Motorcycle license plates were first issued in 1905. Unlike passenger plates, motorcycle plates were embossed. (I am assuming this based on images of them.)

1905-1910 1
1911 1
1912 1
1913 1
1914 1
15 1
16 1
67
70
72
74
77
79
81
83
85
1978 Motorcycle
W. Yoder Auction		 [80 mc plate coming soon] 1982 Motorcycle
W. Yoder Auction		 1982 Motorcycle Letter
W. Yoder Auction		 1985 Motorcycle Sample
W. Yoder Auction
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94
92wimcplate 1994 Motorcycle
W. Yoder Auction		 98wimcplate 00wimcplate 02wimcplate 04wimcplate
06wimcplategreen 08wimcplategreen 10wimcplate

In 2002, Wisconsin became one of the last states to adhere to the standard size for motorcycle license plates. It's kind of ironic, considering Wisconsin always had a tendency to do pioneer license plates, with Wisconsin only being 2 years behind Massachusetts for the issuing of license plates and them being the first state to stagger registrations between all months of the year.

Even though it may seem that there isn't much to cover for 2002 Wisconsin motorcycle license plates, there is variations with the sheeting. 1994 base plates never had Avery sheeting, even though other plates were using Avery sheeting from 2000 to 2006.

02 Avery Sheeting KV 101
UE 908
3M Sheeting 101 AA?
101 BK
Avery Sheeting 102 KN
101 NA
18wimcplate 06wimcplate 08wimcplate 10wimcplate 14wimcplate 2018 Motorcycle

A related type is sidecar motorcycle, issued from 1924 to 1931 and 1947 to 1957. They would be indicated by a "B" in the top corner.

1956 Sidecar Motorcycle

"" By Ross Day, From Flickr,
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0(original)

Moped license plates have been issued since 1979, though they were uncaptioned until 1981. The first plates were identfiable by a serial in the Z series.

1984 Moped Sample
W. Yoder Auction		 1987 Moped Sample
W. Yoder Auction		 1988 Moped 1985 Borderless Moped Sample
W. Yoder Auction		 92wimopedplate 93wimopedplate
Wrong sticker!
00wimopedplate

Snowmobile Dealer

Snowmobile Dealer license plates have been issued since 1975. Up until the mid-1990s, both snowmobile dealer and ATV dealer license plates were identical. While a person would tend to think that a snowmobile plate would be on a snowmobile, they actually are used for dealers when demonstrating vehicles.

75 D1001
D9609
78 Y 1
Y3698
89 D1001
94? S0001?
10? S0001?
78wisnowmobiledealerplate 84wisnowmobiledealerplate
75 76 77 78 79
80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89
90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09
10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
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Created January 16 2019. Updated September 18, 2020.