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Ossa Motorcycle VIN Check

Enter a Ossa 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

Ossa

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

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01About

About Ossa

Ace is really a The Spanish language motorcycle manufacturing company that was founded in 1924, being initially centered on creating movie projectors for that The Spanish language market. It's interesting to notice that Ossa adopted exactly the same trend market as numerous other motorcycle companies in the finish of The Second World War when plenty of producers began building two stroke motorcycles. When compared with other companies, also required benefit of we've got the technology run by DKW, a German company that was already building two stroke engines.

However, Ossa handled to produce its first type of motorcycles in 1949 however, it did not record excessive sales within the first many years of availability. What's interesting is the fact that the organization recorded a remarkable development in sales throughout the sixties when the majority of its motorcycles were released with other marketplaces, such as the American one. Actually, the U. S. States industry is among the marketplaces which rapidly adopted the use motorcycles and various bikes might be still observed in the united states nowadays.

Even though it's built a plenty of types of street bikes, the organization has additionally been centered on racing motorcycles for quite some time. For example, Ossa launched special bikes for motocross and tests in addition to special motorcycles for Enduro competitions. The The Spanish language firm folded out an essential quantity of famous models, such as the Copa 250, the Explorer, the Formula 3, the Mountaineer, the Pioneer, the Six Day Replica and also the Turismo.

To be able to achieve this, it merged with Bultaco in 1979 but even when it appeared as if a method to save the organization, it really did not get it done so also was instructed to close its industrial facilities in 1982.

Even though it all looked to visit pretty much for that The Spanish language company, Ossa began going through financial problems within the '70s once the Japanese companies started disbursing their motorcycles in multiple nations around the globe. Because of the performance they provided as well as because of the prices, these bikes were pretty attractive for the customers who have been formerly thinking about Ossa's motorcycles therefore the The Spanish language manufacturer needed to update the organization.

02Models

Ossa models

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

  • 125
  • 150 Commercial
  • 160
  • Copa 250 79
  • E-71
  • Ossita 50
  • Phantom 125
  • Stiletto
  • Super Pioneer 250
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 Ossa 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 Ossa VIN breaks down

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

Ossa 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 Ossa 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": "<Ossa 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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