Help 1989 ZXR250R B1 SP

Yes I believe so, frame number starts with a 3

 

Hi, as someone has already confirmed, it is a B1 frame, so it should be a B1 bike. Other than the frame VIN, there no visible ways to tell if it is a B1. The ZXR250A engines are the same (externally and Engine numbers) and all ZXR250A's have the same Tachometer. The only external B1 give away is if the carbs are 32mm and not the standard 30mm. Too bad you're on the other side of the planet; a few of us would love to buy that off you.

 

Lara, your bike is a ZXR250A model. The B1 version of that model is the only one that has a frame (VIN) number beginning with a '3'. Your frame number is ZX250A-300356. All other frame (VIN) numbers start with a '1', so if it was NOT a B1 version, the number would be ZX250A-100356.

 

Somewhere on your registration paperwork it should state the frame (VIN) number of the bike e.g. ZX250A-300356. In some registration systems, a user can key in the vehicle (bike) frame number and the system will show you the registration linked to that number. Take a picture of your registration and post it on here if you're not sure.

 

Hi Lara, you are correct... someone mucked it up during the initial import/registration process. You can go to your registration place and show them that it is a muck up and you'd like it sorted. I'm guessing that UK registration is run by a government body. Is it still called MOT?

 

I had a similar issue with a 1989 Honda Spada, that the Australian importer had registered as a 1996-built bike. I had to take the bike to the registration place (VicRoads) and let them physically see the frame (VIN) number and then let them google the bike. They eventually agreed there had been a mistake made somewhere and reissued the bike's registration to show the correct manufacture year, thus allowing me to register it as a 'historic' (Club Registration in Victoria) bike. It was a painful exercise, but it worked out, in my case. You may have to do the same, but I don't know anything about the DVLA.

 

mate had a shotgun seized recently... cops come out, as they do... for years... no issue. one day? "this 5 is supposed to be an S" or vice versa... whatever. (also why VIN numbers never have an "O", or other possibly ambiguous digits/letters)

"fine. take the damn thing... it was you guys that filled the paperwork in anyway..."

"im not authorised to do that..."

WTF? so what? you now going to arrest me for having an unregistered firearm in my possession? or youre going to leave this unregistered firearm here? WTF??!?!?!

"b-b-b--- just surrender it to the local station..."

YOU JUST SAID ITS UNREGISTERED. WHAT IF I GET PULLED OVER WITH IT IN MY CAR?

he ended up getting a letter of authority to carry it, walks into the cop shop... no reaction, no raised eyebrows, no concern at all that someone just walked in brandishing a shotgun... "just take a seat and someone will be out to see you..."

half an hour later, they finally take it off his hands...

ok, back on topic.

grey imports, assume UK is like here in AU... the "build year" on the paperwork is the year they get imported, rather than the year they were actually built... so if the standards have changed in the intervening time, youre screwed... ie, if it has no seatbelts or airbags or that sort of stuff, and you imported it now... no go... at best, its "historic" and club rego...

bikes still sneak in by "built to comply to road acts 1989..." cars have changed though...

another fun one is the "tier two inspection" if you purchased it interstate... take it to a specific registry thats ages away so someone can glance at it then say "yep... its a bike..."