Deciphering Vin# ?

[RoMax]

Hey guys, I'm looking at buying a mid. 60's Yamaha. From what i have about the bike so far is that it's probably 65-67 YL-1 or YL-1E. It belongs to my buddies brother, but they don't know exactly what it is. It's in a barn in Sask., Canada. Here are the VIN#'s, Frame: Y33 506634 Engine: L1-506634. I'm also looking for advice on what it might be worth. I have many pics. of the bike from different angles. Thanks for your time

 

[SpecOps13]

I was looking for one of these Yamaha's when I came across my 94 VMax. I wanted a 305 Big Bear Scrambler so bad. The prices then (4 years ago) ran from total junk for $100.00 to fully restored low mileage bikes at $4-6, 000.00. I have no idea how to track the VIN# you have. One site says they can do it with 13 digits...


Good Luck,
Dave

 

[RoMax]

I've found sites that have 17 digit codes, but not 9.

 

[SpecOps13]

You are right, I typo'd, the site I found was a 17 digit site. Don't have a clue how we could make up that many digits.. I used to swap PM's with someone here who owned the street version (Down Pipes) but I had to delete a lot of messages and he was one.:sad2:

 

[RoMax]

I have an album on profile with a few pics. of the bike if that helps.

 

[SpecOps13]

That's a Yamaha 100 cc Twin Jet... Made from 66 to 71... Sweet little bike in a bygone era...

I thought we were talking 250 or 305 cc.. These Twin Jets should be pretty reasonable. Cool
little bike. I had bikes on both sides, size wise. 60 cc and 125 Twin Scrambler....

I'm looking here: http://www.google.com/search?q=yama...us&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=1&startPage=1