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Post by Martin on Feb 2, 2023 8:40:48 GMT
Hi folks, as post title says bike has no Vin Plate. Can see the engine number, is the frame number on there somewhere? Is a Vin Plate necessary, can they be gotten hold of?
Cheers
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Post by andy1kenobe on Feb 2, 2023 9:56:37 GMT
Hi folks, as post title says bike has no Vin Plate. Can see the engine number, is the frame number on there somewhere? Is a Vin Plate necessary, can they be gotten hold of? Cheers Frame number should be stamped on the headstock of the frame. I know some of the guys have bought replica VIN plates on ebay and the seller has added the numbers. Seem to be a good replica. DVLA says " All vehicles registered in the UK must have a unique, stamped-in vehicle identification number (VIN)" so, yes you will need one. I would add some pics of mine for reference but the image hosting is still down!  |
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Post by philsbury on Feb 2, 2023 10:05:42 GMT
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Post by Martin on Feb 2, 2023 11:30:31 GMT
Hi folks, as post title says bike has no Vin Plate. Can see the engine number, is the frame number on there somewhere? Is a Vin Plate necessary, can they be gotten hold of? Cheers Frame number should be stamped on the headstock of the frame. I know some of the guys have bought replica VIN plates on ebay and the seller has added the numbers. Seem to be a good replica. DVLA says " All vehicles registered in the UK must have a unique, stamped-in vehicle identification number (VIN)" so, yes you will need one. I would add some pics of mine for reference but the image hosting is still down! |
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Post by Martin on Feb 2, 2023 11:31:31 GMT
Thanks Andy much appreciated.
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Post by Martin on Feb 2, 2023 11:32:06 GMT
Thanks Phil was hoping there’d be one somewhere.
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Post by andy1kenobe on Feb 2, 2023 12:25:26 GMT
Pictures working again! These are off the 400 but show what you need.  Headstock  Front downtube |
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Post by Martin on Feb 2, 2023 14:15:54 GMT
Brilliant Andy, tanks.
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Post by Martin on Feb 5, 2023 13:51:34 GMT
So here's the headstock, looks like the vin plate is there for some reason.
Best options for getting that paint off without damaging vin plate?
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Post by andy1kenobe on Feb 5, 2023 14:24:12 GMT
I've never seen it put there on the 'N' (but maybe abroad?) before but the rivets look like original. But, my God, who in their right mind slaps all that paint everywhere? And what paint it is? Hammerite springs to mind. Most of the paint stripper from the diy sheds is absolutely useless at taking paint off but with continued applications may be a gentle way of exposing that VIN plate without too much damage. As I am a thug, I'd attack it with a stanley blade to scrape/slice the paint off. I can be impatient  . Can always get a replacement plate. Do you have a V5 for it? It would be interesting to see what it says the engine and frame numbers are and could shed a bit of light. |
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Post by Martin on Feb 5, 2023 14:41:23 GMT
I have the V5 in my name. Model is CB250ND-B, September 1982. Frame No:CB2502208510, can't verify this till I get all that mad paint off. Engine number is not a match, on V5 CB250NE-2000752.
Engine in bike is CB250NE-2200752.
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Post by ian on Feb 5, 2023 19:55:06 GMT
I've always removed the vin plate before getting the frame blasted, then painting it & never had a problem damaging them. It's fairly easy to file the rivets down enough get them off. I've just used pop rivets to fix them back on, but Silvers did have the proper rivets, don't know the part number though.
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Post by Martin on Feb 5, 2023 20:01:14 GMT
It was a pleasant surprise seeing it at all. Be interesting to see what’s under the paint.
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Post by BruceB on Feb 6, 2023 9:49:29 GMT
I don't think the plate is a requirement for the MOT, it certainly isn't for older bikes. What is needed is a stamped number on the frame that is clearly legible.
I just replaced the original battered vin plate on my frame after I had it blasted and coated with one of the replacements, the original rivets I think I got from CMSL
I know in the past I had really old bikes MOTed with a simple sticker applied where the stamped number was not visible anywhere on the frame, they just wanted some Ident for ticking the box on the MOT
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Post by Martin on Feb 6, 2023 13:06:58 GMT
Not sure if it’s clear in the photo but it does look like the frame number is stamped on the headstock under the vin plate, why the vin pates up there, who knows.
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. Can always get a replacement plate.
