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techtalk:ih:body01w [2023/06/21 23:15] hippysmack [Seat Casting Date Code (1957-1972)] |
techtalk:ih:body01w [2023/06/22 03:19] hippysmack [Seat Casting Date Code (1957-1972)] |
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1958 XL, XLH, XLC and XLCH were the street bikes produced. \\ | 1958 XL, XLH, XLC and XLCH were the street bikes produced. \\ | ||
1959 XL, XLH and XLCH were the only street bikes produced. \\ | 1959 XL, XLH and XLCH were the only street bikes produced. \\ | ||
- | So if you have a J7 XLCH frame (XLCH wasn't made in 1957 so) it is an October 1967 date code which dates it being made in the 1968 production year. \\ | ||
| **1957-1972 Seat Casting Date Code - Month and Year** |||||||| | | **1957-1972 Seat Casting Date Code - Month and Year** |||||||| | ||
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|**E**|May|**K**|November|**4**|1964| || | |**E**|May|**K**|November|**4**|1964| || | ||
|**F**|June|**L**|December|**5**|1965|:::|| | |**F**|June|**L**|December|**5**|1965|:::|| | ||
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- | The first two pics below also show a hole thru the backbone in front of the seat bracket for the small gas tank. \\ If that hole has a sleeve in it, it's an XLCH frame (or at least that portion of the backbone is). ((Moon Wolf of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=1951365&page=2)) \\ The XLH had no hole there originally and if someone drilled it, it is not likely to have the sleeve. | + | |
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- | * In the first example pic below, a J7 on an XLCH frame would indicate 1967 since XLCH wasn't made until 1958. | + | |
- | * In the second pic, the A9 was further diagnosed to a 1969 frame. | + | |
- | * The third pic below is of a 6B stamp which is the same as B6 - February 1966. | + | |
- | * The fourth pic is 7L stamped upside down which is the same as L7 - December 1957 | + | |
- | * The fifth pic is stamped C1 on a 1971 XLCH. | + | |
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- | {{:techtalk:ih:body:seat_cast_date_code_j_7_by_animalhouse2010.jpg?direct&300|}} ((photo courtesy of Ebay seller, animalhouse2010, [[https://www.ebay.com/str/animalhouse2010?_trksid=p2047675.l2563|Link to Ebay store:]] )) {{:techtalk:ih:body:seat_cast_date_code_a_9_by_animalhouse2010.jpg?direct&300|}} ((photo courtesy of Ebay seller, animalhouse2010, [[https://www.ebay.com/str/animalhouse2010?_trksid=p2047675.l2563|Link to Ebay store:]] )) {{:techtalk:ih:body:seat_cast_date_code_6_b_by_atomrotten.jpg?direct&300|}} ((photo by atomrotten of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?t=647991)) \\ | + | |
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- | {{:techtalk:ih:body:seat_cast_date_code_7_l_by_akchopper.jpg?direct&300|}} ((photo by akchopper of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?p=5894688#post5894688)) {{:techtalk:ih:body:seat_cast_date_code_c_1_by_the_doctor71.jpg?direct&300|}} ((photo by The Doctor71 of the XLFORUM)) \\ | + | |
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