How to Identify a Scooter by its VIN

Hi all, it seems like every few days we get a request to identify a scooter. I thought I would go ahead and explain how to identify a scooter or at least get closer to identifying it by its VIN number.

8 in 1 climber. A vehicle identification number, commonly abbreviated to VIN, is a unique 17-character code used by the automotive industry to identify individual motor vehicles, towed vehicles, motorcycles, scooters and mopeds.

The VIN can be found on the title of the scooter and on the scooters themselves. Each character of the 17 digit VIN has a different meaning. The main ones we are interested are the first 3 and the 10th characters.

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The first 3 characters identify the world identification manufacturer (WMI) 2stroakbuzz.com has a table of WMIs along with brands that match these WMIs. In my case, my VIN starts with LYD. If I compare this with the table of WMIs, one can see that the manufacturer for my scooter is Taizhou City Kaitong MC Manufacturing Co. Additionally, I can see that the matching brands are Supermatch, Titan US, Sportiva, and Velocity--So my scooter should be one of these.

As for the 10th digit, it lists the model year. You can find a table at support.alldata.com that you can match your 10th character against. In my case, the 10th character was an 8. Therefore, my scooter is a 2008.

So based on the all this information I can conclude on my scooter that:

1. Manufacturer: Taizhou City Kaitong MC Manufacturing Co.

2. Brand: Supermatch, Titan US, Sportiva, or Velocity.

3. Model Year: 2008

This information is correct. I ride a 2008 Velocity MP150-06.

Although this may not give you an exact match, it can definitely cut down the scope of scooters you need to identify from. I hope this helps.