frame information

anybody know how a frame looks like if it was bout from a dealer? Especially around the headstock area where the serial no. are supposed to be?

Sometime this past summer (summer of 2006), a frequent customer of our shop ordered a new frame for a YZF-R1. The part number of the frame started with the digits 5VY- , so it must have been for a 2004-2006 model. Naturally, I removed the frame from the large (and pretty well-packed) box it came in to inspect for damage before we shipped it out to the customer. I'm fairly certain that the area of the frame where the VIN is stamped on a new bike off a showroom floor was left blank on the replacement frame I examined. This area of the frame is finished in the same color as the rest of the frame, just with no numbers punched into it.

They come with no VIN number stamped, besides that they are exactly identical to your stock frame. They also come with an MCO, or manufacturer's certificate of origin. This is the sheet that tells the DMV that the frame came from the factory, and not off of a stolen bike. If you are replacing the frame on a bike, you can take the old and new ones to the DMV with the MCO and get the VIN stamped onto the new frame (not nearly as easy as it sounds, I'm sure, with all the government bullshit). Also, if you do decide to built a "homebuilt" bike, like your own chopper per say, the DMV will require MCO's for all major components (frame, engine) so they know that you are building it out of new parts, and not parts of stolen bikes. After their inspection process, they will then issue you a VIN number and stamp it onto your bike.

They come with no VIN number stamped, besides that they are exactly identical to your stock frame. They also come with an MCO, or manufacturer's certificate of origin. This is the sheet that tells the DMV that the frame came from the factory, and not off of a stolen bike. If you are replacing the frame on a bike, you can take the old and new ones to the DMV with the MCO and get the VIN stamped onto the new frame (not nearly as easy as it sounds, I'm sure, with all the government bullshit). Also, if you do decide to built a "homebuilt" bike, like your own chopper per say, the DMV will require MCO's for all major components (frame, engine) so they know that you are building it out of new parts, and not parts of stolen bikes. After their inspection process, they will then issue you a VIN number and stamp it onto your bike. thanks 2 all:thumbup