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MZ Motorcycle VIN Check

Enter a MZ 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

MZ

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

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01About

About MZ

MZ is really a German motorcycle company that was founded in 1906 when Jorgen Skafte Rasmussen acquired a factory formerly employed for manufacturing clothes. Although the organization began in 1906, the very first major event in the history happened in 1917 when MZ, which really means Motorradwerk Zschopau, launched the very first steam-powered vehicle. Named Dampfkraftwagen, the automobile is mainly known underneath the DKW trademark.

Besides creating motorcycles, MZ also got involved in motocross competitions, to be the champion from the Worldwide Six Day Trial in believe it or not than 7 models: 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969 and 1987. Furthermore, inside a move designed to bring more performance towards the company's motorcycles, MZ adopted a few of the Yamaha engines that have been placed on its motorcycles. For example, the Baghira series used a Yamaha 660cc single cylinder engine.

3 years later, the organization released the very first motor-aided bicycle during 1923, MZ transformed its title to DKW. In 1928 the motorcycle company bought the Zwickau factory formerly possessed by Audi while twelve months later it grew to become the biggest motorcycle company on the planet with believe it or not than 60000 bikes released within the first many years of existence.

Time went by and the organization grew to become increasingly more thinking about manufacturing motorcycles so, in 1989, MZ stops manufacturing sidecars. After roughly twelve months, the organization will get a brand new investor that could help it to design and develop new motorcycles. In 1996 the Malaysian company Hong Leong bought MZ to have an undisclosed sum.

In 1948, the organization changes its title once more, being re-named to IFA, while four years later, it launched the very first two stroke shaft drive based motorcycle. Named BK350. Following a new title alternation in 1956 to VEB Motorradwerk Zschopau (MZ), the organization begins manufacturing in 1962 the ES 125/ES 150, probably the most popular motorcycles in Germany.

02Models

MZ models

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

  • 500 Country
  • 660 Skorpion
  • 1000
  • Baghira
  • ETZ
  • Kobra 850
  • Mastiff
  • Moskito RX 125
  • RT
  • SM
  • SX
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 MZ 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 MZ VIN breaks down

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

MZ 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 MZ 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": "<MZ 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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