A photo of the first Harley-Davidson repair shop in Mexico City with crew and author. The picture was taken in 1979. There are two tables listed here.
The first is Frame ID Numbers - 2001 and later. The second table is Motorcycle ID Numbers 1981 and Later. The third is Motorcycle ID Numbers 1970-1980. Frame ID Numbers - 2001 and Later 17 digit VIN on frame. Abbreviated VIN on engine. The legal VIN number is on the frame. Nov 7, 2017 - In that time span, Harley-Davidson motorcycles have had at least three types of vehicle identification number (VIN). Depending on the era of.
The first is 'Frame ID Numbers - 1981 and Later.' This information was originally posted (13 Mar 1996) by Dan Kloch ) and was then updated (13 Nov 1996) by Cheezie to include 1993-96 bikes. The second table is 'Motorcycle ID Numbers 1970-1980.'
And was added by Dan on 22 Nov 1996. Thanks to those busy guys! Frame ID Numbers - 1981 and Later Example: 1HD1AAK11BYO13478 The frame number is broken down like this: 1 HD 1 AA K 1 1 B Y 013278 1 = Made in U.S.A.
Harley-Davidson VIN Number Explained In this article of Tech Tips we’ll breakdown the progression of VIN numbers used by Harley-Davidson and explain what they all mean. Prior to 1930: Prior to 1930 H-D VIN numbers were a bit erratic and model number designations changed frequently.
Unfortunately there is very little information out there for these numbers and what information is available is not always very accurate. From 1930 to 1962 the VIN number was the engine number and was only located on the left case. The VIN was between 8 and 10 digits with the first 2 digits being the production year, the next 2 – 4 letters being the model designation and the last 4 digits being the production number Example: Year Model Production Number 49 FL 0001 1962-1969: From 1962 to 1969 the VIN numbers where pretty much the same as from 1930 to 1962, but if the production number had 4 digits the first digit would be odd during odd production years and even during even production years. If the production number had 5 digits the first two digits would be odd during odd production years and even during even production years. Example: Year Model Production Number 66 FLHB -1980: From 1970 to 1980 the VIN number could be found on both the frame and the engine and would match exactly with the exception of a few months in 1979 which was due to an idea by the factory to make them different.
The idea was quickly killed after law enforcement notified Harley-Davidson that it made the bikes look stolen. The production date range was from 1/9/1979 to 2/7/1979. The VIN numbers affected are 43000H9 through 48199H9. The engine numbers where 10 digit numerical IDs. The VIN numbers of this era where 9 digit codes where the first two digits corresponded to the model code (see list below), the next 5 digits were the production numbers (always starting above 10,000) and the last 2 digits were the year code (see list below).