# United Kingdom number plate: Motorcycle

> The United Kingdom motorcycle number plate: format LL99 LLL, for example WX36 NGD, 2001 to today, motorcycle, tricycle, and quadricycle.

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Part of [United Kingdom license plates](https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-kingdom) (10 registration series).

![United Kingdom license plate, Motorcycle (2001 to today)](https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/gb/gb-motorcycle-2001/united-kingdom-license-plate-motorcycle.svg)

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Format | `LL99 LLL` (L is any letter, 9 any digit) |
| Years | 2001 → today |
| Class | motorcycle |
| Issued for | motorcycle, tricycle, quadricycle |
| Colours | background #FFFF00; 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 | `gb-motorcycle-2001` (https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plates/united-kingdom/motorcycle-2001) |

Sources:

- [reg 6(5)(a)-(b): no front plate on a motor cycle or non-car-bodied motor tricycle first registered on or after 1.9.2001](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/561/regulation/6)
- [reg 13(2): the nine single-line diagrams are unavailable to a motor cycle](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/561/regulation/13)
- [reg 14(3): 64 mm characters permitted for motor cycles, motor tricycles, quadricycles, agricultural machines, works trucks and road rollers](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/561/regulation/14)
- [Table B column (4): 44 mm width, 10 mm stroke, 10 mm within group, 30 mm between groups, 13 mm vertical, 11 mm margin](https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/561/schedule/3)
- [INF104 § 07 'Motorcycles and tricycles': rear only from 1.9.2001; two lines from 1.1.1973; the quadricycle 15 kW / 400 kg (550 kg goods) threshold](https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6694e379fc8e12ac3edafc60/inf104-vehicle-registration-numbers-and-number-plates.pdf)

## About this plate

BRITISH MOTORCYCLES CARRY AN ORDINARY MARK ON AN EXTRAORDINARY PLATE. Two edge cases INF104 § 07 states and this series carries: a tricycle "made from four-wheeled bodies, such as saloon cars" may use EITHER the car or the motorcycle requirements, while a tricycle built from a motorcycle must use the motorcycle rules; and a quadricycle must display FRONT AND REAR plates but may use the reduced 64 mm set if its net engine power is 15 kW or less and its unladen weight is 400 kg or less (550 kg for a goods vehicle).

## Use it

- Plate image (SVG): https://vehiclesdb.com/plates/gb/gb-motorcycle-2001.svg
- Make it with your own text: https://vehiclesdb.com/license-plate-generator/uk?series=gb-motorcycle-2001
- API: `GET https://vehiclesdb.com/api/v1/plates/gb` returns this series as the entry with `"id": "gb-motorcycle-2001"` (https://vehiclesdb.com/api)

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