VIN Numbers Missing - 81 XJ750 Seca

Got a chance to pickup another Seca 750, for free, thats been sitting for years. The property owner has no ownership for it, a tenant abandoned it years ago.

The VIN label on the steering stem is just about worn off but I did find numbers stamped on the stem " 5H2-000684 " VIN numbers normally have 17 digits. Anywhere else I can find the VIN?

 

Check this out, should help get you in the right direction although im sure one of the members can decode it from memory.


TECH TOPIC: Model ID and VIN's
http://xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=14577.html

 

Your full 17 digit VIN is:

JYA5H2004BA000684

Your Model is:

1981 XJ750RHC

What you have there in "layman's terms"

1981 750 Canadian model Seca

 

Thanks for the quick replies, now to see if she'll turn over !!

 

I have recently bought a 1981 xj750 and after doing a bit of research I have started to realize that there are a lot of different models and names . My vin number is 5n1-000834. And date of manufacture is 5/81. Can anyone narrow down my bike so I can start learning more about it . Thanks

 

Hello Wormburner, that would be 750 Seca RH model ie. '81, later years were RJ and RK all basically the same. From what i can tell Oz and UK models are the same thing.


COUNTRY: UNITED KINGDOM

MODEL NAME: XJ750
STREET NAME: 1981 XJ750
MODEL ID CODE: 5N1
FRAME ID: 5N1
SERIAL NUMBER STARTS AT: 000101

^ ^that's from here
http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=14577.html

Good luck with your new toy.

 

For future reference; if your vin sticker is worn the VIN should have also been factory stamped into the frame on the opposite side of the headstock. The sticker is mainly there to make it easier to read, and because there is a warning tag that is pop riveted over part of the vin on models with the cable actuated brake master cylinder.

 

You don't need the VIN sticker; you can "reverse engineer" your 17-digit VIN from the "shorty" VIN on top of the crankcase. That's what Kaz did, above.

 

Thanks for your help Bushy

 

Hey all

 

Hey all, can someone please decode this! Please!!!!! 5G2-013078

 

5G2 = USA-market XJ750 Seca, '81 ~83. The serial number (beginning in "0" not a "1") tells us it's an '81.

If you want to "reverse engineer" the whole VIN, use the formula here: http://www.xjbikes.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=14577.html