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I have an idea.

 

I was at my father in-laws house and he has a car license plate from all 50 states hanging on a wall in his garage.

 

I thought I would like a collection of license plates too, but of the more difficult to find motorcycle plates.

 

So here is my thought, if people could send me a box of about 100 motorcycle license plates from their home state that they can find, I would re-box and send out a box with all 50 states, the district of Columbia, and one or more foreign country plates that I receive from those that don't live in the US. (If you live out of the US please try to include one bonus car plate for my Father in-law) IF and ONLY IF I were to receive all those plates from other members. You might get shorted a few plates... (you may not get all 50 states) I apologize in advance.

 

So your goal should be to send me 100 or more plates...........

 

Oh and everyone would have to include return postage and a few dollars for my time. I am NOT going to get rich on this but it does seem like a huge time consumer....

 

Now this would be restricted to the first person from each state, territory or country to sign up on this thread with their promise to collect up and send me the plates from their state/territory or country as applicable....

 

I looked up in the members list to see how many people we have in each state, and I could not find anyone who lives in Hawaii and sense I travel there for work from time to time I figured I would collect up some Hawaii plates. I currently have 17 Hawaii plates in fair to poor condition one of which would be mine. I learned that in Hawaii the plate stays with the vehicle for it's life no matter who owns it... so plates are harder to come by and there is only one salvage yard that deals with motorcycles in Hawaii, so I bought all the plates he could supply. He promised to save all the plates he can from bikes that he is scrapping out.

 

Not everyone will get plates from all states, as I may not be able to get enough Hawaii plates and Alaska may be difficult to collect up....... DC might be difficult too.

 

I would also have to impose some random time limit too.... but I will have to see how things pan out. I don't think I will have 51 Hawaiian plates in under one year from today so someone may get shortchanged. so if you participate, don't complain......

 

So what do you think???

 

I will update this post with participants........... I have times when I don't visit the forum so there may be some stretches when I don't update this list..........

 

Oh, and I get first pick of the plates and I will NOT entertain special requests for plates.

 

Any excess plates will be disposed of in a manner yet to be determine of my choice. Maybe I'll have a random drawing or something, but that is way down the road.

 

this post will contain all rules and they may change at my decision.

 

Also sense they have put up with me, csogbk has first dibs at MD, and Riderduke has first dibs at VA..... IF they want to collect the plates.

 

NO stolen plates. You should go to a salvage yard to buy plates or ask your local DMV to collect them for you. OR if it is legal, you might "dumpster dive" at the DMV for plates.

 

Some plates may be damaged, broken, burnt, etc as they may come from a salvage yard, so don't complain if you get a damaged plate.

 

All plates must be cleaned with soap and water before shipping to me. I don't want MrsSquid mad at me for bringing dirt into SquidAcres.

 

Our forum administrator, IIRC is freebird, cannot participate in the swap as he gets a free set as he puts up with all of us.

 

Here is a list of participants in state/territory/country order:

 

ALABAMA

ALASKA

ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII KiteSquid

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

MONTANA

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

WEST VIRGINIA

WISCONSIN

WYOMING

 

 

US Territories (May not have plates but one can hope)

VIRGIN ISLANDS

PALAU

GUAM

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

PUERTO RICO

MARSHALL ISLANDS

FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

AMERICAN SAMOA

 

 

Military areas (From the US Postal Service website) (may not have plates)

Armed Forces Africa

Armed Forces Americas (except Canada)

Armed Forces Canada

Armed Forces Europe

Armed Forces Middle East

Armed Forces Pacific

 

Foreign Countries (List from the US Department of State Website) (Don't think we will get many but I do hope someone chimes in from at least 5% of them) and if we get participants from separate states/provinces that would be OK too.

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahamas, The

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burma

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada The ten provinces are Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan, while the three territories are Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and Yukon.

 

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Comoros

Congo (Brazzaville)

Congo (Kinshasa)

Costa Rica

Cote d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

East Timor (see Timor-Leste)

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

Gabon

Gambia, The

Georgia

Germany

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

Haiti

Holy See

Honduras

Hong Kong

Hungary

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati

Korea, North

Korea, South

Kosovo

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Macau

Macedonia

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Micronesia

Moldova

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Netherlands

Netherlands Antilles

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

North Korea

Norway

Oman

Pakistan

Palau

Palestinian Territories

Panama

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

Russia

Rwanda

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa

San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

South Korea

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Syria

Taiwan

Tajikistan

Tanzania

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

Vanuatu

Venezuela

Vietnam

Yemen

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Edited by KiteSquid
Posted
The plates in the mail.

 

So are you saying you are participating and claiming North Carolina?

 

If so, how many motorcycle plates are you sending?

  • 3 weeks later...

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