MONTANA MOTORCYCLE PLATES                       Pairs known 1934.

Numbers may have begun at 100 1915-16, 1 1917-64, like passenger.

1917 #18 has no dashes.  4-digits expected 1947-51, 1953-55.

1915   612      1928    77      1941      129      1954    989

1916            1929   200      1942      581      1955   1045

1917   521-     1930   300*     1943 TAB  201      1956   1421*

1918   652      1931   300*     1944      315      1957   1900*

1919   560      1932    73      1945      185      1958   1898*

1920            1933    18      1946      680      1959   2674*

1921   -96-     1934   140      1947      178      1960   3005*

1922   325      1935     2      1948      790      1961   3681*

1923   294      1936   389      1949      774      1962   5475*

1924   162      1937   295      1950     1225*     1963   8476*

1925   224      1938   256      1951      884      1964   9010,

1926   155      1939   264      1952      793             A730*

1927   149      1940   523      1953      821             B 80*

1965-PRESENT FORMATS      1-1 - 1-9999          County codes same

                         10-1 - 10-999          as passenger.

1972-87   10-1000+ added

1980-87   1-10000+ added

1972, 1974 stickers have "MC72".

1988-PRESENT BASES   Dark Blue/White Types 1-3, Black & Blue/White Type 4

1988   "88"  Type 1: Debossed "88"

1993 "12 93" Type 2: Undated, "CYCLE"

2004   UND.  Type 3: Undated, "PERMANENT" 7A2320, 3-C109 - 3-G715, 14B217

2005?  UND.  Type 4: Undated, "PERMANENT", flat 3-L678, 4-F801, 12-P01 

Formats same as 1965-87 but no 6-digits; letters issued instead.

Renewed to "12 03".

PLATE SERIES SEEN

"12 03" 17-838

"12 00" 4-C494, 10-F57

"12 95" 13-S15, 25-B4

Undated 2-J325, 3-DM29, 5-B187, 7-G103, 10-P19, 12-AG5, 13-87P, 13-MY5,

        14-GF8, 25-A69, 29-DM7, 49-CQ3, 56-ES8

LETTERS NOT SEEN

1-A000, 10-A00 - IKLMOQTXY

1-AA00, 10-AA0 - IK  -

                 I   O

No Monthly Staggered Registration; stickers always expire in December.

In 2004, "PERMANENT" type began for new registrations, and "PERM"

Black/Gold sticker issued for renewals to cover "12 03" sticker.

UNKNOWN BASE   Red/White

     (Undated)     1-9978, 1-A5

COLORS

1933-34            Black/White       1965, 1966      Black/Aluminum

1935               Black/Yellow      1967            Yellow/Blue

1947               White/Black       1968, 1969      Green/White

1951, 1952         Yellow/Blue       1970, 1971-72   Blue/White

1953               White/Black       1973-74         Green/White

1954               White/Blue        1975            White/Blue

1955, 1956, 1959   White/Red         1976-87         Blue/White

1957, 1958, 1960   White/Black

1961, 1964   Light Green/Black

1962         Yellow/Light Blue

1963         White/Black