4MZ 546 5MZ 95Z

Buell Motorcycle Co.

Buell Motorcycle Co. also holds 1 six-character small-manufacturer code. Its newest code was added to vPIC in August 2016. Its decoding rules reach back to model year 1986.

Model years covered by each code

One bar per three-character code, grouped by the vehicle type NHTSA lists for it. Bars reaching 2027 include rules with no end year.

Motorcycles 4

  1. 4MZ1986–2010
  2. 5MZ2003–2010
  3. 95Z2008–2010
  4. 5462010–2027

Every code, side by side

CodeVehicle typeMakesModel yearsModelsPlant countries
4MZmotorcyclesBuell, Buell (Ebr)1986–201021United States, Brazil
546motorcyclesBuell, Buell (Ebr)2010–open9United States
5MZmotorcyclesBuell, Buell (Ebr)2003–201012United States, Brazil
95ZmotorcyclesBuell, Buell (Ebr)2008–201010Brazil, United States

Models found under the most codes

Model, model years across all codes, and how many of the codes name it

  • BLAST2000–2010 · 3 codes
  • Firebolt2002–2010 · 3 codes
  • Lightning2003–2010 · 3 codes
  • Lightning CityX2003–2010 · 3 codes
  • Lightning Long2003–2010 · 3 codes
  • Ulysses2003–2010 · 3 codes
  • Lightning Super TT2006–2008 · 3 codes
  • 1125R2008–2010 · 3 codes
  • 1125CR2009–2010 · 3 codes
  • Ulysses Police2009–2010 · 3 codes
  • Lightning Low2003–2004 · 2 codes
  • XB2004–2004 · 2 codes
  • RR-10001986–1994 · 1 code
  • S2 THUNDERBOLT1986–1996 · 1 code
  • S2-T THUNDERBOLT1995–1996 · 1 code
  • M2 Cyclone1996–2002 · 1 code
  • S1 LIGHTNING1996–1998 · 1 code
  • S3 THUNDERBOLT1996–2002 · 1 code
  • S3-T THUNDERBOLT1996–2002 · 1 code
  • S1 WHITE LIGHTNING1997–1998 · 1 code
  • X1 LIGHTNING1999–2002 · 1 code
  • A Series2010–2017 · 1 code
  • R series2010–2017 · 1 code
  • S Series2010–2017 · 1 code
  • CX2016–2027 · 1 code
  • 1190SX2018–2027 · 1 code
  • Hammerhead2018–2027 · 1 code
  • 1190 SuperTouring2025–2027 · 1 code
  • AX2025–2027 · 1 code
  • Super Cruiser2025–2027 · 1 code

Codes per make

Number of Buell Motorcycle codes that decode each make

  1. Buell4
  2. Buell (Ebr)4

Six-character codes

These codes have a 9 in position 3; positions 12 to 14 of the VIN complete them.

1B9133

Source: NHTSA vPIC, October 2026 release (database updated October 17, 2026). How the figures are counted: How the catalog is read.