Engine number location ?

[jokerio]

The mystery of the location of engine number solved, Sort-of !
But what blows is, you cant see it ! (unless you take it apart)
Dumb-ass place to put it !!
See below
Letter also:
Joe Carrillo
Nov 10, 2023, 00:12 GMT+1
Where is the engine number located ? Needed for registration purposes .
Thanks
Sales Support (Stark Future)
Nov 10, 2023, 16:24 GMT+1
Good morning Joe

Thanks for your feedback

You can find the engine number between the battery and the motor

Please find attached the picture of how it looks

In case of further information needed just let us know
Best regards,
Stark Future Team

 

[Philip]

I am curious, why did you need the engine number?

 

[jokerio]

I am curious, why did you need the engine number?

For motorcycles, California requires an engine (or motor) number, along with the frame number for On or Off-Road registration and to get a title.

 

[Redbull]

We need to get ahead of this and ask Stark to supply engine numbers with each bike. Or have it on our orders. They have to know what each of our numbers are/will be.

 

[C5tor]

For motorcycles, California requires an engine (or motor) number, along with the frame number for On or Off-Road registration and to get a title.

If CHP needs to verify the VIN, they also need to be able to see the engine number. Putting it in an unviewable spot will complicate this. I had to do this on one of my Altas here in California, and I wasn’t quite sure where it was. Turns out it is clear enough on the side of the bulkhead. But it would have failed the inspection if they couldn’t have verified it.

 

[Rashid510]

For motorcycles, California requires an engine (or motor) number, along with the frame number for On or Off-Road registration and to get a title.

I asked this question in another post related to another CA owner and Stark indicated it was not needed....hooray

 

[jokerio]

I asked this question in another post related to another CA owner and Stark indicated it was not needed....hooray

But it is needed!
Stark is wrong.

 

[jokerio]

It took a month, but after sending a "reminder" email to Stark, they finally got back to me with my motor Number....
Now was that so hard Stark ? (it should be on the MSO, like every other motorcycle ! )

 

[notna]

I just wasted the whole day in DMV just to get a refusal to register my Varg as OHV since there’s no visible engine number.

 

[notna]

Do I have to disassemble the bike at dmv?

 

[Rashid510]

Do I have to disassemble the bike at dmv?

No, Stark has to properly display the engine number. (From what it looks like, that number might be too low for a DMV admin to verify)

 

[notna]

It took a month, but after sending a "reminder" email to Stark, they finally got back to me with my motor Number....
Now was that so hard Stark ? (it should be on the MSO, like every other motorcycle ! )

Did you just provide the number at DMV and it worked out or did you have to unscrew the bike? According to the guy at my DMV he needs to see it himself

 

[Swank171]

I asked this question in another post related to another CA owner and Stark indicated it was not needed....hooray

100% the vin and engine number are needed.

For 5 years my business was building Harley and American custom motorcycles until this commie state made it impossible to profit as a business…

every single bike I brought in from an auction or found in another state had to have the vin and engine number to be registered. They even had to have 7500 miles depending on the year….that was easily fixed with a small fan and some wiring. Just turn the fan on and let the ODO cook at about 100mph until 7500…..

This goes back to not all my frustration being with stark alone in this shopping/delivery matter. I do give some credit to CA making it almost illegal to breathe…

 

[jokerio]

As I mentioned before, Stark finally gave me the engine/motor number after several email requests.
Now that I have the number, I am buying (on eBay) a metal plate with the number engraved and affix it someplace
that looks OEM...
Pain in the ass, but problem solved... Here is one example and a link Serial # Tag Plate Custom Engraved Car Hot Rod Trailer Truck Motor Cycle 4”X1” | eBay

 

[notna]

Now that I have the number, I am buying (on eBay) a metal plate with the number engraved and affix it someplace
that looks OEM...

Please share how it goes.

Also this could be one of the workarounds for Stark Future to implement. Send us all a kit with a plate that can be attached.

 

[notna]

Fun fact. I almost got my Varg registered as on-road motorcycle due to DMV employee mistake. He went through the whole process before getting stuck on the engine number. Not having mirrors or other things did not matter at all, if only I had an engine number I'd get license plates for it. Lack of engine number made him look closer at my request where I clearly marked "off-highway" and MOC where it says it's not for roads. I realized his mistake mid-process but after spending 5 hours there I didn't stop him.

 

[notna]

Just got a reply from Stark Future. Turns out engine number not being visible is only a part of the issue. There’s no unique engine number at all on Vargs.

“SMX1-PT-CS-01” from the screenshot above is a part number which is the same for every bike. Stark Future claims that someone succeeded by using the part number and is suggesting me trying the same.

Based on my experience this will not fly with the DMV inspector I talked to…

 

[resident plarp]

You could always stamp your own numbers onto the blank portion below the manufacturer part number on that engine case.

A simple metal stamping kit would do the trick.

Why?

?

That's why.

 

[Swank171]

You could always stamp your own numbers onto the blank portion below the manufacturer part number on that engine case.

A simple metal stamping kit would do the trick.

Why?

View attachment 10828?

That's why.

I’m all about this. Haha

 

[notna]

Might as well avoid DMV altogether and slam a fake green sticker then or not have a sticker at all bullshitting the park rangers every time saying it’s “in process”.

I’ll give DMV one last try with a generic part number.