how can you tell if a kawasaki mule 500 is an a1 or a b1?

Question

I need to know to get parts.

Answer 1

Call Kawasaki Customer Services at 949-460-5688 and have the VIN# handy.
Ask them what model # and year your vehicle is.
OR
Look it up on their web site:
http://kawasaki.com/Home/Welcome.aspx
Click the flag to enter the site.
Go to - Owner Info - Parts Diagrams - Enter the VIN#

Answer 2

should be in the vin,but Ive had some problems in the past with that beast,were an artic cat, club car dealer but work on the mules when the customer gets fed up with the local kawasaki dealer, and Im seriously fed up with there parts department, but yep its in the vin,now if you can get the idiots down at your local kawadealer
to figure it out your one step ahead of me