# Finland license plate: Museum motorcycle M

> The Finland museum motorcycle M license plate: format MLL-999, for example MSD-986, documented since 1996, motorcycle and quadricycle.

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Part of [Finland license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/finland) (18 registration series).

![Finland license plate, Museum motorcycle M (documented since 1996)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/fi/fi-museum-motorcycle-m/finland-license-plate-museum-motorcycle-m.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `MLL-999` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | ~1996 → today (documented from 1996; the format is likely older) |
| Class | historic |
| Issued for | motorcycle, quadricycle |
| Plate size | 280 × 118 mm |
| Other sizes | 165 × 200 mm |
| Colours | background #000000; characters #FFFFFF; border #FFFFFF |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `fi-museum-motorcycle-m` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/finland/museum-motorcycle-m) |

Sources:

- [A 162/2021 § 16(3): black museum plates, and the L-class museum exception permitting 2-3 letters then a number of at most 3 digits](https://www.finlex.fi/api/media/statute/694140/mainPdf/main.pdf)
- ['Museoajoneuvon tunnus alkaa M-kirjaimella'](https://www.traficom.fi/fi/autoilijat/ajoneuvon-rekisterointi/museoajoneuvon-rekisterointi)
- [määräys §§ 3.3.2 and 4.3: 118 x 280 or 200 x 165, hyphen required, 70 mm characters at 8 mm stroke](https://www.finlex.fi/api/media/authority-regulation/536142/mainPdf/main.pdf)
- ['Museomoottoripyörän kilpi M-alkuinen (118x280 mm)', illustrated with MR-100](https://www.traficom.fi/fi/autoilijat/ajoneuvon-rekisterointi/suomessa-kaytettavat-rekisterikilvet)

## About this plate

THE MUSEUM MOTORCYCLE SERIES, and the neatest thing in Finnish plate law: § 16(3) lets a museum L-class vehicle keep the pre-2008 letters-first arrangement, so the historic regime preserves not just a colour scheme but a SERIAL GRAMMAR that ordinary issuance abandoned. Combined with the M marker, a Finnish museum motorcycle plate is the only Finnish string that declares both its class and its regime.

## Other historic plates here

- [Museum car M](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/finland/museum-car-m) (documented since 1996)
- [Standard black](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/finland/standard-black) (documented since 1996)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/fi/fi-museum-motorcycle-m.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/finland?series=fi-museum-motorcycle-m
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/fi` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "fi-museum-motorcycle-m"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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