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Hesketh Motorcycle VIN Check

Enter a Hesketh 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

Hesketh

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 Hesketh

Hesketh Motorcycles were a British motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1980, by The almighty Hesketh who desired to revive the British motorcycle industry with the aid of his F1 racing experience acquired previously. Throughout exactly the same year, the organization developed the very first prototype outfitted having a Weslake V Twin 1000cc engine that was the very first British bike having a four valves per cylinder engine and twin camshafts.

Broom began enhancing the V1000, easily making it a lengthy distance Tourer. One twelve models from the Vampire happen to be built each year, together with other models like the Vulcan and Vortan.

Although many individuals stated this prototype could represent the very first major success of the firm, everything went wrong, mostly because of the truth that these bikes were pretty heavy and hard to rely on, the organization experiencing multiple problems throughout the manufacturing process.

After Hesketh began producing the 139 models, the organization began searching for a bit of support from another motorcycle manufacturer that may help it to develop and enhance the bikes. Triumph Motorcycles, another British company, bought the privileges from the motorcycle, so a brand new V 1000 bike was folded out, this time around using the Triumph badge onto it.

Following this second failure, another bit of support came from Mick Broom, who bought the Hesleydon company, striving to distribute the motorcycles in other nations.

02Models

Hesketh models

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

  • V 1000
  • VAMPIRE
  • VORTAN
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 Hesketh 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 Hesketh VIN breaks down

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

Hesketh 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 Hesketh 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": "<Hesketh 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"] …