[Trampsinger]

I bought this as a 98' yesterday for $650. Needed carb work and brake work of course. I know where the VIN should be but I sure cant find it. Any help?

 

[SamUK]

The number should be on that plate that you've scraped a small amount of paint off. Clean it up properly and You may be lucky enough to see it.

 

[fishfiles]

get the number off the engine and I can tell you what year the engine is ----------personally I would have never bought it without see the vin number with my own eyes and having that vin number on a bill of sale

 

[Manny]

Ouch, hate to break it to you but theres a good chance that wheeler is stolen.

I have seen that very same thing happen here where I live, guys are good fabricators, they steal the bike and replace it with a new piece of steel.

the other chance could be that the frame was replaced, but Honda would have stamped new numbers into it.

 

[Trampsinger]

get the number off the engine and I can tell you what year the engine is ----------personally I would have never bought it without see the vin number with my own eyes and having that vin number on a bill of sale

Engine number is TE-14E-8706797

 

[fishfiles]

I'd say it is a 95 with that serial number of the engine

 

[Trampsinger]

I'd say it is a 95 with that serial number of the engine

Thanks! I'll pull off the plastics and hit that plate with a wire wheel. Maybe I'll get lucky.

 

[SamUK]

Are those fenders aftermarket? They have no black outer panel and appear to be stock width. All UK variants have the black outer plastic.

 

[fishfiles]

just because the engine is a 95 doesn't mean the frame is also 95 , people change out motors or frames and will swop the wiring harness to match the engine as some years have different electrical parts , 98-2000 I believe has it's own cdi , where a 95 would be different -----some times there are stickers on the frame in the front and under the seat , it will say TRX300AS , the A is 2wd , the last letter is the year , S is for 95 , I say sometimes as not all 300 have the last letter on the tag ---- also the tenth digit of the vin is the year

 

[one1]

It's worth $650 no matter what year or it's standing. Sum of its parts is twice that. Besides i see the numbers coming through in this pic. Keep digging. Spray Paint is good at filling holes. Good pic up! Congrats!

 

[_Wilson_]

I hate to say this but manny makes a great point, and i can't make out any numbers, should look like this

 

[Trampsinger]

To play devils advocate; Let say there is no VIN and it might be a stolen unit. I haven't had time to scrape all that paint off but hypothetically. What would I do? If there's no VIN it can't be identified by law enforcement to be returned to the rightful owner. How would one proceed lawfully?

 

[fishfiles]

It really makes a difference as in what country , state , county or parish that you are in , so , that would be the first question !

 

[mac102004]

Pull the parts off it and bury the frame somewhere lol.