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Bike Number 3

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 7:42 pm
by Pewter
I've been stripping my bike for powder coating (Mr Shiney is kindly helping) and have noticed it has a very low frame number - 000003. Not exactly sure what it means but maybe it was an early one.
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Re: Bike Number 3

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 9:20 pm
by Wirralman
See FAQs for breakdown of chassis number. Your bike is a 1995 number. The early bikes have a 1993 code.
NB The year code change isn't exact but accurate to the nearest week or two

Re: Bike Number 3

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 9:44 pm
by Pewter
Thanks. I did read the FAQ and read the number against it but it doesn't tell you what the last 6 numbers mean. I assume they are consecutive numbering but I don't know if they restart each year or something like that.

Re: Bike Number 3

Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 10:25 pm
by Wirralman
Pewter wrote:Thanks. I did read the FAQ and read the number against it but it doesn't tell you what the last 6 numbers mean. I assume they are consecutive numbering but I don't know if they restart each year or something like that.
Yes restart each year in theory, but I am sure that someone once posted about having a low chasis number for a given year but the bike was recorded as a late December from the previous year, which is why I believe the serial numbers are a bit fuzzy.