A friend of mine is moving, an has an older yamaha 3 wheeler sitting in his garage, its very dirty (dust)..

I found a number stamped on the stem of the handle bars,
##L-######

Is this the VIN, and if so where can I go to find out what make/model it is?

If its not the VIN, can anyone tell me where to locate it? Its an older model, I think, mid to late 80's probbaly.

Thanks.

 

If you give me the #s I think I can help

 

unless they did it differently back then, the vin should be stamped in/on the frame, because that is what you actually register. im not saying its not possible, but i would be very surprised if they stamped the vin on the steering stem.

 

although, my motor serial number is included in the vin.

 

I cant imagine more than 1 number stamped anywhere. Hard enough to find #s on somenewer rigs. I even heard #s have been stamped on a arms? Now thats nuts!

 

Woops. In my head three wheeler= big red. I cant help with numbers unless my fiche has it.

 

go here
http://www.analogx.com/cgi-bin/cgivin.exe

if that dont work do a google search for VIN DECODER and you will get some more.

 

<div class="FTQUOTE"><begin quote>Originally posted by: gordieinvt

If you give me the #s I think I can help</end quote></div>

21V-016877 is what I found on the stem.
Tonight I took the back seat off and searched on the frame as best I could, nothing.. going to try tomarrow when its lighter out side..