Need Help - Does Eng /Frame VIN have to match tranny to be legal on 74FX

[Chris Haynes]

I believe the anti theft numbers on the tranny, lower triple clamp, and frame started in '62.

[eddiepanhead]

Good News! All #'s match. Trooper was very nice about the whole thing.....just doing his job.
Glad I didn't have to surrender half a bike. Said I could call him to check on a part before buying to be sure.
All worked out for the best

[Chris Haynes]

Good News! All #'s match. Trooper was very nice about the whole thing.....just doing his job.
Glad I didn't have to surrender half a bike. Said I could call him to check on a part before buying to be sure.
All worked out for the best

You aren't saying that all the numbers are the same are you?

[eddiepanhead]

No, the discrete #'s on the other items tied back to the vin#. That is why I said the #'s matched.
Alternately, the #'s on the other items could belong to another vin and either be stolen or not.
This inspection will definitely alter my buying of parts that tie back to a vin#, with no way to know if they were once stolen of not.

[T. Cotten]

...Alternately, the #'s on the other items could belong to another vin and either be stolen or not.
This inspection will definitely alter my buying of parts that tie back to a vin#, with no way to know if they were once stolen of not.

Folks,

This is possibly why swapmeet vendors almost universally balk at writing a bill of sale, other than the obvious: We are over-taxed already!

That should drop the offer significantly, even though the risk of coming up "hot" is pretty low.

If the number has been removed, however, you know you are dealing with a felon, whether he knows it or not.

....Cotten
PS: I still haven't found any evidence of a pre-'70 fork number.

[Chris Haynes]

PS: I still haven't found any evidence of a pre-'70 fork number.

Tom,
It is stamped on the fork stop on pre 1970 models.

[T. Cotten]

Tom,
It is stamped on the fork stop on pre 1970 models.

Still haven't found one, Chris!

But that means little, when so many were made before '62, and so many swapped later.

Still looking...

....Cotten

[Chris Haynes]

They don't stand out. Ya gotta get yer eyeball down there.

[ryan]

So now this brings me into the picture with a couple of questions. What if you decided to adapt or change your bike over to a sidecar bike by swapping out the triple trees and building a 3R transmission with a used case on a bike later than 1962? I did this and still have my original parts, but were going to use them for another build.
Boy, I thought Ohio was bad, now I am afraid to take my bikes out of state.

[ronniecox]

what happen?