wher i can i check serial #'s of my shovelhead to find out what year, size ect...?
thanks banderashovel..

 

As an example:

2A - would be an FL/1200
456 - Sequential numbers - production numbers
H - 1970 - 1979, H 1980 - Manufacturer code
6 - 1976 - Model year.

So, 2A10456H6 would be the 456th FLH-1200 to roll of the line in 1976.

Hope this helps

 

my oem book for my 1980 fxef has that info if you want to post the numbers i can try to help you

 

Try this:



Vehicle Identification Number Chart 1970-1980

1970-1980
Sample VIN #
3G 62152 H 9
. Model Code Sequential Number Manufacture Code Model Year
.
Model Code

1A = FL-12000
1D = LE Sidecar
4F = SS-175
7H = FLH-1200 POLICE
2A = FLH-1200
2D = X-90
6F = SS-125
8H = FLH-1200 SHRINE
3A = XLH-1000
3D = Z-90
7F = XLCR-1000
9H = FLH-80 POLICE
1K = FLH-80 SHRINE
4A = XLCH-1000
5D = SX-175
2G = XLT-1000
5A = GE-750
6D = SX-250
3G = FLH-80
6A = SS-350 Sprint
7D = MX-250
5G = FLT-80
7A = SX-125
9D = FXE-1200
6G = FXE-80
8A = M65-S
4E = XLS-1000
7G = FXS-80
7B = ERS
5E = FXEF-1200
9G = FXWG-80
8B = MSR-100
6E = FXEF-80
1H = FXB-80
2C = FX-1200
7E = FLHS-1200
2H = CLE Sidecar
3C = SX-35 SPRINT
9E = SS-250
3H = FLH-80 CLASSIC
5C = MC-65
2F = FXS-1200
5H = FLHS-80
6C = SRE-100
3F = SXT-125
6H = FL-80
Model Year
.
*
1970

1 1971
Sequential Number
10000 and up: 1970 through Dec. 31, 1977
60000 and up: Jan 1, 1978 through 1980
All CLE numbers start at 80000 and up

2 1972
3 1973
4 1974
.
5 1975
6 1976
7 1977
8 1978
9 1979
0 1980

Manufacturing Code
H: 1970-1979
J: 1980


* = unavailable

 

Serial# on My 1967 Shovelhead is "67FL9809". Very easy to interpet.

 

#'s on the motor it's self===7G51162h9
need to rebuild, don't know what motoe i have.
thanks--
the frame is who knows what--title is for the fram.

 

your bike started out as an fxs 80 cu in 1979
hope that helps

 

1st you can call the MOCO customer service # 414-343-4056 and ask for Peter Simet. I just spoke to him the other day and verifed a Vin#. He will tell you what options came on the bike and exactly what it is, maybe a limited edition or whatever.

You can decode your # on the site I hang out at --
http://www.shovelhead.us/specs/vinearly.htm

I came up with this

7G51162H9


7G = model = FXS 80
51162 = seq. # = just a number
H = manufacture Code = 1970 to 1979
9 = year = 1979

 

Although it does not appear you are selling your bike, it is important to recall that it is the VIN from your frame not your motor which determines the model and year of the bike. The last year if the 9 digit VIN was 1980. Thus your motor may be a 1979 FXS, but for registration purposes, and for accuracy in describing the origins of the bike, it is the frame which is important. Now the bike may bear a slim resemblance to how it may have looked when it was made, but it is what it is...

Tuk

 

the frame is a paugo, the rest is a mixed mach of ????it's not the bike in the picture but one just like it i bought to rebuild.
so it is a 80 ci.---great thats what i needed to be sure of..gonna buy a s&s complete top end..i don't think the tranny and motor even match, i'll check on that as well..
thanx guys..i love these old bikes..the one in the picture runs like a bat out-of hell...[never seen a bat out of hell] must be a good thing.