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Hodaka Motorcycle VIN Check

Enter a Hodaka 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

Hodaka

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 Hodaka

Hodaka, also called Pabatco, which really means Offshore Basin Buying and selling Company, is definitely an American-Japanese company that manufactured motorcycles throughout the sixties and seventies. Although there is nothing official regarding this matter, many people state that the business's title is inspired through the title of the mountain in Or, the position of the Hodaka headquarters.

For instance, the Hodaka ACE 100, a motorbike produced in 1968, has a two stroke, single cylinder engine in addition to having a chain final drive. Both front and back brakes derive from drums.

Even when these were manufactured between 1960 and 1970, the motorcycles created by Hodaka include pretty advanced features, whether we discuss its engines or concerning the additional features placed on the bikes.

In 1980, Hodaka has shut lower its industrial facilities with no other motorcycles happen to be created since that year. A couple of years later, the whole production line was offered to Daelim.

The Hodaka Wombat, that was first created in 1972, is fairly similar to ACE 100, being outfitted having a single cylinder engine supplying a displacement of 125 cms. Additionally, it arrives with drum-based front and back brakes in addition to having a chain final drive.

02Models

Hodaka models

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

  • ACE 100
  • DIRT SQUIRT
  • WOMBAT
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 Hodaka 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 Hodaka VIN breaks down

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

Hodaka 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 Hodaka 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": "<Hodaka 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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