Registration plate new format?

[Korumba]

I was in Red Baron today and noticed the plates on the new bikes were like
67ZZK, what format and size are they going to be once 99ZZZ is issued?
Does anyone know?

[greminn]

I was in Red Baron today and noticed the plates on the new bikes were like
67ZZK, what format and size are they going to be once 99ZZZ is issued?
Does anyone know?

Does it then go to 000AA or A0000?

[MSTRS]

Don't know - 00AAA > 99 ZZZ will last a long while yet. Why worry?

[javawocky]

#ffffff ;)

[Sparrowhawk]

Don't know - 00AAA > 99 ZZZ will last a long while yet. Why worry?

I think after 67ZZK you get 68ZZK, so there's only about 1500 plates left. In theory, after 99ZZK you'd get 01ZZL

[Hitcher]

Don't know - 00AAA > 99 ZZZ will last a long while yet. Why worry?

This particular matter also intrigues me and nobody has provided an answer. Once 99ZZZ has been issued, there are no more unique five character sequences that have not been used.

I suspect bikes will get a smaller size version of the usual car plates from that point forward. All we have to do is wait a couple of months and all will be revealed.

[Supermac Jr]

there's only about 1500 plates left.
better go buy that new bike then!

[h20boy]

better go buy that new bike then!

Kewl...6 letter plates?...more personalised plate options for our wheels! :headbang:

[Sparrowhawk]

better go buy that new bike then!

I reckon! Just the excuse I need, i just need to sit my full, and find the cash!!
I got my eye on a SV650 :niceone:

[cowboyz]

I wonder if the system is smart enough to reassign the dereg'd plates?? With all the bikes being written off every two minutes there must be plenty of plates available.

[p.dath]

This particular matter also intrigues me and nobody has provided an answer. Once 99ZZZ has been issued, there are no more unique five character sequences that have not been used.

I suspect bikes will get a smaller size version of the usual car plates from that point forward. All we have to do is wait a couple of months and all will be revealed.

I think you'll find they just add an extra letter (like they did with car number plates when they ran out).

[MSTRS]

I think you'll find they just add an extra letter (like they did with car number plates when they ran out).

Go to 6 digits? 00AAAA?

[Finn]

This particular matter also intrigues me and nobody has provided an answer. Once 99ZZZ has been issued, there are no more unique five character sequences that have not been used.

Not unless you reverse to alpha numeric like cars.

[p.dath]

Go to 6 digits? 00AAAA?

Yes, that would be my expectation. That's what they did with the car plates quite a while ago when they ran out.

Adding a letter rather than a number gets you a lot more combinations.

[Slyer]

You've forgotten the obvious...
The next lot would be
000AA 001AA
....
000AB 001AB
etc etc

According to my calculations there are over 60 million possible combinations of 5 digit plates, so don't get too worried.

[scumdog]

This particular matter also intrigues me and nobody has provided an answer. Once 99ZZZ has been issued, there are no more unique five character sequences that have not been used.

I suspect bikes will get a smaller size version of the usual car plates from that point forward. All we have to do is wait a couple of months and all will be revealed.

Numbers first then characters????.

Edit: the other way around, duh!

[Cloggy]

I think after 67ZZK you get 68ZZK, so there's only about 1500 plates left. In theory, after 99ZZK you'd get 01ZZL
I think it is a little more than that, according to my calculations (which could be wrong)
If they use all 26 letters in the alphabet, there are 17576 combinations to each two digit number, i.e. there are 17576 different possible plates between 67ZZK and 68ZZK. There are still 32 two digit numbers between 67 and 99 so that is 32 x 17576 = 562432 possible combinations left before they run out.
That is not going to happen anytime soon.

[davebullet]

There are 1.7 million possible plates with that pattern.

Shit, if we have really used them all up, we really have been crashing a lot of bikes in NZ haven't we? :laugh:

[YellowDog]

I heard that the new plates were going to start with a single 'A' followed by numbers.

[davebullet]

I have an idea - free personalised plates for bikers (yuck), here are some ones that would fit

AHOLE
CUTOFF
RUDE
BAREND
REVIT
WHEELI
STOPPI
EXCESS
CRASH
etc... etc...

[Badjelly]

This reminds me of a cartoon that appeared around Y2K. A bunch of blokes sitting around in New Testament-looking clothes. One says: "Gentlemen, it's 4 BC, do you know what that means? In 4 years we're going to run out of dates!"

[slofox]

Nah - ya all got it wrong. Once the current format plates run out they're gunna STOP SELLING BIKES! Bloody dangerous things anyway....mumblegrumblegoldernmuthafukkingwhoreson suvvabitches..

