more pics that more closely resemblee the angle of your pics(more pics of your bike would help btw)

93-95 frame---- notice the consistent width in the area behind the triangle cutout


96-99 frame--- area behind triangle cutout slants forward and tapers as it goes up

even though the angle of your pics kinda mask it, I'm still pretty sure you have a 96-99 frame. Your stator cover isn't mag though, so I think you have a 93-95 883cc motor...

 

Ok, upon further inspection of the frame and such I noticed more peculiarities. The first thing that I notices is that the motor has stamped on it 919cm2. I thought that those motors were in the later 900's. I am not sure about the oil window, I think that I recall seeing what resembled a dip stick. The fuel tank has two holes on the front for mounting and a single one on the back.

I will take more pics when I can. Thanks for all your help.

 

Sounds like you definitely have a 96-99 motor and frame. Above the clutch cover, on the case(right side of the motor), is a stamping number. The second set of numbers determines the year of the motor: -200_ is 1996, -210_ is 1997, -220_ is 1998, and -230_ is 1999. I got this information from RRZone.com, when trying to determine the year of my motor.

 

wow and the dude that I got it from swore that the bike was a 1995 900rr. Is there any way that if this frame was manufactured in late part of 1995 but has the 96 look?. He is a deputy here in Missouri, he told me that he ran the VIN and it comes to a 95. Is there something fishy here or am I reading too much into all this?

I will look late tonight when i get home as to what the stamp numbers are on the engine case? Is there anyway to tell whether or not the engine that I have is the one that was with this frame originally?


Is there a way to tell the year of the bike by the VIN characters, like you can look at the tenth digit of a car VIN and tell what year it is?

 

well alright, I cant tell what motor my bike has because the numbers have been filed off. How convenient. Pic 1 below.
Here are some other pics of the motor and my handy dandy paint work.


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ok, silly questions, but do you have the title? Does the title vin match the vin on the bike? What year does the title say?

 

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Ok, here is the skinny on how I got the bike. The bike is a recovered stolen vehicle. Since the numbers were filed of the frame and the motor, I cant be sure of the year it actually is. I have the police report and have spoken to the State Highway Patrol Inspection Officer and he informed me that I need to make the bike roadworthy and have it inspected by them. He will then reissue a VIN # and a Certificate of title. That will cost about $30. Then I will have to have it state inspected for normal licensing. Seems to be confusing but, really not all that much trouble for a bike that I have roughly $500 in.

 

Wow, I wish it was that easy in Florida.

Did the tail section you show in the pictures, come with the bike? If so, I would guess that it is a 1998 or 1999. If not, with no vin number or stamping on the motor, it's going to be hard to tell, 1996-1999.