# New Zealand number plate: Motorcycle 1988

> The New Zealand motorcycle 1988 number plate: format 99LLL, for example 34YDG, 1988 to 2009, motorcycle, moped, and tractor.

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Part of [New Zealand license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/new-zealand) (18 registration series).

![New Zealand license plate, Motorcycle 1988 (1988 to 2009)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/nz/nz-motorcycle-1988/new-zealand-license-plate-motorcycle-1988.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `99LLL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 1988–2009 |
| Class | motorcycle |
| Issued for | motorcycle, moped, tractor |
| Colours | background #FFFFFF; characters #000000 |
| Rear plate differs from the front | no |
| Checking a registration | The format above follows the issuing rules: a registration that fits it is one this series could have issued. |
| Series id | `nz-motorcycle-1988` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/new-zealand/motorcycle-1988) |

Sources:

- ['Single plates – for motorcycles, trailers, tractors, caravans. These plates were divided into two series in 1988'; the 1RLH start and the 1AAA–99AAA range](https://www.nzta.govt.nz/roads-and-rail/research-and-data/fascinating-facts/number-plates)
- [cl 2(3)(a)(ii) and (iii): numerals 1 to 999 followed by 2 or 3 letters, and the stacked 1-to-99 variant](https://www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/public/1995/0136/latest/whole.html)
- [en.wikipedia.org](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_New_Zealand)

## What each position encodes

- characters 1-2 (up to 3 in law): the numeral block, 1 to 999
- final characters: two or three letters

## About this plate

PERIOD.END IS THE WEAK END AND IS SAID SO HERE: 2009 rests on a secondary report that the numeral-first run had reached the ZUU block by July 2009, and on nothing else; the law never withdrew cl 2(3)(a)(ii), and after 1 May 2011 the law stopped prescribing arrangements altogether, so no instrument closes this series.

## How numbers are issued

NZTA, verbatim: "One or two letters and three or four numbers for motorcycles, mopeds and tractors (starting at 1RLH) The current series is 1AAA, 99AAA ongoing to 1ZZZ to 99ZZZ." THE SENTENCE IS SELF-CONTRADICTORY AND THE EXAMPLES DECIDE IT: "1RLH" and "1AAA, 99AAA" are one or two NUMERALS followed by three LETTERS, which is what cl 2(3)(a)(ii) says and what this series carries. The prose has the two halves transposed. The numeral advances before the letters do.

## Other motorcycle plates here

- [Motorcycle 2007](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/new-zealand/motorcycle-2007) (2007 to today)

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/nz/nz-motorcycle-1988.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/new-zealand?series=nz-motorcycle-1988
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/nz` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "nz-motorcycle-1988"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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