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#1 Vintage Chinese Motorcycle Plates07-25-2013, 05:13 AM
I've picked up a few vintage Chinese bikes, and have been curious about the plates. This is what I've uncovered ...
Prior to the current Yellow (= & > 50cc) and Blue (< 50 cc) plates, of the 京A 京B variety, the plates came in:
1) White with red letters/numbers (< 50 cc); and,
2) Green with white letters/numbers (= & greater than 50 cc)
They also came in:
1) 北京 01 (the equivalent of the current 京A plate); and,
2) 北京 02 (the equivalent of the current 京B plate).
I am not 100% sure when the switchover was made, but I am guessing early 1990s. That seems to be the consensus on motorfans. Maybe someone else knows?
Here's a picture table (sorry, couldn't find a good example for a green 02)
Vintage Beijing Plates.jpg
Other vintage plate info is welcome (e.g., from other cities).
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#2 Re: Vintage Chinese Motorcycle Plates
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07-25-2013, 08:55 AMI remember both types, though not in any detail. Our company cars had black plates, and I think they said 北京01.
jkp
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#3 Re: Vintage Chinese Motorcycle Plates07-26-2013, 02:40 AM
Interesting - the black plates (foreign-owned) have been done away with, in Beijing, for both cars & bikes. The only new black plate issuances are for diplomats (with a red character). My prior cars had black plates, but my current car has the typical blue/white. But they were always a single 京 character. My first car in China was about 2003 (comparatively recent).
Do you recall about what year your company cars had the plates? I wonder when China started the black plate system? (obviously, it was likely after 1982) But I wonder if pre-1949 also had black plates? Pre-1949 Shanghai pics would probably be informative.
By the way, were there even any motorcycles in pre-1949 China?
I was watching one of the never-ending wartime movies on Chinese TV, and noticed a 32 hp Chang with a black 京A plate on it, heading off to do battle with the Japanese. Minor blooper, in a few ways.Last edited by Lao Jia Hou; 07-26-2013 at 02:51 AM. Reason: first car was late 2003, i think - fading memories
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#4 Re: Vintage Chinese Motorcycle Plates
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07-26-2013, 05:00 AMBack in 1990-1992, when I was with UPI in Beijing, we journalists were required to live in the four diplomatic compounds, and had black plates for non-diplomat foreigners on our Jeep Cherokee and our Polski Fiat (this was bankrupt UPI, after all). I googled a bit to see if I might find something, but no luck. I probably have pictures of those cars and plates, somewhere...
jkp
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2010 JH600 "Merkin Muffley" (in Shanghai)
2000 KLR650 "Feezer Ablanalp" (in California)
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