Guest Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Good evening all. I recently bought myself a Honda XR600, the previous owner told me it was a 1990 model, but i was wondering if theres anyway of telling for certain, by say using the Frame number or engine number.Any help on this matter would be great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nastro azzurro Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Hi Ellis..... Notice your new bud.... Pop in to the Newbies bit and say Hi....Oh, And Welcome to TMBF 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 the chassis number will identify when it was builtyou could always cut it down the middle and count the rings and HI btw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 I thought it would, but what do all the numbers mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 ring the local stealership im sure they will help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 yup as Stu says get the numbers and call the dealer, havent you got the V5?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_on_a_bike Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 ring the local stealership im sure they will help I like that alot.......very true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 Maybe this can help youClick Here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rennie Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 honda's use letters to identify years, mine is a cbr900 rr V which means 97 ,rr W is 98 and so on. presume it's the same for yours. It's written on a black plate under the seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techno Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 erm dont you have the documents surely the v5 will tell you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest akey Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 If you have one, have a look in the Haynes manual, they usually tell you which frame no's come from which year (did for my NC24 anyway).Local dealer will be able to tell you as well.Dont forget the year made and year registered can sometimes be different anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 erm dont you have the documents surely the v5 will tell you!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest akey Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 erm dont you have the documents surely the v5 will tell you!! V5 will tell you year of registration not year of build, they are not always the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 erm dont you have the documents surely the v5 will tell you!! V5 will tell you year of registration not year of build, they are not always the same. errrr did say that much earlier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Cheers for all the help guys, nice to see what seems to be a friendly and informative forum for a change! (i've had issues with other car sites in the past)I don't have the V5 at the moment, as its been sent away to DVLA for change of ownership, but it was first registerd in 2001, which definatly isn't the year of build, unless honda got some bits mixed up!Voodoo, thats exactly what i was after thanks alot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 14, 2008 Share Posted July 14, 2008 Upon checking on the link that Voodoo, my frame number is nothing like that described, so i'm still in the dark. This either means, that that website is incpomplete, my bike was built 1981, or that frame/vin numbers destined for america are diffrant to those destined for europe, unlikely in my opinion, but possable.might be popping into the honda delarship tomorrow to pick up some bits, so will ask and let you know the answers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Well popped into the local honda dealership yesterday, the good news was that my bits had turned up! YAY!The bad news is that they couldn't or wouldn't give me the method for ageing my bike using the Frame number.They just kinda said that its probably somewhere around 1985 to 1991. not really what i was looking for, but hay what can you do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_on_a_bike Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 Cheers for all the help guys, nice to see what seems to be a friendly and informative forum for a change! (i've had issues with other car sites in the past)I don't have the V5 at the moment, as its been sent away to DVLA for change of ownership, but it was first registerd in 2001, which definatly isn't the year of build, unless honda got some bits mixed up!Voodoo, thats exactly what i was after thanks alot I hope you meant bike? Because it really isn't a car site.[/b] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 I do indeed mean bike, although i have had issues with car forums in the past. if you know what i mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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