Hello!
New guy here, Ive been told to join by my Yamaha dealer......he said you all may be able to help. This is the first port of call other than usual Google trawling to no avail.
I have a indulged myself with a new project (supposed to be over the winter but now for the summer). I've had a few bikes in the past but this is by far my favourite! It is a qt50. Tiny little moped, 50cc 2 stroke, single sided shaft drive. Bulletproof reliability and slow as fuck. I love it to bits.
The problem Is, its been bought on a whim and the v5 vin lined up with the sticker on the painted over frame. Engine number was different (swapped engine at some point, no problem). Upon sanding, removing paint I realised the frame number stamped on the headstock is in fact the same as the engine number. Essentially the v5 is for another bike.
Is there any way I can get info from a vin number only? It's the small vin, 9 digit. Vin decoders online spew their load when I enter it. Yamaha dealer is an expert on fuckall really. Just trying to find out the date of the bike and if it is in fact legit or stolen? I doubt its stolen really as it would make no sense to sell on. I' thinking the person years ago just transferrd their plate and v5 over to another qt50 when the original packed in or was crashed or something along those lines.
Ideally someone could help as this is my pride n joy and the restoration is at a standstill just now!
Please help!!