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Simson Motorcycle VIN Check

Enter a Simson VIN to read its model year, model, engine and specs. The lamps check the format as you type.

Simson

BRAND DATA

Models: 5 models listed below
Check digit: North American, position 9
VIN location: Steering neckPlus a sticker on the frame

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01About

About Simson

Simson is very a classic title around the motorcycle manufacturing market considering the original company which created a lot of well-known bikes began in 1856. Everything began with Lob and Moses Simson, two siblings who founded Simson & Co to be able to build guns. The organization was raised a great deal within the next couple of many, in 1986, Simson & Co began creating bicycles, then automobiles in 1907. Simson Supra is most likely typically the most popular vehicle made by Simson, being offered in roughly 1520 copies, these built between 1924 and 1934.

Being stopped towards the USSR after The Second World War after which handed to Germany, the organization was re-named to "VEB Fahrzeug- Gerätewerk Simson Suhl", a business which grew to become interested in motorcycles and which targeted to abandon producing guns and bicycles.

Although several traders attempted to update the organization following the Germany experienced major political changes, Simpson began going through financial problems in 2002 and something year later, the mopeds production was shut lower.

Because of the truth that the German Democratic Republic made the decision in 1960 the local companies must only produce two-stroke motorcycles, Simson needed to focus on mopeds, the firm controlling to construct believe it or not than 200,000 models in one year.

Due to the truth that these were a Jewish family, the Simson siblings have to hightail it of the nation throughout the Adolf Hitler dictatorship. However, part of the board required the charge of the organization and merged it along with other firms, developing the Berlin Suhler Waffen- und Fahrzeugwerke (BSW), a company that was focused on motorcycles compared to the previous company. This fact was really shown exactly the same year when BSW released BSW 98, the very first motorcycle of the organization.

02Models

Simson models

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

AWO 425 S
BSW 98
S 51
Schwalbe
SR

03Location

Where to find a Simson VIN

Steering neckStamped into the frame tube the forks turn in. Turn the bars to one side to see it.
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.
PaperworkTitle, registration and insurance card all carry the full VIN.

04Breakdown

How a Simson VIN breaks down

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

Simson 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 Simson VINs in your app

22 fields per decode: year, model, trim, engine, and more
Salvage checks and US plate lookups on the same key
BASIC $0, PRO $69, ULTRA $99 a month, billed by RapidAPI

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": "<Simson 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"] …

const url = new URL("https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin");
url.searchParams.set("vin", "<Simson VIN>");

const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
    "X-RapidAPI-Key": process.env.RAPIDAPI_KEY,
    "X-RapidAPI-Host": "vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com",
  },
});
const data = await res.json();
if (data.success) console.log(data.specification);

curl -G "https://vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com/v2.0/decode_vin" \
  --data "vin=<Simson VIN>" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Key: $RAPIDAPI_KEY" \
  -H "X-RapidAPI-Host: vindecoder.p.rapidapi.com"

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