Not sure year model of VIN on Cr 250 frame

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Edited Date/Time 8/17/2021 4:46am
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R66 8/16/2021 6:14am
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Looks like someone welded over the vin and stamped into the weld.
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McG194 8/16/2021 6:16am
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Looks fishy to me. VIN's are 17 numbers & letters, no special characters. Plus a VIN should be straight across and not look like someone stamped it by hand. Generally the 10th character is the year.


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PNWRider 8/16/2021 6:19am
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McG194 wrote:
Looks fishy to me. VIN's are 17 numbers & letters, no special characters. Plus a VIN should be straight across and not look like someone stamped...
Looks fishy to me. VIN's are 17 numbers & letters, no special characters. Plus a VIN should be straight across and not look like someone stamped it by hand. Generally the 10th character is the year.


Thought so too, but then I clicked his user name and he’s in AUS…17 digits are a US thing maybe?

If the white is original it’s a 90-96, but without seeing the whole frame I can’t get closer.
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DownSouth 8/16/2021 6:23am
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Assuming it is a US model it is a 2003 according to some info from Thumpertalk.

However the picture does not look like an aluminum frame that a 2003 would have.

Posted December 23, 2006
Find the V.I.N. on the frame, and count 10 places from the left. The 10th digit will be a number, if its a 1 it's an 01 bike. If it's 2000 or older, it will be a letter.

A 80

B 81

C 82

D 83

E 84

F 85

G 86

H 87

J 88

K 89

L 90

M 91

N 92

P 93

R 94

S 95

T 96

V 97

W 98

X 99

Y 2000

1 01

2 02

3 03

4 04

5 05

6 06

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PNWRider 8/16/2021 6:56am
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DownSouth wrote:
Assuming it is a US model it is a 2003 according to some info from Thumpertalk. However the picture does not look like an aluminum frame...
Assuming it is a US model it is a 2003 according to some info from Thumpertalk.

However the picture does not look like an aluminum frame that a 2003 would have.

Posted December 23, 2006
Find the V.I.N. on the frame, and count 10 places from the left. The 10th digit will be a number, if its a 1 it's an 01 bike. If it's 2000 or older, it will be a letter.

A 80

B 81

C 82

D 83

E 84

F 85

G 86

H 87

J 88

K 89

L 90

M 91

N 92

P 93

R 94

S 95

T 96

V 97

W 98

X 99

Y 2000

1 01

2 02

3 03

4 04

5 05

6 06
2003 would be alloy (as you said) and would be a 17-digit ViN for US bikes.
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three9zero 8/16/2021 7:25am
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Anything older than 1981 does not use the current 17 digit vin system
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Question 8/16/2021 7:36am
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It can be fishy but that is also not impossible that the previous owner damaged the initial frame, had to buy a new one with no number, then a shop had to put the inital VIN back on (which could explain why it doesn't look standard).

Back to the year, I don't know, a shop or the importer should be able to help.
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Jeremy Macduff 8/16/2021 8:58am
8/16/2021 8:58am Edited Date/Time 8/16/2021 9:00am
That VIN doesn't look correct.

CR250s used the following VIN pattern:

JH2ME (J = Japan, H = Honda, 2 = Off Road

Could be a non-US frame but even those used the same 17 digit VIN. The last sequence after the hyphen doesn't look correct. Never seen a Honda VIN end like that.
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Loch 8/16/2021 9:54pm
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Nah it’s a Aussie number,I have a similar number to my 90 model 125
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kieran_macca 8/17/2021 4:34am
8/17/2021 4:34am Edited Date/Time 8/17/2021 4:46am
Only the US market used the 10th digit to mark the year.
OP, there is an Aus site with a list of vin numbers for each year, I will try to find it and post here.

EDIT: here's the link. The number doesn't seem to match any cr250 years, maybe I overlooked something.
https://www.hondashop.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Honda-Motorcycl…
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