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<blockquote data-quote="TouringGodet" data-source="post: 129725" data-attributes="member: 27"><p>I assume that means that California registration has not been paid for 30 years. Your choices are to be assigned a new license plate of the current styles with a letter and number pattern from the normal sequence, or a “vanity” plate consisting of a letter and number pattern of your choice (within certain limits), or purchase an original license plate that was genuinely issued by CA back in the day, that correctly matches the model year as the bike is titled, this is the year of manufacture program. To do the YOM program, you have to have both the correct “base” plate, and may also need the correct specific year tag. The “base” plates changed every few years. For example, a 1948 bike would need a 1947 base plate, plus the 1948 metal tag issued when the registration was renewed in 1948. The 1947 base plate was used until 1950, and new base plates were issued to all CA vehicles in 1951. If your bike is titled as a 1951 bike, no extra metal year tag is required. But if your bike is titled as a 1952-1955 bike, then you need an appropriate year tag. Some Vincents that remained unsold until 1956 and then titled as a 1956 bike, would need the 1956 base plate. The 1956 base plate was used until 1962, but CA switched from metal tags to stickers, to indicate the yearly registration renewal fees were paid. So a 1957 vehicle would need a 1956 base plate plus a 1957 sticker. Vendors on eBay buy old plates and carefully peel the stickers off, one by one, and apply new adhesive, then sell the stickers. I will post pictures later today of my old license plates. I used to have two motorcycles with the YOM plates, and I currently have one automobile with YOM plates.</p><p></p><p>Base plates have the initial starting year embossed in the plate. The metal year tags have the two digit year embossed. The colors also changed from one base plate to the next, and the colors changed from one year tag to the next.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TouringGodet, post: 129725, member: 27"] I assume that means that California registration has not been paid for 30 years. Your choices are to be assigned a new license plate of the current styles with a letter and number pattern from the normal sequence, or a “vanity” plate consisting of a letter and number pattern of your choice (within certain limits), or purchase an original license plate that was genuinely issued by CA back in the day, that correctly matches the model year as the bike is titled, this is the year of manufacture program. To do the YOM program, you have to have both the correct “base” plate, and may also need the correct specific year tag. The “base” plates changed every few years. For example, a 1948 bike would need a 1947 base plate, plus the 1948 metal tag issued when the registration was renewed in 1948. The 1947 base plate was used until 1950, and new base plates were issued to all CA vehicles in 1951. If your bike is titled as a 1951 bike, no extra metal year tag is required. But if your bike is titled as a 1952-1955 bike, then you need an appropriate year tag. Some Vincents that remained unsold until 1956 and then titled as a 1956 bike, would need the 1956 base plate. The 1956 base plate was used until 1962, but CA switched from metal tags to stickers, to indicate the yearly registration renewal fees were paid. So a 1957 vehicle would need a 1956 base plate plus a 1957 sticker. Vendors on eBay buy old plates and carefully peel the stickers off, one by one, and apply new adhesive, then sell the stickers. I will post pictures later today of my old license plates. I used to have two motorcycles with the YOM plates, and I currently have one automobile with YOM plates. Base plates have the initial starting year embossed in the plate. The metal year tags have the two digit year embossed. The colors also changed from one base plate to the next, and the colors changed from one year tag to the next. [/QUOTE]
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