OHIO MOTORCYCLE PLATES                  Singles 1918, 1935, 1941.

Numbers began at 1 1914-80.  "M/C" prefix added 1929-48.

Letter series expected 1941.  Highest assigned in bold.

1947 has "OHIO-1947", not "1947-OHIO" like passenger.

1914   19781     1921   18286*     1928   4-005     1935   6-233

1915   21672     1922   12,784     1929   6-502     1936   8-174*

1916   17670     1923   13,538     1930   6-442     1937   8748*

1917   16364     1924   13-814*    1931   7-958*    1938   9152*

1918   20597     1925   11-966*    1932   7-927*    1939   9888*,116A

1919   18545     1926   10-145*    1933   7-353*    1940   9882*

1920   21644*    1927    6-581     1934   7-558*    1941   8652

VARIATIONS

1916, 1918-19:  4-digit, 5-digit sizes.    (Uniform size 1914-15)

1917:  Type 1 - "1917 OHIO"    65          (Uniform size 1917)

       Type 2 - "OHIO 1917"  3346 - 8960

1920-21:  4-5-digit size.

1922-25:  1-3-digit, 4-5-digit sizes.      (Uniform size 1930)

1948:  402-C - 535-M hyphen, 125 Q no hyphen.

1964:  N-93 has "OHIO-1964" legend, M-395, P-835 normal.

1965:  5-figures have no hyphen.       (All hyphens dropped 1966)

1967:  Type 1 - Ohio dies      1 - 19999, A - ZZ, 1A - 1999Z,

                              A1 -  P460, A1000 - J1831  (90,854)

       Type 2 - Ark. dies  U 331 - Z 999, M 1003 - Z 1999,

                            AA 1 - BR142                 (26,564)

1968-69:  Local tax stickers issued for some, same as passenger.

1976-80:  3837C - 8109C have "OIHO", not "OHIO" (4,273)

          9821A, 9677M normal

1942-80 FORMATS            1 -  9999,       Assuming no I,O used.

                         1-A - 999-Z        (Verified 1958, 1961)

FORMATS ADDED

1949       A -     Z                      1967      10000 - 19999

1949      AA -    ZZ (repeating only)     1967       AA 1 - ZZ199

1952     A-1 - Z-999 (no 1953-56)         1973 only  1 AA - 999AZ

1954      AB -    ZY (non-repeating)      1974-75   20000 - 99999

1965   A1000 - Z1999                                2000A - 9999Z

1966   1000A - 1999Z                      1976-80   A2000 - Z9999

PLATES SEEN       (TOTAL)

1942-43   666-K   (19,656)           1960      K-512    (44,000*)

1944      177-F   (15,171*)          1961      K-106    (43,672*)

1945      795-G   (16,788*)          1962      G-512    (41,282*)

1946      646-S   (27,229*)          1963      H-339    (41,907*)

1947      319-Z   (33,295*)          1964      S-902    (51,461*)

1948      329-T   (27,911*)          1965      R1455    (74,007*)

1949      587-U   (29,168*)          1966      1408U   (100,960*)

1950      563-S   (27,146*)          1967      BR142   (124,454*)

1951-52   G-412   (40,981)           1968      CU192   (129,877*)

1953       66-U   (28,095*)          1969      BP112   (124,026*)

1954      308-X   (31,886*)          1970      FC134   (140,963*)

1955      301-U   (28,882*)          1971      PH 14   (180,046*)

1956      874-U   (29,455*)          1972      ZW121   (230,500*)

1957        A-3   (34,578*)          1973      425AX   (252,579*)

1958      G-317   (40,886*)          1974-75   8280M   (405,456)

1959      J-495   (43,062*)          1976-80   R4461   (625,637)

FORMATS

1980-85:  Y000, Z000, M0A0, Y0A0, Z0A0 (Verify M000, Y0AA, Z0AA)

M0000, MA000, M0A00, M00A0, M000A, M0AA0, M1AA - M99AA

(M0000 delayed issuance until after 1976-80 base expired)

Y0000, YA000, Y0A00, Y00A0, Y000A, Y0AA0, Y00AA

Z0000, ZA000, Z0A00, Z00A0, Z000A, Z0AA0, Z00AA   (Verify Z0AA0)

0000M, A000M, 000AM, 0000Y, A000Y, 000AY, 0000Z, A000Z, 000AZ

AA00M (KW40M; NJ1M - NJ10M unissued)

A00AM (J64AM unissued)

1985-2022:  01AAA - 99ZZZ   No I,O used in 1st or 3rd letter position.

1991-2022:  AAA01 - ZZZ99   No I,O used in 1st or 3rd position.

2003-05:     A1AA -  Z9ZZ   No I,O used.  Number progresses first.

2002-05:     AA1A -  ZZ9Z   No I,O used.  Number progresses first.

2005:        0A1A -  9Z9Z   No I,O used.  Number progresses first. 

1980-85 BASE   Blue/White

1980  "7 80"                  (See above formats)

1985-91 BASE   Green/White

1985  "2 86"                     01AAA - 41MGK          (694,724)

1991-97 BASE   Blue/White

1991 "10-91" Type 1              AAA01 - HSG80          (475,874)

      "1-92" Type 1a             RAA33 - RTP22           (44,044)

                                                  (TOTAL 519,918) 

1997-2002 BASE             Same graphic as passenger

1997  "2-98" Type 1              01AAA - 83ECT          (253,622)

2000  "1-01" Type 2              37EGL - 31FYU          (105,331)

                                                  (TOTAL 367,717)

Description of Types:

Type 1 - "the heart of it all" slogan

Type 2 - "BIRTHPLACE OF AVIATION" slogan

2002-05 BICENTENNIAL BASE  Same graphic as passenger

2001  "3-02" Type 1: With logo    AA1A -  ZZ9Z          (124,416)

2002  "3-03" Type 1a              A1AA -  Z9ZZ          (124,416)

             Type 1b              0A1A -  9Z9Z           (57,024)

2005 "12-05" Type 2: No logo     68HAF - 53HFQ           (12,757)

                        (01HAA - --HFY reported)  (TOTAL 318,613)

2004-10 SUNBURST BASE      Same graphic as passenger

2005  "5-05"                     33HIN - 99QOZ          (447,844)

                                 01RXD - 99TID           (88,011)

                                                  (TOTAL 535,855)

2010-13 BEAUTIFUL BASE     Same graphic as passenger

2010  "8-10"                     01QPA - 99RXC           (81,081)

2012  "1-13"                     01TIE - 56VVL          (155,090)

                                                  (TOTAL 236,171)

2013-22 PRIDE BASE         Same graphic as passenger

2013  "7-14"                     49VWU - 35YXU          (187,691)

2016  "2-17"                     AAA01 - EWP82          (278,281)

                                                  (TOTAL 465,972)

Historical and Veteran M/C:  87ZAF - 87ZZZ

2022-24 SUNRISE BASE       Same graphic as passenger

RELATED SERIES

1. Moped plates unmarked but always Yellow/Blue or Blue/Yellow.

   Merged with Motorcycle base 8/2/1996.