On all motorcycles, the serial number is the same and stamped on the engine and on the frame excepted in Japan, where only the 3 first numbers/letter are stamped on the engine case: here is an example with a RZ250R model "1XG", only "29L" is stamped on the engine case.
VIN # - ENGINE / FRAME NUMBER
MODELS
|
TYPE
|
START
NUMBER ENGINE/FRAME
|
COUNTRY
|
YEAR
|
RD
250 LC
|
4L1
|
4L1
- 000 101 ~
100 000
|
Europe
|
'80
|
RD
250 LC
|
4L1
|
4L1
- 300 101 ~
400 000
|
Europe
|
'81
|
RD
250 LC
|
4L1
|
4L1
- 500 101
~
530 000
|
Europe
|
'82
|
RD
250 LC
|
31L
|
31L
- 000 101 ~
015 000
|
Europe
|
'83
|
RD
250 LC
|
31L
|
31L
- 015 101 ~
016 000
|
Europe
|
'84
|
RD
250 LC
|
4L2
|
4L1
- 200 101 ~
300 000
|
Germany
|
'80
|
RD
250 LC
|
4L2
|
4L1
- 400 101 ~
500 000
|
Germany
|
'81
|
RD
250 LC
|
4L2
|
4L1
- 530 101 ~
550 000
|
Germany
|
'82
|
|
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RZ
250
|
4L3
|
4L3
- 000 101
~ 050 000
|
Japon
|
'80
|
RZ
250
|
4L3
|
4L3
- 050 101 ~
070 000
|
Japon
|
'82
|
RZ
250 R
|
29L
|
29L
- 000 101 ~
040 000
|
Japon
|
'83
|
RZ
250 R YSP
|
29L
|
29L
- 016 301
~
|
Japon
|
'83
|
RZ
250 RR
|
51L
|
29L
- 040 101
~ 080 000
|
Japon
|
'84
|
RZ
250 RR
YSP
|
51L
|
29L
- 080 101 ~
083 000
|
Japon
|
'84
|
RZ
250 R
|
1AR
|
29L
- 083 101 ~
090 000
|
Japon
|
'84
|
RZ
250 R
|
1AR
|
29L
- 090 101 ~
100 000
|
Japon
|
'85
|
RZ
250 R
|
1XG
|
29L
- 100 101 ~
110 000
|
Japon
|
'86
|
RZ
250 R
|
1XG
|
29L
- 110 500 ~ 120
000
|
Japon
|
'87
|
RZ
250 R
|
3HM1
|
29L
- 120 101 ~
145
000
|
Japon
|
'88
|
|
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|
5E1
|
|
Australia
|
|
|
5E1
|
|
Australia
|
|
|
34J
|
|
Australia
|
|
RZ
250 L
|
34J
|
34J
- 002 101~
004
000
|
Australia
|
|
|
1GA
|
|
Australia
|
|
|
1XH
|
|
Australia
|
|
RD
250 LC
|
38K
|
38K
- 000 101
~ 001 500
|
ZA
|
'83
|
RD
250 LC
|
38K
|
38K
- 002 101
~ 003 000
|
ZA
|
'84
|
RD250H
|
5R3
|
5R3
- 000 101 ~ 100 000
|
Venezuela
|
'81
|
RZ250RR
|
1YR
|
1YR
- 000 101 ~ ??? 000
|
Venezuela
|
'85
|
ZA= South Africa