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CPI Motorcycle VIN Check

Enter a CPI 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

CPI

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

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01About

About CPI

CPI is really a Taiwanese motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1991, that has procedures in Taiwan, China, Indonesia, Vietnam, USA and Europe. They manufacture scooters, ATVs, Enduro and street bikes. The favorite CPI models would be the Aragon, Popcorn and also the SM.

Being associated with CPI, CPI Europe has got the charge of the sales and Aftersales for that European market. To be able to be effective, a group of European engineers usually have a track of the standard control within the Asian industrial facilities. Each one of these procedures is created by greater than 800 specialized sellers by local marketers in 26 European marketplaces.

All of the Taiwanese motorcycle makers, including CPI, have had the ability to make major inroads in overseas marketplaces, particularly the highly demanding Japanese and European marketplaces, because of the reduced pollution levels and performance of the motorcycles, scooters or ATV's. The technological capacity permitted the Taiwanese motorcycle makers to satisfy the 2nd-stage pollutant emission standards set through the Environmental Protection Administration in 1991. Now, the factors occur 2004 require alternative of two-stroke engines with four-stroke engines.

The EIMCA Milan 2001 and also the INTERMOT 2002 were two of the most basic places in which the Taiwanese motorcycle manufacturer demonstrated to possess given serious attention into account the quality of thought. Even when it ranks in sixth place worldwide in motorcycle output, trailing China, the biggest with annual output exceeding ten million models, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Japan, Taiwan is among the respected source for quality.

02Models

CPI models

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

  • ARAGON
  • POPCORN
  • SM
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 CPI 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 CPI VIN breaks down

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

CPI 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 CPI 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 API key API docs
GET/v2.0/decode_vin
import os, requests

r = requests.get(
    "https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin",
    params={"vin": "<CPI 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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