How to put 9 digit vin code into Yamaha vin checker

[billyboy]

Forgive me if this has been done before , but I'm trying to get a year of manufacture from my 9 digit vin number on my German frame 4l0 .

The Yamaha online check tool is asking for 17 digits

How do you put just 9 digits in ?

Thanks in advance

[wwwRD350LCnet]

Could you share the link to this tool ?

you can use my tool: rd350lc.net/pageIDENTIFICATION.htm

or check here too: rd350lc.net/pageVIN.htm

Xavier

[midlifecrisisrd]

If it's to register it either contact Paul Dawkins and pay for a dating cert or contact Yamaha customer services and for 40 quid they will send you a dating letter that DVLA will accept.

Can you not guess the year by whether the number starts 0,1,2 or 3

Steve

[billyboy]

Thanks all , used Xavier's tool and it says Europe and 81 model ,

Thing is it has the tie bars underneath and I thought they were the later ones ?

[oldelsieboy]

Oct 21, 2017 19:13:01 GMT 1 billyboy said:

Thanks all , used Xavier's tool and it says Europe and 81 model ,

Thing is it has the tie bars underneath and I thought they were the later ones ?

81 is later, 80 is early.

OEB

[billyboy]

Ok OEB cheers .

[midlifecrisisrd]

As oeb says only first year had no tie bars

Good luck with the process, hopefully ok from here on in

Steve

[guggen75]

Hello!

I'we made a 9 digit vin decoder for Yamaha.

Check it out, hope you find what you need here:

impreso.no/yamaha/9vin/

[dougw]

Apr 6, 2022 18:54:56 GMT 1 guggen75 said:

Hello!

I'we made a 9 digit vin decoder for Yamaha.

Check it out, hope you find what you need here:

impreso.no/yamaha/9vin/

Thanks !

Showed my 4L1 on a uk Q plate came from America.

Small donation made !

[reedpete]

Great to have this tool, but I would air a word of caution….the output is only as good as the database behind it. Top marks to guggen75 for creating the tool but unfortunately the official Yamaha data it’s drawing from ,probably the same as that pdf on Xalivers www.rd350lc.net/Yamaha%20Modell_Index_1958-2008%20VIN%20Elsies.pdf Contains many errors on the older bikes…. So for example the uk 250LC for all three years shows as USA….

[guggen75]

Hey reedpete! It's not from the same document, but the oldest data is probably the same. I'm not sure that Yamaha even has correct data for all old models. Thats the life of classic vehicles

[reedpete]

Apr 7, 2022 20:29:12 GMT 1 guggen75 said:

Hey reedpete! It's not from the same document, but the oldest data is probably the same. I'm not sure that Yamaha even has correct data for all old models. Thats the life of classic vehicles

Agree, Yamaha have less legacy information internally than has been accumulated externally in the public domain by enthusiasts from research and document review.. Yamaha are repairing their lost data but still much is missing or wrong. 

[wwwRD350LCnet]

Apr 7, 2022 20:38:15 GMT 1 reedpete said:

Apr 7, 2022 20:29:12 GMT 1 guggen75 said:

Hey reedpete! It's not from the same document, but the oldest data is probably the same. I'm not sure that Yamaha even has correct data for all old models. Thats the life of classic vehicles

Agree, Yamaha have less legacy information internally than has been accumulated externally in the public domain by enthusiasts from research and document review.. Yamaha are repairing their lost data but still much is missing or wrong. 

yes, It's why the best tool for RD/RZ250-350 is mine !

Xavier

[guggen75]

Apr 8, 2022 6:34:03 GMT 1 wwwRD350LCnet said:

Apr 7, 2022 20:38:15 GMT 1 reedpete said:

Agree, Yamaha have less legacy information internally than has been accumulated externally in the public domain by enthusiasts from research and document review.. Yamaha are repairing their lost data but still much is missing or wrong. 

yes, It's why the best tool for RD/RZ250-350 is mine !

Xavier

I'm sure you are right

This search cover all Yamaha models from 1960 to 2010, so for the RD/RZ models, your tool is probably better!

[siykwidit818]

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