For those interested, or having trouble with those sites.. Here's the suzuki specific criteria.. most of which is applicable to all makes though.. It has one mistake in it.. At one point in the explanation it says the check digit applies to the digits before the check digit, that's not right. The check digit checks all the digits, including the check digit.. The Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) is composed of 17 characters. The standard was originally defined in ISO Standard 3779 in February of 1977. Then it was revised in 1983. The ISO VIN is designed to identify motor vehicles of all kinds: cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles etc. The Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) contains three major sections: WMI - World Manufacturer Identifier (1,2,3 characters in VIN structure) If the manufacturer builds less than 500 vehicles per year than the third digit is "9". The WMI is described in detail in ISO 3780. VDS - Vehicle Description Section. It contains 6 characters (4th to 9th positions in VIN) and defines vehicle attributes specified by manufacturer. VIS - Vehicle Identifier Section. The last 8 characters of VIN define Year, manufacturer plant and serial (sequential) number of the vehicle. The last four characters shall be numeric. The 10th position of the Vehicle Identification Number is a YEAR CODE. ISO recommends that in VIN code capital letters A to Z and numbers 1 to 0 may be used, excluding I,O and Q in order to avoid mistakes of misread. No signs and spaces are allowed in Vehicle Identification Number code. *********************************************** Recap with examples: Digits 1,2,3 are World, Manufacturer, Identifier Digits 4,5,6,7,8 are Vehicle descriptor Section -- *Somewhat variable based on manufacturer. Digit 9 is the check digit Digit 10 is the Year code Digit 11 is the Factory code Digits 12,13,14,15,16,17 are the Vehicle Identification Sequence Let's see how this splits: First digit - Country code U.S.A.(1 or 4), Canada (2), Mexico (3), Japan (J), Korea (K), England (S), Germany (W), Italy (Z) Second digit - Manufacturer Audi (A), BMW (B), Buick (4), Cadillac (6), Chevrolet (1), Chrysler (C), Dodge (B), Ford (F), GM Canada (7), General Motors (G), Honda (H), Jaguar (A), Lincoln (L), Mercedes Benz (D), Mercury (M), Nissan (N), Oldsmobile (3), Pontiac (2 or 5), Plymouth (P), Saturn (8 ), Toyota (T), Volvo (V), Suzuki (S), Kawasaki (K). Third digit - Identifier Motorcycle (1), ATV (A) Kawasaki and Suzuki seem to follow this anyway Fourth digit - Vehicle category Data here is Suzuki specific, haven't found info for other brands. ATV (A), Scooter (C), Business model or commuter (B), Single cylinder sport/street (N), Multiple cylinder sport/street (G), Family (F), Off road (S), V-Type engine, street, V2/V4/V6/8,... (V), Square Four (H) Fifth digit - Engine Displacement Data here is Suzuki specific, haven't found info for other brands. A=49cc and less B=50-69cc C=70-79cc D=80-89cc E=90-99cc F=100-124cc G=125-149cc H=150-199cc J=200-249cc K=250-399cc M=400-499cc N=500-599cc P=600-699cc R=700-749cc S=750-849cc T=850-999cc U=1000-1099cc V=1100-1199cc W=1200-1299cc Y=1400-1499cc Z=1500 & up Sixth digit - Engine Type Data here is Suzuki specific, haven't found info for other brands. 1=2 stroke single 2=2 stroke twin 3=2 stroke triple or four 4=4 stroke single 5=4 stroke twin 6=? 7=4 stroke four Seventh digit Data here is Suzuki specific, haven't found info for other brands. Design sequence or model version first version uses 1 then second version uses 2 etc... the tenth version would then be identified by the letter A then B etc.. Eigth digit Data here is Suzuki specific, haven't found info for other brands. First version uses 1 then second version uses 2 etc... the tenth version would then be identified by the letter A then B etc... Ninth digit - Check digit The ninth vehicle identification number digit is a VIN accuracy check digit, verifying the previous VIN numbers. This is how the check digit works STEP 1 Assign to each number in the VIN its actual mathematical value and assign to each letter the value specified for it in the following chart: ASSIGNED VALUES: A=1 G=7 P=7 X=7 B=2 H=8 R=9 Y=8 C=3 J=1 S=2 Z=9 D=4 K=2 T=3 E=5 M=3 U=4 F=6 N=4 V=5 STEP 2 Multiply the assigned value for each character in the VIN by the position weight factor specified in the following chart: VIN POSITION AND WEIGHT FACTOR: 1st = 8 10th = 9 2nd = 7 11th = 8 3rd = 6 12th = 7 4th = 5 13th = 6 5th = 4 14th = 5 6th = 3 15th = 4 7th = 2 16th = 3 8th = 10 17th = 2 9th = check digit STEP 3 Add the products from steps 1 and 2 and divide the total by 11. STEP 4 The numerical remainder is the check digit which would appear in the 9th position in the VIN. If the remainder is 10, then the letter "X" is used for the check digit. Tenth digit - Year Code 80(A), 81(B), 82(C), 83(D), 84(E), 85(F), 86(G), 87(H), 88(J), 89(K), 90(L), 91(M), 92(N), 93(P), 94(R), 95(S), 96(T), 97(V), 98(W), 99(X), 00(Y), 01(1), 02(2), 03(3), 04(4), 05(5), 06(6), 07(7), 08(8 ), 09(9),10(A), 11(B), 12(C), etc. Eleventh digit - Factory Code Manufacturer code for what plant it was built in Twelfth to Seventeenth digits - Serial Number Your vin number will be on a steel plate welded to the left rear down tube I think.. real obvious..

