frame/engine number ranges?
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frame/engine number ranges?
hi all i hope to looking at a couple of rz500 in the near future one is a 85 not sure of the other one yet both are Canadian origin ,
what were the number range of the various years ,
is there a photo example what they should look like, as in untampered, on a serrated background .
thanks mark
what were the number range of the various years ,
is there a photo example what they should look like, as in untampered, on a serrated background .
thanks mark
She might not be pretty but always a fun ride !!
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Steve Jackson is the expert on this and please correct me if I am wrong Steve!
I believe Canada got 3 production runs.
52x000101-000600 probably arrived in late 84 ...early parts look like 47x bikes
52x004101-005500 1985 models....newer parts look like 1GE bikes
52x007101-007250 1986 models...even more new parts...the end of the road
I have owned bikes with serial numbers in the first 2 production runs so I can corroborate this.
I believe Canada got 3 production runs.
52x000101-000600 probably arrived in late 84 ...early parts look like 47x bikes
52x004101-005500 1985 models....newer parts look like 1GE bikes
52x007101-007250 1986 models...even more new parts...the end of the road
I have owned bikes with serial numbers in the first 2 production runs so I can corroborate this.
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Re: frame/engine number ranges?
I have one from the first group 000359 and one from the second group 004946. Both are 1985.
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John, does the low number bike have 47x type parts like the upper triple with no loop around the ignition switch?
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Re: frame/engine number ranges?
The top clamp doesn't have the loop, but it could have been replaced years ago. It does have round exhaust flanges. Build date is 5/84.
That's the problem with old bikes; many parts get replaced over the years and what is supposed to be on them can be quite different from what it actually has but most people would never know the difference.
That's the problem with old bikes; many parts get replaced over the years and what is supposed to be on them can be quite different from what it actually has but most people would never know the difference.
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Re: frame/engine number ranges?
thanks guys and is the engine number stamped area a flat or does it have the serrated finish with the number stamped into it,like the RD350LC did.??
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Just on a flat surface like this............
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THANKS thats great.
mark
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Most won't be as historically significant as the one Steve shows.
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thats whats called an "early one" i guess .
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How about the 2 stroke oil tank: black plastic= 47x (early) style.silverstrom wrote:The top clamp doesn't have the loop, but it could have been replaced years ago. It does have round exhaust flanges. Build date is 5/84.
That's the problem with old bikes; many parts get replaced over the years and what is supposed to be on them can be quite different from what it actually has but most people would never know the difference.
See thru green plastic= later 1GE style.
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Yes, black. Coolant tank also.
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two-stroke-brit wrote:thats whats called an "early one" i guess .
I'd certainly say so. Pre-production is as early as it gets.
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Thanks Steve and John.
Let us know what happens either way, two-stroke -brit!!!!!!!
Let us know what happens either way, two-stroke -brit!!!!!!!
Colin