how can you tell the year of manufacture of an XTZ.
does the frame or engine number have a code etc ?

hi, what colour is your bike? it may be enough

its gloss bike, my mate is actually looking for one now but I know there a quite a few old but unregistered bikes out there (eg I know of a 2008 bike (its white so its a give away) that is on an 11 plate with very few miles on the clock. the dealer thinks its worth a bit of cash (�5800 !!!) because its white.

But its still a 4 year old bike.

Mine is a 2010 bike but was only registered last month as a 2012. I got it for a very good price.

I thought there may be something in the frame number to signify its year of biuld.

hi, I have no idea as to working the age from the vin plate,

if i have a crosser in for some work I normally contact my local dealer with the number, who then checks it out before ordering parts.

so if you have a number get on the phone!, let them do the leg work.

Hi,

just check the yamaha spare parts catalogue. You can enter your VIN-Number there to find out what spare parts would fit your bike. And, as a benefit, it would tell you the year of manufacturing...

Cheers,
lamo

Hey, pretty cool.

Here, I think I found the link too
Click Yamaha Online Parts Catalogue