The Serial Number on the neck of the frame and the motor do no match...

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    VFR777 New Member

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    Looks to me like the previous owner's must have changed the motor??
     
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    The VIN# and Engine# doesn't always match on newer vehicles. See if the engine number matches on the title.
     
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    Yamaha is the only manufacturer that used to match there vin and engine #
    If they still do ????
    Not sure
     
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    The thing that brought it to my attention is at the very back of the engine, where the swing arm mounts it has in Paint Pen BW142

    prolly a salvage code of some such??
     
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