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Yamaha Motorcycle VIN Check

Enter a Yamaha 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

Yamaha

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

/yamaha-motorcycle-vin-check

01About

About Yamaha

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd is definitely probably the most popular motorcycle companies on the planet, possessing a remarkable quantity of bikes distributed all across the globe. The motorcycle division of Yamaha began in 1955, Genichi Kawakami to be the first leader of the recently-founded department. Throughout exactly the same year, Yamaha released its first motorcycle, the YA-1, that was outfitted having a 125cc engine.

In 1978, Yamaha opened up a brand new R&D center in Minnesota, a workplace that could help the organization expand its market coverage within the U. S. States. Twelve months later, the very first outcomes of the recently-opened up center saw the daylight as Yamaha presented the very first ATV model ever launched in America, named YT125.

Throughout exactly the same year, Yamaha's YA-2 won the exclusive “Good Designaward, whichhich underlined the truth tthe Yamaha's YA seriesries provided the best motorcycles of this time.

Since Yamaha had a remarkable growth, the organization planned a remarkable expansion in multiple nations around the globe, mostly according to new offices and shops. For example, in 1964, the organization founded Siam Yamaha Co. In Thailand while four years later, it opened up the Nederlander office.

What's interesting is the fact that Yamaha demonstrated that it is bikes can handle supplying high performance just from the beginning because the YA-1 won the 125cc type of the Mount Fuji Ascent race soon after it had been launched. Furthermore, in 1955, the organization won the very first three places from the All Japan Autobike Endurance Road Races within the 125cc class with a similar YA-1 model.

02Models

Yamaha models

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

  • Aerox
  • Aerox Race Replica
  • AG100
  • Big Bear
  • Blaster
  • Bolt
  • Bruin
  • BT 1100 Bulldog
  • BWs
  • C3
  • CygnusX
  • D'elight
  • DragStar
  • DT
  • Fazer
  • FJ
  • FJR 1300
  • FS-1
  • FZ
  • FZ8
  • FZR
  • Grizzly
  • GTS 1000
  • GX
  • IT
  • Jog
  • Kodiac 450 4x4
  • Kodiak
  • Mabris Hybrid
  • Majesty 400
  • Max
  • Morpho 2
  • Morphous
  • MT
  • MT-01
  • MT-03
  • MT-OS
  • Neo's
  • PW
  • Raider
  • Raptor
  • RD
  • Rhino
  • Road Star
  • Roadliner
  • Royal Star
  • RT 360
  • RX
  • RZ
  • Santa Barbara
  • SDR
  • Slider Naked
  • SR
  • Stratoliner
  • Stryker
  • SZR 660
  • TDM
  • TDM 900
  • TDR
  • Tesseract
  • TMax 500
  • TR3
  • Tricker
  • TRX 850
  • TT
  • TT-R
  • TW
  • TX
  • TZR
  • V Max
  • V Star
  • V Star 1100 Classic
  • V Star Silverado
  • Vino
  • Vino 125
  • Vity
  • Warrior
  • Wolverine 450
  • WR
  • WR 250 F
  • WR 450 F
  • X-City
  • X-MAX
  • Xenter
  • XF50 "C Cubed" C3
  • XJ
  • XJ-R
  • XJR 1300
  • XS
  • XT
  • XT250
  • XV
  • XZ 550
  • YA-1
  • YA-3
  • YBR-125
  • YD
  • YFA 125
  • YFM
  • YFS 200
  • YFZ
  • YFZ 350
  • YR
  • YS 250 Fazer
  • YZ
  • YZ 85
  • YZ 250
  • YZ450F
  • YZF-R
  • YZF-R1
  • YZF-R6
  • Zuma
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 Yamaha 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 Yamaha VIN breaks down

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

Yamaha 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 Yamaha VINs in your app

  • 22 fields per decode: year, model, trim, engine, and more
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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": "<Yamaha 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"] …