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RD & RZ350 VIN plates / stickers pics

#1 Post by wwwRD350LCnet » Wed Feb 07, 2018 2:38 pm

Dear all,

To complete my website, i'm looking for some VIN plate/stickers picture of RD/RZ350 from Canada and RZ350 from USA. From what I have seen, it's always white stickers in those countries.

BTW what is the name of those stickers here ?

Could you send me picture of your plates ? you can erase the last 2-3 digits of the serial number if you feel it a secret information but I don't see the risk (here in France at least).

Plate of my '80 RD350LC 4L0 European sister of your 4Y3
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Plate of my '89 RD350F2 3DH European sister of your 3FB
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My mail: [*]www.rd350lc.net@gmail.com[*]

Thank you

Xavier

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#2 Post by hondaror » Wed Feb 07, 2018 8:16 pm

Yes, Canadian plates are white stickers. My RD350LC from '81 only had the numbers stamped in the frame, and engine. Was not a 17 digit code back then. The white sticker had Canadian acceptance noted, but no vin. My vin for that bike was 0001111.
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#3 Post by RuZty » Thu Feb 08, 2018 8:54 pm

The Canadian ones also had a round (about 20mm diameter) Transport Canada approval sticker, maybe the same one Rory is referring to, as well as a white sticker that looked similar to the metal plates above (at least on my '85).

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#4 Post by Zedixe13 » Fri Feb 09, 2018 12:28 am

RD350 1981 Canada

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#5 Post by JonW » Fri Feb 09, 2018 2:53 am

In Canada do the VINs have the *? Xavier, we never had them in Aus...
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84 RZ500 Resto
85 RZ350 F1 Resto
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#6 Post by Zedixe13 » Fri Feb 09, 2018 3:12 am

No * on vin or frame , in fact it's the same vin sticker as the RD400 .

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#7 Post by JonW » Fri Feb 09, 2018 8:30 pm

must have just been the Euros that used the * then. must have been some ruling about vins for security etc
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81 RD350LC Resto
82 RD421LC Hybrid
82 RD350LC decapitation project
82 RD250LC JDM '251LC' YPVS
83 RZ350 Resto
84 RZ500 Resto
85 RZ350 F1 Resto
86 RZ350 F2 Resto
86 RZ350 F2 Hybrid

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#8 Post by wwwRD350LCnet » Tue Feb 20, 2018 2:37 am

Merci Zedixe13 !

4Y3 - 000001 !!!! does it means it's the first pre-production from Canada ?

Yes Jon, no stars * before and after the VIN on chassis and engine in Canada.

So did Yamaha consider that In Europe, people will restamp their engine/frame but in Australia and Canada there are more honest so no stars are needed ? :smt003

Does someone could take a picture of the Transport Canada approval sticker ?

thanks

Xavier

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#9 Post by Zedixe13 » Tue Feb 20, 2018 11:26 pm

Xavier , 4Y3 - 000001 provient directement de mon imagination .

In Canada we don't restamp frame , we just buy another cheap bike for parts .

Transport Canada sticker on the headstock near the vin for the LC and on the right frame gusset behind the radiator on all RZ .

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#10 Post by wwwRD350LCnet » Thu Feb 22, 2018 3:57 am

Thank you Zedixe13 !

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#11 Post by wwwRD350LCnet » Mon Mar 05, 2018 1:43 am

Hi all,

the page with plates is online now: http://rd350lc.net/pageVINplate.htm

Thank for your help !

Xavier

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#12 Post by JonW » Mon Mar 05, 2018 1:55 am

nice work Xavier. one thing there is a typo, the Aussie RZ 1XH is not from 89, its 88 - the compliance has the year in it.

If i come across any more Aussie ones I'll send you some pics.
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81 RD350LC Resto
82 RD421LC Hybrid
82 RD350LC decapitation project
82 RD250LC JDM '251LC' YPVS
83 RZ350 Resto
84 RZ500 Resto
85 RZ350 F1 Resto
86 RZ350 F2 Resto
86 RZ350 F2 Hybrid

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#13 Post by JonW » Mon Mar 05, 2018 2:16 am

heres one... 250 from 82

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80 XT500 Supermoto!
81 RD350LC Resto
82 RD421LC Hybrid
82 RD350LC decapitation project
82 RD250LC JDM '251LC' YPVS
83 RZ350 Resto
84 RZ500 Resto
85 RZ350 F1 Resto
86 RZ350 F2 Resto
86 RZ350 F2 Hybrid

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Re: RD & RZ350 VIN plates / stickers pics

#14 Post by wwwRD350LCnet » Tue Mar 06, 2018 7:48 am

Hello Jon,

thank you !

Xavier

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