yamaha yz450f question

[yz450f]

does anyone no how i can find the year of my bike im pretty sure its a 450f so i was told but would like to make sure on that too,i purchased off ebay suppose to be an 06 but 06 is 5speed this is 4speed so would like to find out exact year and anyother info ican find

 

[Rotorranch]

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Count to the 10th letter in the Vin, this is the Year code letter on all mtcs, atvs etc. and use the link below to find out the year...Scroll down past the ads! If you have a bike older than 1980 then your Vin will be short and I dont know the code for the older ones.
Hope this heps!

http://www.suzukicycles.org/_misc/identi...





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The VIN information for various Yamaha 50, 80, 125, 180, and 200 are listed below. This VIN info is difficult to obtain, and as you can see it's very preliminary at this point...

The 9th digit of the VIN is a check digit, and varies according to the production (serial) number at the end (last 7 digits) of the VIN.

The 10th digit of the VIN is the year code. The letters I, O, Q, U, Z are not used to avoid confusion with numbers::

1980 A 1981 B 1982 C 1983 D 1984 E 1985 F 1986 G 1987 H 1988 J 1989 K 1990 L 1991 M
1992 N 1993 P 1994 R 1995 S 1996 T 1997 V 1998 W 1999 X 2000 0 2001 1 2002 2 2003 3

Note that if your scooter was manufactured from say 2/86 - 2/87, it's likely to be a '87 model. This is fairly standard practice in the automobile and motorcycle industry.



The quotes above were stolen from the www. This is US only.
Canada used/uses a different vin code, similar to the pre 1980 US vin code.

Rotor

 

[yz450f]

cool so it said its an 04 does that mean the year of production or actual year ,or could it be an o5 and thanyou for the quick reply and the help with my first question

 

[Rotorranch]

No...it will be the year model indicated by the vin.

Rotor

 

[yz450f]

thanks alot i appreciate it