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Clubroom => Bike Talk => Topic started by: jimson on November 09, 2007, 08:42:30 pm

Title: year and month
Post by: jimson on November 09, 2007, 08:42:30 pm

I was at the wreckers today and he told me you can see what year and month of manufacture a bike is if the bike is using its original rims because its stamped in the rim he checked to bikes while I was there and he was right is this old news and I'm just a bit slow. jimson

Title: Re: year and month
Post by: Doc on November 09, 2007, 08:47:59 pm

it's not on all rims Jimson..mainly yamaha it seems and only applies if the rim is original  ;)

Title: Re: year and month
Post by: jimson on November 09, 2007, 08:52:06 pm

Doc the two bikes he showed me where Suzuki's.

Title: Re: year and month
Post by: crs-and-rms on November 09, 2007, 09:07:29 pm

i think its the three numbers after the letters  dot  eg dot 978 would be 9th month  year 78

Title: Re: year and month
Post by: DJRacing on November 09, 2007, 11:46:55 pm

The dot mark on the rims is usually a year before the bike, ie.  DOT 8 78 will be on a 1979 model bike. Every so often the rims will be the same year, but most of the time the rims were made before the bike, hence they are a year older.

Title: Re: year and month
Post by: oldfart on November 10, 2007, 08:15:13 am

spot on DJ and the same applies to Excel rims ( after market )