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sportster_history:1989_sportster [2021/09/13 03:53]
hippysmack [Vehicle Identification Number (VIN)]
sportster_history:1989_sportster [2021/09/13 04:36]
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 ====== 1989 Sportster ====== ====== 1989 Sportster ======
  
-===== Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) ===== +====== Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) ====== 
-Example: For a 1989 XLH 1200: __1HD1CAP16KY112016__ appears on steering head. Abbreviated VIN appears on engine crankcase - __CAPK 112016__ +==== Frame VIN Numbers ​====
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-===== Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) =====+
 The only numbers used for the purpose of identification are on the right neck and frame downtube. \\ The only numbers used for the purpose of identification are on the right neck and frame downtube. \\
   * The frame is stamped with a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) identification.   * The frame is stamped with a Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) identification.
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 |  |||CA|P| ​ ||K|  |110016| |  |||CA|P| ​ ||K|  |110016|
  
-===== Specifications =====+==== Engine Serial Numbers ==== 
 +The serial number is stamped on the case, right side, between the cylinders but is not used for identification purpose of ownership. \\ 
 +  * An abbreviated version of the 17 digit VIN is stamped into the engine case. It's the exact same as the frame numbers but certain designations were left out.  \\ (including country of origin, maker, bike weight, intro date, check digit and plant of origin) 
 +  * In the example above, the serial number on that engine would read (CAPK 110016). 
 + 
 +====== Specifications ​======
  
-===== Models =====+====== Models ​======
  
 ==== XLH 883 ==== ==== XLH 883 ====