Hello from a new member from Miami, FL. I own a Honda NSR 250. It is a grey import with Japanes papers and I am trying to get a title for it. I only have some Japanese paperwork where I can only read the numbers. I don't even know what year it is. The VIN is MC21-1065213. There is another number on the paperwork which is MC16E. Any help would be appreciated.

The other number on the paperwork with the MC16E is most likely the engine number my father had gave me instructions on how he would get them titled here in California not sure if its that easy anymore here or over there but ill try to find them and maybe you could try it out over ill pm you if I find them

The VIN showing MC21******* is your first clue to narrowing it down. Have you looked at the model history on this site or Jamies NSR page? MC21 models ran from 1990-1993.

Middo wrote:The VIN showing MC21******* is your first clue to narrowing it down. Have you looked at the model history on this site or Jamies NSR page? MC21 models ran from 1990-1993.

Yes I did take a look at the model history. However, I need to find out the specific year of the bike for titling purposes. Thanks for your response.

OK, great. I'm assuming that it's not in the standard colours, as you could identify it from those model history pics.
Under the seat you should find a little white sticker that has a paint code. What does it say?
Does your, and model have a dry clutch? Adjustable suspension front and rear? Magtek wheels? These days a lot of bikes are "bitsas", so identifying the actual model can be tricky. A lot of it is somewhat circumstantial. The parts list on this site also has chassis number ranges for the various models.
Also the Honda model numbers/VINs did not run sequentially, unlike Yamaha's 3XV TZR.

The VIN quoted puts it into the 1992-1993 range. Getting closer.

Middo wrote:The VIN quoted puts it into the 1992-1993 range. Getting closer.

Thanks. That'll have to do. If I can't be more accurate they probably wouldn't know either.

What's the colour code sticker have written on it?

here you go, this should help - Frame #(VIN) / Year / Color Code
give me an email if you want the pdf spec

