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Buell Motorcycle VIN Check

Enter a Buell 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

Buell

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

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01About

About Buell

Buell Motorcycle Clients are a united states motorcycle manufacturer founded by former Harley-Davidson engineer Erik Buell. The very first Buell bike arrived 1983 and was named the RW750. This model was created for competing within the AMA F1 motorcycle road championship, however the competition was soon canceled. The organization was instructed to think about street bikes plus they emerged having a couple of models which utilized Harley-Davidson engines.

The organization wasn't created formally until 1994, when Harley-Davidson chipped in and grew to become who owns 49% share of the organization. 4 years later, Harley bought another 49% in Buell Motorcycle Company, Erik Buell keeping merely a 2% share along with a lengthy-term contract. Therefore, the Buell company was no more the responsibility of the guy who began it, but a subsidiary from the greatest motorcycle manufacturer in the usa, Harley-Davidson.

In 2003, Buell made the decision to create some enhancements and introduced a competent engine which left out all of the pollutants test needs. On a single listing of improvements were the ZTL perimeter floating disc brake system located on the new models, then your fuel-in-frame technology and also the dual utilisation of the swingarm being an oil tank. Because of these, the Buell bikes respected the strain placed on that which was known as the "Trilogy of Tech": mass centralization, low unsprung weight and frame rigidity.

The entire listing of Buell motorcycles launched through the years goes such as this: Lightning XB9S (2003), Firebolt XB9R (2002), Blast (2000), Lightning X1 (1999), Whitened Lightning S1 (1998), Cyclone M2 (1997), Thunderbolt S3T (1996), Thunderbolt S3 (1996), Lightning S1 (1996), Thunderbolt S2T (1995), Thunderbolt S2 (1994), West Wind RSS1200 (1991), West Wind RS1200/5 (1990), West Wind RS1200 (1989), Fight Twin RR1200 (1988), Fight Twin RR1000 (1985) and RW750 (1983).

A number of them, the 2005 Firebolt XB12R 'street' and 'race' versions and also the Lightning CityX are in the Tourist Trophy gaming, as the Firebolt may also be observed in the 2007 Transformers movie. Buell introduced another effective street model in '09 known as the 1125CR.

However, the business's story wouldn't finish here, as with November 2009 Buell and Harley-Davidson introduced the launch of Erik Buell Racing. Even though the Buell title would survive, it might no more have ties with production motorcycles, but rather operate exclusively with race-only versionsofm the 1125R model for privateer teams within the AMA Sportbike Championship.

But occasions transformed for that worse for the organization, as Harley-Davidson would announce on October 15, 2009 it might discontinue the Buell motorcycle brand. The final Buell bike left the factory on October 30, 2009. With this particular bike, Buell, Motorcycles introduced the amount of motorcycles built-in its short lifetime in 136,923.

02Models

Buell models

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

  • 1125CR
  • 1125R
  • Blast
  • M2 Cyclone
  • RR
  • S
  • X1 Lightning
  • XB
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 Buell 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 Buell VIN breaks down

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

Buell 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 Buell 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": "<Buell 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"] …