series began 1960 for light motorcycles (5 brake HP or less).

     MOTORCYCLE   WITH SIDECAR            ALL MOTORCYCLES

1918    327-A          -                  1926

1919                   -                  1927

1920                   -                  1928    450 A

1921                   -                  1929

1922                                      1930

1923                 143-B                1931      9 A

1924                                      1932      A 1

1925                                      1933    899 A

                                          1934    601 A

                                          1935    711 A

                                          1936    A 356

                                          1937    A 609

1938-59 FORMATS        A  1-1 - 9-999         (1-1000 added 1944)

                       A 10-1 - 67-99         (10-100 added 1944)

1943:  "3" tab issued

1954-55:  Extra-longs expected, 10-1000 in '54, 10-1150 in '55.

1960-66 FORMATS         A 1-1 - 67-9999

                        R 1-1 - 67-9999 (no 10-1000 expected '60)

1967/68 - 75 FORMATS    1/A 1 - 67/A 9999 (1/A 10000 added 70/71)

                        1/R 1 - 67/R 9999 (10/A 10000 added '72)

1975:  Arkansas-made type has wider "A" or "R", with "75 FLA."

       slightly lower than class letter, rather than aligned.

1977-88 BASE   Green/White

1977 "OCT 77" Type 1: Stickers bottom  001127 - 941279  (940,153)

1986 "APR 86" Type 2: Stickers top     945451 - 999820   (54,370)

1986 "FEB 87" Type 2a (Verify VC)      VA0001 - VG1710   (51,705)

                                                (TOTAL 1,050,402)

600001 - 699999 = M/C Dealer (601513 seen)

1988-93 BASE   Red/White                               No O used.

1987 "JAN 88"                          00001N - 08265T  (508,260)

00001M - 99999M = M/C Dealer, no legend   (02618M seen)

00001X - 99999X = Registration Only "R-O" (00917X - 04182X seen)

1993-2000 BASE   Green/White                       No X,Y,Z used.

1992 "MAR 93" Type 1                   14086T - 99245W  (387,893)

1997 "JUL 98" Type 1a                  00001A - 38067B  (138,066)

              Type 1b                  44075B - 44243B      (169)

              Type 1c                  48108B -

                                                  (TOTAL 526,129)

07284M -        = M/C Dealer, no legend

09004X - 12085X = Registration Only "R-O"

2000-05 1-ORANGE BASE

1999 "APR 00"                          41596B - 41738B      (143)

                                       44321B -

2000 "SEP 00"                          49899B - 33790H  (583,886)

                                       40813H - 43267H    (2,455)

                                                  (TOTAL 586,485)

09000M - 12489M = MC Dealer, no legend

2005-24 2-ORANGE BASE        No O used.  No single letter M used.

2004 "03-05"                           38564H -

                                       44841H - 42552R  (797,704)

2009 "09-09"                           2283EA - 5156EF   (52,873)

2009 "06-09"                           2453KD - 5278LZ  (462,826)

2013 "08-13"                           9732NA - 1008NY  (221,277)

2015 "04-15"                           7928RA - 8127RV  (200,199)

2016 "08-16"                           MAAA00 - MIAI53  (500,854)

                                                (TOTAL 2,235,734)