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BFG Motorcycle VIN Check

Enter a BFG VIN to read its model year, model, engine and specs. The lamps check the format as you type.

  • 17 characters
  • No I, O or Q
  • Check digit

BFG

BRAND DATA
Models
1 models listed below
Check digit
North American, position 9
VIN location
Steering neckPlus a sticker on the frame

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01About

About BFG

BFG may be the abbreviation from Louis Boccardo, Dominique Favarios and Terry Grange who designed a concept for any motorcycle late in 1977. The strange factor within this story could be that the bike was built with a vehicle engine. 3 years later, the very first motorcycles were built and offered, in France they Police been thinking about 100s of bikes.

At the beginning, the bike was considered revolutionary and for your idea, the 3 Mohicans who handled to place a vehicle engine right into a motorcycle frame were set to fabricate 450 machines with GS Citroen engines.

He continued fantasizing and manufactured four motorcycles with AX Citroen engine. Because his goal was to produce a Diesel, Motorcycle, he developed a frame and placed the diesel Peugeot engine in the AX Citroen. This prototype motorcycle was number "".

Regrettably, some financial problems were the reason behind the development cease in 1988. Even when he unsuccessful, Boccardo didn't quit. He designed another bike, known as MF, using the heat of the Citroen LN. It appeared the stars were against him, as this project unsuccessful again.

It had been a G13/646 type, 1299cc engine, with 4 flat opposed air cooled cylinders, in a position to create an energy of 70bhp at 5500rpm along with a torque of 100 NM at 3250rpm. The bike could achieve a high speed of 190 km/h. Being considered an essential accomplishment from the French technology, the leader Francois Mitterand offered Juan Carlos, the king of The country, a BFG, in 1982.

02Models

BFG models

The BFG models on file. Every one carries a 17-character VIN that the decoder reads.

  • 1300
03Location
A motorcycle from the side: the VIN is stamped on the steering neck, the frame tube at the top of the forks (01), and a VIN sticker sits on the frame near the engine (02).01 NECK02 FRAME

Where to find a BFG VIN

  1. Steering neckStamped into the frame tube the forks turn in. Turn the bars to one side to see it.
  2. Frame stickerA VIN sticker or plate on the frame, often on the down tube or near the engine mounts. The engine number on the cases is not the VIN.
  3. PaperworkTitle, registration and insurance card all carry the full VIN.
04Breakdown

How a BFG VIN breaks down

Every motorcycle VIN since 1981 has the same 17 positions. A VIN never uses I, O or Q.

BFG VIN · position by position? = check digit · # = serial
1–3 · WMIMaker & countryMaker & country
4–8 · VDSModel, body, engineModel, engine
9CheckCalc.
10YearYear code
11PlantFactory
12–17 · SerialUnique to this vehicleSerial number
WMI · 1–3The maker and the country it built the motorcycle in.
VDS · 4–8Model, body and engine. The decoder turns these into specs.
CHECK · 9Worked out from the other 16 characters. A typo breaks it.
YEAR · 10A letter or digit; the code repeats every 30 years, so C is 1982 or 2012.
PLANT · 11The factory that assembled the motorcycle.
SERIAL · 12–17Unique to each vehicle.
05API

Decode BFG VINs in your app

  • 22 fields per decode: year, model, trim, engine, and more
  • Salvage checks and US plate lookups on the same key
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GET/v2.0/decode_vin
import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin",
    params={"vin": "<BFG VIN>"},
    headers={
        "X-RapidAPI-Key": os.environ["RAPIDAPI_KEY"],
        "X-RapidAPI-Host": "vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com",
    },
    timeout=10,
)
spec = r.json()["specification"]
# spec["year"], spec["model"], spec["engine"] …
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