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| Generally, on the seat casting ear for the gas tank mount on the right hand side, you'll see a letter and digit. \\ | Generally, on the seat casting ear for the gas tank mount on the right hand side, you'll see a letter and digit. \\ | ||
| Sometimes the code is stamped (letter/digit or digit/letter). The letter is the month, the digit is the year. \\ | Sometimes the code is stamped (letter/digit or digit/letter). The letter is the month, the digit is the year. \\ | ||
| - | 50's frames have the date code as year/month. 60's frames have the date code as month/year. ((Dr Dick of the XLFORUM http://xlforum.net/forums/showthread.php?p=5998704#post5998704)) \\ | ||
| - | Example; C7 = March 1957 where 7C is March 1967. \\ | ||
| However, this is not the only number that matters for dating the frame. \\ | However, this is not the only number that matters for dating the frame. \\ | ||
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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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| ====== Seat Posts ====== | ====== Seat Posts ====== | ||
