I have a Yamaha Virago XV125 on a Y plate, this gives the year 2001, but the V5C says the date of first reg is 2000 and DVSA say that it's 2001, who do I trust for this??
(I'm sure Yamaha stopped making them in 2000...)
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I think this is will be put on hold because it seems too localized to be useful to others– ZaidNov 17, 2015 at 15:13
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I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it seems to be too localized to be useful to others– ZaidNov 17, 2015 at 15:14
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The year is in the VIN. Not sure why localization would have anything to do with leaving this open or closing it.– DucatiKillerNov 17, 2015 at 17:00
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For most vehicles in the US, the Model Year is often the year after the year the vehicle was actually manufactured. In your case, it sounds like the Virago is a 2001 model year, but it would not be unusual for the first registration to have occurred in 2000.– Poisson FishNov 17, 2015 at 19:40
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'Y' registrations in the UK ran from 1st March to 31st August 2001. It's quite likely that a vehicle registered in that period would have been built in 2000, as vehicles often sit for a while in storage or in the dealership before being sold - especially ones like that at the end of manufacture - they don't sell well as most people would want the replacement model.
As DucatiKiller says, the VIN should tell you the actual year of manufacture, and that's the most trustworthy of the figures. The V5C usually gives the full date of first registration IIRC - what is the rest of it?
If you are purchasing components for the vehicle you will want to base it upon the VIN Number. Here is a UK VIN number decoder.
http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=14302
Best of luck
answered Dec 7, 2015 at 22:04
