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North Dakota: Motorcycle

NORTH DAKOTA MOTORCYCLE PLATES  Pairs 1911-31, Singles 1933-on.

                                1938 pair noted.

Numbers began at 1 1911-79.

Highest ordered:  1914 #1500, 1915 #2000, 1933 #200.

Expected:  4-digit 1914-18, 1948-49, 1959-60.

 

1911   733*     1928   191      1945   295*     1962       1735

1912   440      1929   112      1946   202      1963       2589

1913   768      1930            1947  1110      1964       4051

1914   464      1931   138      1948   877      1965       5751

1915  1253      1932            1949   812      1966       7679

1916   910-     1933   186      1950  1063*     1967       8954

1917  1732      1934            1951   532      1968       9404*

1918   661      1935    85      1952   602      1969       8892

1919   354      1936   100      1953   915*     1970      11698*

1920   655      1937   184      1954   889      1971      13965*

1921   272      1938   182      1955   674      1972      15910*

1922   699      1939            1956   714      1973      16-110

1923   562      1940   131      1957   747      1974      21-835

1924   365      1941   152      1958   361      1975      25-598*

1925    79      1942    18      1959   974      1976-79   42-195

1926   108      1943    92      1960   388

1927    36      1944    74      1961  1345

 

VARIATIONS

1913:     2-digits have dash suffix.

1915:     3-digits have no dash.

1916:     2-digits have two flanking dashes.

1917:     3-digits have dash suffix.

1947-50:  4-digits on longer base. (1949 #1140 on chart)

1973:     4-digits have no hyphen. (1974-79 4-digits have hyphen)

 

 

1980-87 BASE   Black/White

1980   "80"   Type 1: Dated "80"   M 979 - M39859        (38,881)

1982   "82"   Type 2: Undated     M40051 - M66326        (26,276)

                                                   (TOTAL 65,348) 

 

1988-92 BASE   Black/Beige

1988   "88"                         L 68 - L34818        (34,751)

 

 

1994-2010 BASE   Black/Light Blue

1994 "12-94" Type 1                  M 4 -

1996 "12-96" Type 2                M 392 - M22709        (22,318)

1997 "12-97" Type 1a              M23463 - M91480        (68,018)

                                                   (TOTAL 91,477)

Description of Types:

Type 1 - "ND" left center, over "T" of "MOTORCYCLE"

Type 2 - "ND" in UL corner

 

No Monthly Staggered Registration; all expire December 1984-2018.

 

2010-16 GRAPHIC BASE

2010 "12-10" Type 1               M93395 - M99999         (6,605)

2011 "12-11" Type 1a               391 M - 43038M        (42,648)

                                                   (TOTAL 49,253)

 

2017-23 LEGENDARY BASE

2017 "12-17"                      58536M - 99999M        (41,464)

2018 "03-19"?                      M4857 -                    (1)

                                                   (TOTAL 41,465

 

 

COLORS   (If different than passenger) (T = Same as Truck)

1930   Gold/Green   (T)                   1935   Black/Orange (T)

1932   Maroon/White (T)                   1936   Orange/Black (T)

1933   Green/White  (T)                   1943   Red/Yellow

1934   Orange/Blue  (T)                   1949   Black/Silver

 

1958, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1968, 1970   Green/White (NR 1958) 

1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1969         White/Green

 

1971   Blue/White                         1974      Red/White

1972   Maroon/White                       1975      Green/White

1973   Green/White                        1976-79   Green/White