デイトナの呼称メーカーの名称型式フレームNo. 年式特徴
NS250R（'84） NS250RE MC11 MC11-1000008～ '84～'86 水冷2stV型2気筒ｴﾝｼﾞﾝ搭載ﾌﾙｶｳﾙﾚｰｻｰﾚﾌﾟﾘｶ。HONDA初のｱﾙﾐﾌﾚｰﾑ装備
NS250F（'84） NS250FE MC11 MC11-1000019～ '84～'86 NS250R（NS250RE）のﾉﾝｶｳﾙ仕様。ｽﾁｰﾙﾌﾚｰﾑ、ﾌﾞｰﾒﾗﾝｺﾑｽﾀｰﾎｲｰﾙ装備
NS250R-SE（'86） NS250RG MC11 MC11-1020859～ '86 ﾌﾚﾃﾞｨ・ｽﾍﾟﾝｻｰWﾀｲﾄﾙ獲得記念ﾜｰｸｽｶﾗｰ仕様（ﾎﾜｲﾄ）。限定車
NSR250R（'86） NSR250RG MC16 MC16-1000033～1020966 '86～'87 水冷2stV型2気筒ｴﾝｼﾞﾝ搭載ﾌﾙｶｳﾙﾚｰｻｰﾚﾌﾟﾘｶ。RCﾊﾞﾙﾌﾞ装備
NSR250R（'88） NSR250R2J MC18 MC18-1000020～1026996 '88 ｶｳﾙ形状変更。PGM装備
NSR250R（'89） NSR250R5K/2 MC18 MC18-1100017～1119489 '89 PGM-2、ｱｯﾌﾟﾁｬﾝﾊﾞｰ装備
NSR250R（'90） NSR250R7L/2 MC21 MC21-1000001～1024051 '90～'91 PGM-3、Rｶﾞﾙｱｰﾑ装備
NSR250R（'92） NSR250R7N/2 MC21 MC21-1060001～1075471 '92～'93 ｶﾗｰｸﾞﾗﾌｨｯｸ変更（ﾌﾞﾗｯｼｭﾊﾟﾀｰﾝ）
NSR250R（'94） NSR250RR/2 MC28 MC28-1000001～ '94～'95 PGM-4、ﾒﾓﾘｰｶｰﾄﾞｴﾝﾄﾘｰｷｰ、Rﾌﾟﾛｱｰﾑ装備（最終型）
NSR250R-SP（'88） NSR250R4J MC18 MC18-1008557～1020796 '88 NSR250R（NSR250R2J）のSPﾚｰｻｰﾚﾌﾟﾘｶ仕様。前後ﾏｸﾞﾈｼｳﾑﾎｲｰﾙ、φ32大径ｷｬﾌﾞ装備
NSR250R-SP（'89） NSR250R6K/2 MC18 MC18-1100038～1118089 '89 乾式ｸﾗｯﾁ、ｱｼﾞｬｽﾀﾌﾞﾙｻｽﾍﾟﾝｼｮﾝ装備。限定3000台
NSR250R-SP（'90） NSR250R8L MC21 MC21-1000001～1014511 '90～'91 Rｶﾞﾙｱｰﾑ装備
NSR250R-SP（'90） NSR250R8L-3/4 MC21 MC21-1014681～1016711 '90～'91 ﾍﾟﾝﾀｯｸｽﾜｰｸｽｶﾗｰ仕様
NSR250R-SP（'92） NSR250R8N/2 MC21 MC21-1060012～1069021 '92～'93 ﾛｽﾏﾝｽﾞﾜｰｸｽｶﾗｰ仕様
NSR250R-SP（'92） NSR250R8N-3/4 MC21 MC21-1066667～1075171 '92～'93 NSR250R-SP（NSR250R8N）のﾌﾞﾗｯｼｭﾊﾟﾀｰﾝ仕様。HRCﾛｺﾞｽﾃｯｶｰ装備
NSR250R-SP（'94） NSR250R3R/2 MC28 MC28-1000001～ '94 NSR250R（NSR250RR）のSPﾚｰｻｰﾚﾌﾟﾘｶ仕様（限定1500台）。ﾆｭｰｶｰﾄﾘｯｼﾞ式Fｻｽ装備
NSR250R-SP（'95） NSR250R3S MC28 MC28-1100001～ '95 ｶﾗｰｸﾞﾗﾌｨｯｸ変更（限定1500台）
NSR250R-SP（'96） NSR250R3T MC28 MC28-1200001～ '96/1 WGPﾜｰｸｽｶﾗｰ仕様（ﾚﾌﾟｿﾙ）。限定1000台
NSR250R-SE（'91） NSR250R9L/2 MC21 MC21-1020502～1023751 '91 NSR250R-SP（NSR250R8L）のSTDﾎｲｰﾙ仕様
NSR250R-SE（'92） NSR250R9N/2 MC21 MC21-1060006～1074871 '92～'93 NSR250R-SP（NSR250R8N）のSTDﾎｲｰﾙ仕様
NSR250R-SE（'94） NSR250R2R/2 MC28 MC28-1000001～ '94～'95 ｱﾙﾐﾎｲｰﾙ装備
NSR250R-SE（'96） NSR250R2T MC28 MC28-1200001～ '96/2 ｶﾗｰｸﾞﾗﾌｨｯｸ変更。前後ﾌﾞﾗｯｸｱｳﾄﾎｲｰﾙ装備



RS250R（'88） RS250R RS250RF RS250RF-8810001～ '88 74ps2stｴﾝｼﾞﾝ搭載市販ﾛｰﾄﾞﾚｰｻｰ
RS250R（'90） RS250R RS250RF/RE RS250RF/RE-9010001～ '90 82psｴﾝｼﾞﾝ搭載
RS250R（'91） RS250R RS250RF/RE RS250RF/RE-9110001～ '91 倒立式Fﾌｫｰｸ装備
RS250R（'92） RS250R RS250RF/RE RS250RF/RE-9210001～ '92 85psｴﾝｼﾞﾝ搭載。Rﾌﾟﾛｱｰﾑ装備
RS250R（'93） RS250R RS250RF/RE RS250RF/RE-9310001～ '93 87psｴﾝｼﾞﾝ搭載。Fﾌﾞﾚﾝﾎﾞｷｬﾘﾊﾟｰ装備
RS250R（'94） RS250R RS250RF/RE RS250RF/RE-9410001～ '94 ｻｽ特性変更
RS250R（'95） RS250R MR01 MR01-9510001～ '95
RS250R（'96） RS250R MR01 MR01-9610001～ '96
RS250R（'97） RS250R MR01 MR01-9710001～ '97
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FZR400
NSR250SP
CBR250RR

Jason

At Iamfactor; Thanks so much. Exactly what I needed.