[AllanB]

Kewl...6 letter plates?...more personalised plate options for our wheels! :headbang:

Yeah a piss off that if you want a personalised bike one it's stuck on 5. Plus it's the same horrific price. Consequently I don't have one.

[p.dath]

There are 1.7 million possible plates with that pattern.

Shit, if we have really used them all up, we really have been crashing a lot of bikes in NZ haven't we? :laugh:

Ahh, but divide that by about 50 years. Also consider all those scooters around the place.

[bogan]

i reckon its fairly likely some poor bastards are gonna get jipped with a plate thats 2m wide and says "Error, Overflow Exception Unhandled"

[peasea]

This reminds me of a cartoon that appeared around Y2K. A bunch of blokes sitting around in New Testament-looking clothes. One says: "Gentlemen, it's 4 BC, do you know what that means? In 4 years we're going to run out of dates!"

They had loads of figs though, eh?

[Hitcher]

Numbers first then characters????.

Edit: the other way around, duh!

11AAA is the current motorcycle series, now nearly kaput.
111AA is an earlier series for tractors and trailers, kaput.
1AAA1 is a trailers series, kaput or close to it
AAA11 is part of the current series for cars, which allows letter/number combinations from 4 to 6 characters, and which will take some time to become kaput.

[Kemet]

Could just ask the LTSA.......:confused:

[Indiana_Jones]

Well I donno if anyone else has one, but on my 2003 Daytona I have a 4 digit plate

Edit: 4 characters I should say for ease of understanding. etc: 1ABC

-Indy

[Kemet]

like 1234XYZ or something?

[Harvd]

Well I donno if anyone else has one, but on my 2003 Daytona I have a 4 digit plate

-Indy

as in 4 numbers of four characters?

Ie 2AAA or 4567?

if its 2AAA its beacause for some reason they leave out the Zero,02AAA

[Indiana_Jones]

like 1234XYZ or something?

Sorry I meant 4 characters, updated post.

-Indy

[Kemet]

Never mind.

Rang the LTSA and asked. They put me through to someone in transport who had to go and ask someone else. But we got there.

The new plates are already out. Happened back March//April (funnily enough the operator on the phone who told me this was named April....)

The New format is...... drum roll
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A1AAA

:Punk::Punk:

[Slyer]

Props for asking

[Swoop]

With all the bikes being written off every two minutes there must be plenty of plates available.
With all the gixers crashing, that will take care of the problem!

[Kemet]

Props for asking

seemed the simplest way.

Sorry if I spoil anyone's fun/speculating....

[jono035]

seemed the simplest way.

Sorry if I spoil anyone's fun/speculating....

Careful displaying logic like that, peoples heads will start exploding soon...

[Kemet]

Careful displaying logic like that, peoples heads will start exploding soon...

I got mine wrapped in Duct tape just for the occasion....:mellow:

[scumdog]

I got mine wrapped in Duct tape just for the occasion....:mellow:

And a layer of silver foil to deflect radar to I expect???:confused:

[Madness]

And a layer of silver foil to deflect radar to I expect???:confused:
Don't be stupid. Everyone knows the foil goes inside your helmet.

[mnkyboy]

i reckon its fairly likely some poor bastards are gonna get jipped with a plate thats 2m wide and says "Error, Overflow Exception Unhandled"

LOL

You're a geek aren't you

[mnkyboy]

I was in Red Baron today and noticed the plates on the new bikes were like
67ZZK, what format and size are they going to be once 99ZZZ is issued?
Does anyone know?

Looking at a tasty tourer were we?

You've got secret whale envy don't you?

There's a cream for that btw

[Korumba]

Looking at a tasty tourer were we?

You've got secret whale envy don't you?

There's a cream for that btw

I was there for the free cream....I tried to give these guys $20,000 once and they did not want it, so went to Henderson Yamaha and they happily took it....

[mnkyboy]

I was there for the free cream....I tried to give these guys $20,000 once and they did not want it, so went to Henderson Yamaha and they happily took it....

Strange, they're very keen to take money off me.

Not that I have any at the moment. Although I might have to find some after riding the dorsoduro.

[Qkchk]

The New format is...... drum roll
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.A1AAA

:Punk::Punk:

Yes, you would be correct in that.

Was talking to a dealer yesterday and they have sold a couple of bikes with that rego format already. A3CMU was one he mentioned. It sounds like the next will be A4CMU and then A5CMU etc...Strange huh?

Guess its the only way to have more plates available with a huge combination pool.

[Pixie]

Never mind.

Rang the LTSA and asked. They put me through to someone in transport who had to go and ask someone else. But we got there.

The new plates are already out. Happened back March//April (funnily enough the operator on the phone who told me this was named April....)

The New format is...... drum roll
.
.
.
.
.

A1AAA

:Punk::Punk:
Does April march?