Yeah, the location is real obvious, but the VIN itself is cryptic. Feel free to decode, if it's so simple to you! Thanks!

Gday from Tasmania, Australia. New to the forum still finding my way around. Just inherited a 91 Suzuki king quad I'm trying to restore . Any leads to useful info would be great . Hoping to get out there soon (well by summer, winter just started here).

Hey, my names kruz. I am from.australia and have a 2008 yamaha big bear 400. She's a bit of a pig but is awesome to ride.

Hi New to your site looks good so far. I have a 1998 suzuki LTF500, hope to find good answer here and a way to pay back to other member.

Hey....New guy here from Richmond VA. area. We raced Moto X with 125's and 250's (bikes) for years but got a little to old for that.LOL I had a bunch of ATV's over the years and I just bought an old beater Suzuki King Quad for hunting and playing in the woods. It needs a lot of TLC As the two last owners had little regard for anything but just riding the pure living heck out of it. I knew what I had bought and it didn't bother me because I have been a mechanic of some sort all my life and getting a little grease on my hands has never bothered me. You guy's have a fun day.

New to the site. I have a Suzuki King Quad 300 and looking for another one.

Hi. I am new to Quad Crazy. We live in South Africa and have 4 ATVs which we ride in the Drakensberg mountains. All are different Yamahas. Big bear, Warrior, Timberwolf and Bruin. I am looking forward to sharing experiences with others on this forum.

Hi all! I live in Alaska and I use ATV's to hunt/fish, collect firewood and pan for gold. Im looking for a repair manual to work on an old 4 wheeler with my son who wants to fix it up. Nice to meet you all and I hope the manual is worth this!

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Newbie here, i live in canada and my pastime is to fix up ATVs and sell them, this lets me try out a bunch of different atvs and learn a lot of new things.

Hey! Richard from Australia been into motorbikes all my life but new to quads ..just picked up a kawasaki klf300 98 or i think you guys call it a bayou ? Any ways it an older model so needs a bit of tlc and looking to spending a bit of time on it doing it up a bit and looking for a service manual for it if anyone could help out where i might be able to download one or even buy it. Thanks

New to the site.. Looks a bit slow lately..... Hope I can help out.

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Hi im new learning to work on a Polaris 110.