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Originally Posted by
Woottonboy
Don't European sold motorcycles have a compliance plate riveted to the frame, telling you date of manufacture and compliance standard info???
Is this another Australian thing?
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Your government's NIDIRECT website says motorcycles only need a VIN stamped in the frame and MSVA compliance plate- the EU standards for motorbikes. It says nothing about the year of manufacture to be spelled out.
I used the Yammie site to look up my bike's model year too, as the only thing that indicated the year was a stamp on the exhaust, saying 2010. My bike turned out to be a 2011, like the salesman said it was!
In the States, the motorbike manufacturers have to put the model year of the bike and all smog related equipment manufacture dates on a plate, clearly accessible for the bike to become registered at the motor vehicle departments.
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