What have you done to bike » Personalized License Plates?

I don’t know if these are available in all US states or countries outside the US. I do know that some states in the US charge much higher fees for a personalized license plate that here in Alaska (a one time fee of $30).

I’m not good at coming up with creative or interesting combinations of 6 letters or numbers (unlike my wife who chose the plate for my 2004 BMW 325ci….”W8D4IT”). Thus far the best I have come up with for the RS I bought recently is “AK12RS”. I may have to ask my wife for more creative ideas. 😉

Anyone care to share their personalized plate selections? I realize that some may not wish to do so for privacy reasons.

Gary

I'm in the UK. I wanted a personalised plate for my car, but when I found out the cost I decided to change my name to DE67 FRV.

Cheers

Paul B.

PS: The above might be complete bullish*t.

The coolest plate I have seen in the UK on a high value luxury saloon was

M1DAS

Chris

I helped someone out checking a spec and drawings for an industrial unit and saved them several £k on build costs. I did it as a favour and didn't expect to be paid however I ended up with a personal plate as a present...H6 OTR (High Gun Olympic Trap), in shooting circles its probably worth more than the car.

I bought a Triumph scrambler a few years ago and Triumph had a promotion for contributions to personalised plates. I didn't find one for the Scrambler, however the new Tiger 900 was just announced; I found T900 GRR and bought it on retention, with the intention of selling it on to a Tiger owner. A couple of years later and I bought a Tiger 900 myself so kept it.

The RS doesn't have a private plate..

Here in the UK a personal plate just says "vanity" or "more money than knows what to do with" to me. I'd like to be in the second category but it's not happened yet

Personalized plates are popular here in Alaska since the one time fee is so low.

Gary

I have a friend in Australia who recently told me that personalized plates there cost $400 and must stay with the vehicle. If you sell the vehicle, you must return the plates and if you want to put them back on another vehicle that you just bought, it will set you back another $400 (Australian, of course).

In California, you also get charged a pretty penny for personalized license plates, which are looked at closely by DMV staff to make sure they meet the state's current PC standards. Plus, you have to pay an additional fee every year when re-registering your vehicle. But I don't know the cost of the plates or their yearly fee as whatever they are, I am too cheap to pay any more for my yearly vehicle license than the cheapest option. If I want to let the person following me know what I think of them, I will attach a bumper sticker to my car or to the back of my riding jacket.

In Maryland, vanity plates are $50 extra a year. I never thought it was worth that. If it were a $50 one time charge I might be tempted. To each there own I suppose. You see a fair number of them on vehicles in Maryland but no where near as many as I see on cars from Virginia. Maybe they are cheaper down there.

I still think Steve Parish's plate is funny.
PEN15. Bought to stop his ex wife using his car. 😂
My plate on my car is L2RKE as it almost spells my surname.

Zitat von Grumpy Goat im Beitrag #8

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Here in the Lone Star State you can have 2 types of personalized / vanity / non-standard plates - one where the plate itself is reflective of whatever charity / organization / mood? / etc. offered, and the other which you specify the alphanumerics you want within set parameters.

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Ordered my plate today. As with other states, there are quite a few choices re plate design in Alaska. I thought the simple blue/white of this design will suit my Lupin Blue/White RS.

No extra charge for whichever plate design a person selects. The fees are almost absurdly low in Alaska. There are also no state-wide taxes (ie no state income or sales taxes) and the state still pays every Alaska resident an annual dividend from the Permanent Fund.

If I decide to change this plate, the cost will just be another $30 one time fee for a new one. I had also considered "WTRBXR", but there are more than a few of these (mostly GS) here in Alaska. The plates can be transferred to another vehicle for a minimal charge. Clearly, this plate is vehicle specific and since I plan to keep the RS for a very long time, that's fine with me. :-)

Gary

AK Plate for R1200RS.JPG - Bild entfernt (keine Rechte)

Since non-vanity license plates are issued based on vehicle type, car, truck, commercial truck, RV, Bus, etc. They can be used to roughly classify/identify the length of vehicles (in some States / Nations). That's a really great thing, as it eliminates the need to paint parking stall lengths on streets. Instead of a bunch of individual meters, you have one "kiosk" per block where you enter your license place and are charged by the length of vehicle and time.

Of course, those residents with the vanity plates.........hate that idea.

Wisconsin plate. HDBTR