VIN code what year is this thing?

[cgamla]

I bought a 400ex a while back and now I am thinking about selling it but I don't know what year it is. The frame # reads 478TE290524212774. Someone said that the tenth letter was supposed to indicate the year but mine is the number 2 so whats up. I though I saw a chart in a post a while ago but this search engine will not let you search less that 4 letters so typing in vin is no good. thanks for the help

[muff]

http://www.exriders.com/techarticles/vin.html

[cgamla]

Thanks so much!!

[TCracin440ex]

post a pic i can tell you what year it is by the stock decals and seat cover....if it has sportrax on it then its got to from 01-recent....fourtrax is 99-2000.....

[Chanman420q]

Originally posted by TCracin440ex
post a pic i can tell you what year it is by the stock decals and seat cover....if it has sportrax on it then its got to from 01-recent....fourtrax is 99-2000.....

not always, mine says fourtrax but it is a 2001, i just have a diffrant seat cover. it might be the same in his case

[TCracin440ex]

yea but if it hasnt been alterd i can tell...simply because every year honda changes their decals on side the bike

[cgamla]

thanks gents I got it now. It has no decasl other than a budweiser logo anyways.