It may have been mentioned before, elsewhere, on why VIN numbers and years on titles don't match production numbers. Back in the Day, it would often take TWO years from the time the VIN was produced in either Japan or Europe/UK, to ship, warehouse, deliver to dealer and eventually be sold. Quite often leftover bikes from previous years were sold with titles to the year sold. My Norton was assembled in '71, titled in '73.
Now, as for my CA95 titled as '62, I have the maintenance records going WAY back into the 60s, receipts from the dealer,etc. But the motor has NO numbers stamped in the crosshatched spot where VIN numbers should be located. And, I can find NO numbers anywhere on the frame! Any secret, hidden spots to find any numbers on the frame? No record of the motor having ever been changed out, and if a replacement was made, I'd expect to find motor number still.
Last edited by Missourimike; 04-06-2012 at 03:06 AM.
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