mattcooper
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- Jun 17, 2009
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Hey Everyone
I'm really stressing at the moment and seeking advice from people that may have been in a similar situation.
I just purchased a Yamaha YZ250F 2003 dirt bike. It was a private sale here in QLD.
It was an extremely good price. Almost too good to be true that first sparked some concern. Long story short we found that the rear subframe was slightly twisted. Upon removal of the seat we found what we thought to be some form of rubbing on the bar from a grinder possibly. Which freaked us out because in the Yamaha manual it says there suppose to be some model number there.
[I would ATTACH IMAGE HERE but your forum doesn't let me!!!]
So at this point we were freaking out thinking we have a stolen bike. We went to the Transport department to look up the VIN number and was told to go to a website called vcheck.gov which for some reason said that the VIN number didn't exist. I called the hotline and they were very confused saying this number must be wrong. I triple checked the number which was on the goose neck of the bike and still was told it doesn't exist.
Which brings me to here. Is it normal for a bike not to exist? Im so confused and concerned. Any advice will be great.
I'm really stressing at the moment and seeking advice from people that may have been in a similar situation.
I just purchased a Yamaha YZ250F 2003 dirt bike. It was a private sale here in QLD.
It was an extremely good price. Almost too good to be true that first sparked some concern. Long story short we found that the rear subframe was slightly twisted. Upon removal of the seat we found what we thought to be some form of rubbing on the bar from a grinder possibly. Which freaked us out because in the Yamaha manual it says there suppose to be some model number there.
[I would ATTACH IMAGE HERE but your forum doesn't let me!!!]
So at this point we were freaking out thinking we have a stolen bike. We went to the Transport department to look up the VIN number and was told to go to a website called vcheck.gov which for some reason said that the VIN number didn't exist. I called the hotline and they were very confused saying this number must be wrong. I triple checked the number which was on the goose neck of the bike and still was told it doesn't exist.
Which brings me to here. Is it normal for a bike not to exist? Im so confused and concerned. Any advice will be great.