guest user Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 okay... since im on the west side of the pond ive got to ask... what does A Registration, P Registration and T Registration mean? ive seen this reference in a few posts and im a bit curious... thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamax Posted April 6, 2008 Share Posted April 6, 2008 hi there it was simple a few years back. the letter was the year of the bike. mine is a J registration,witch mean its a 1992 a Kreg would be a 93. but it changed a few years back so they reg every 6 months now. now you get 05 model or 06 model ect. a bit boring really but hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator mervin Posted April 6, 2008 Moderator Share Posted April 6, 2008 UK Registration Plate Year Identifiers Suffix Letters A 01 February 1963 31 December 1963 B 01 January 1964 31 December 1964 C 01 January 1965 31 December 1965 D 01 January 1966 31 December 1966 E 01 January 1967 31 July 1967 F 01 August 1967 31 July 1968 G 01 August 1968 31 July 1969 H 01 August 1969 31 July 1970 J 01 August 1970 31 July 1971 K 01 August 1971 31 July 1972 L 01 August 1972 31 July 1973 M 01 August 1973 31 July 1974 N 01 August 1974 31 July 1975 P 01 August 1975 31 July 1976 R 01 August 1976 31 July 1977 S 01 August 1977 31 July 1978 T 01 August 1978 31 July 1979 V 01 August 1979 31 July 1980 W 01 August 1980 31 July 1981 X 01 August 1981 31 July 1982 Y 01 August 1982 31 July 1983 Prefix Letters A 01 August 1983 31 July 1984 B 01 August 1984 31 July 1985 C 01 August 1985 31 July 1986 D 01 August 1986 31 July 1987 E 01 August 1987 31 July 1988 F 01 August 1988 31 July 1989 G 01 August 1989 31 July 1990 H 01 August 1990 31 July 1991 J 01 August 1991 31 July 1992 K 01 August 1992 31 July 1993 L 01 August 1993 31 July 1994 M 01 August 1994 31 July 1995 N 01 August 1995 31 July 1996 P 01 August 1996 31 July 1997 R 01 August 1997 31 July 1998 S 01 August 1998 28 February 1999 T 01 March 1999 31 July 1999 V 01 August 1999 28 February 2000 W 01 March 2000 31 July 2000 X 01 August 2000 28 February 2001 Y 01 March 2001 31 July 2001 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest user Posted April 6, 2008 Author Share Posted April 6, 2008 wow... okay, thanks. i like our simple registration. on the papers if you have a 1982 it says "1982" and so on... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock r1 Posted April 9, 2008 Share Posted April 9, 2008 wow... okay, thanks. i like our simple registration. on the papers if you have a 1982 it says "1982" and so on... The uk prefix is designed so you will know the approx year of a vehicle by looking at the licence plate without the need to look at the documents. Do they have the year on the licence plate in the USA ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest user Posted April 9, 2008 Author Share Posted April 9, 2008 nope... we used to have a new plate every year but in Michigan that stopped in 1979. we JUST this year retired that plate and went to a new color scheme... now we have about 900 different plates. the basic is white with a blue band across the top. they have 7 letters or numbers (standard combo is 3 letters and 4 numbers). two variations come into play in that you can get one with any of the 15 public universities, 7 special fund raising plates (children welfare, lighthouse conservation, veteran services, wildlife conservation among others). now double that because we have a 2nd plate with a silhouette of the detroit skyline morphing into the wilderness of the upper peninsula going from blue to green. those dont allow you to add your school choice or special fund... on either plate you can get your branch of service (Army, Air Force, Marine Corp or Navy) as a veteran plate or with a military conflict (WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Panama, Persian Gulf) or POW plate, Amateur Radio, Purple Heart (combat wounded) or Medal of Honor, Silver Star or Bronze Star medal awards... if you pick either of these plates withOUT the vet or other school etc, you can apply for plates with whatever combo you desire. example: my new (to me) 82 seca 750 just got a 'vanity plate'. i wanted 82 XJ but it was taken so i got 82750 (year and size). i am ordering 81550 for my 81 maxim 550. they are the white with blue plates... d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jock r1 Posted April 10, 2008 Share Posted April 10, 2008 nope... we used to have a new plate every year but in Michigan that stopped in 1979. we JUST this year retired that plate and went to a new color scheme... now we have about 900 different plates. the basic is white with a blue band across the top. they have 7 letters or numbers (standard combo is 3 letters and 4 numbers). two variations come into play in that you can get one with any of the 15 public universities, 7 special fund raising plates (children welfare, lighthouse conservation, veteran services, wildlife conservation among others). now double that because we have a 2nd plate with a silhouette of the detroit skyline morphing into the wilderness of the upper peninsula going from blue to green. those dont allow you to add your school choice or special fund... on either plate you can get your branch of service (Army, Air Force, Marine Corp or Navy) as a veteran plate or with a military conflict (WWII, Korea, Vietnam, Panama, Persian Gulf) or POW plate, Amateur Radio, Purple Heart (combat wounded) or Medal of Honor, Silver Star or Bronze Star medal awards... if you pick either of these plates withOUT the vet or other school etc, you can apply for plates with whatever combo you desire. example: my new (to me) 82 seca 750 just got a 'vanity plate'. i wanted 82 XJ but it was taken so i got 82750 (year and size). i am ordering 81550 for my 81 maxim 550. they are the white with blue plates... d That all sounds very complicated - makes our system seem simple Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guest user Posted April 10, 2008 Author Share Posted April 10, 2008 go here for the different plates... theres a link that allows you to enter personalized combos to see if they are available... i wanted 82 XJ for my 82 seca 750 but it was already taken... michigan secretary of state license plates d Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R1evad Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 What you have to remember with the GB system (not UK as Northern Ireland does it`s own thing) is that a staandard year letter plate is issued according to the date of FIRST registration as a new vehicle. So you can get older year machines 1st registered later than they were actually made or imported. You can transfer a number indicating an OLDER age to your vehicle, but CANNOT transfer a number to a vehicle that would make it appear to be younger than it actually is. (based on it`s original date of first registration.) TO Mervin...........The reg list you posted is good, but remember that when the "six month" issue scheme was introduced on 1st March 1999.(T) the subsequent date changes Were changed from August to September Making "V" 1st Sept 99 to 28 Feb `00 and so on until the Year NUMBER style started on 1st September 2001 "51". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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