LICENSE PLATES OF SPAIN / MOTORCYCLE PLATES

Centralized series (since september 2000)

Normal 2000 series

Normal 2000 series. Plastic plates allowed since 2011

Plastic plate with a slightly different design

Another lettering

Unusual size plate

                       

Unusual size plate

Another, much smaller, plate size,
made upon request for cross bikes

                                                                                         

Plate made to fit with the Harley-Davidson frame

1971-2000 series

A = Alicante

                                                                                                                                     

   

AB = Albacete

AL = Almería

B = Barcelona

Optional number plate stuck on front wheel (both sides) -
(see curious oval validation sticker for motorcycles,
issued by the Catalan government)

BI = Biscay (Bilbao)

                                                                                 

CO = Córdoba 

CR = Ciudad Real

                                                                                  

CS = Castellón

CU = Cuenca

GI = Girona

                                                                   

GR = Granada

                                                                                   

GU = Guadalajara

H = Huelva

HU = Huesca

IB = Balearic Islands

J = Jaén

M = Madrid

MA = Málaga

MU = Murcia

NA = Navarre

                                                                                                           

OR = Ourense (1971-1998)

OU = Ourense (after 1998) Remade with euroband. No hyphen.

PO = Pontevedra

SA = Salamanca

SE = Seville

SS = Gipuzkoa (San Sebastian)

T = Tarragona

TE = Teruel. Remade on plastic with euroband. No hyphen.

                                       

V = Valencia

VI = Álava (Vitoria)

                                                                                 

Z = Zaragoza 

                                       

1900-1971 series

An original metal 1956 plate.
A = Alicante

An original 1965 plate,
riveted plastic lettering on aluminium background.

The same motorbike´s number plate, but restored

Optional number plates on front wheel (painted or stuck)
and an old validation sticker (municipal tax)

Issued in 1963 (*)

First issued in 1967 (new metal plate)

CS = Castellón. Issued in 1964 (new plate with 1986 lettering)

J = Jaén. Issued in 1967 (new metal plate)

A original plate from 1964. M = Madrid

MU = Murcia. Issued in 1957 (new metal plate)

note: before 1971 original plates used to be made from aluminium, with riveted relief lettering. Full metal plates replaced the old ones from october 1971 on.

Moped plates

Normal moped plate.
First nationwide moped series since 1998
C = Ciclomotor

Normal moped plate. Plastic plates allowed since 2011

Moped historic plate. H = Historic vehicle

Old moped series.
From 1998 onwards, these plates
began to be replaced by the new centralized series. 
Until then, every municipality issued their plates for small cycles.

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