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Old May 2, 2017 | 08:23 PM
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I have a chopper with an EVO engine there are no markings on the engine except a vin # on the left case below and center of cylinder base surface normal HD spot but the number don't look like a HD number can anyone help me find out what I have, the # is *BKLX928670* the chopper is titled as 2002 if that helps
 
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Old May 3, 2017 | 06:24 AM
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I believe it's a 1998 FXSTC motor. Great year for Evo's....
 
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Old May 3, 2017 | 06:43 AM
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Definitely softail custom engine. Mine is a 98 and starts with *bkl
 
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At 61 I've just fulfilled a life-long dream of owning my own HD. I got a super-sweet deal on a custom bike running an 80" that included a second, crated motor advertised as an 88". I'd like to know exactly what I'm working with though and like PapaJoe8, I'm stymied by the eng. # ID.

Can anyone help me out with identifying these two motors?
The eng. ID for the one I'm running is *DPLR504673*
The eng. ID for the boxed motor is *DDV2634749*

Any help is greatly appreciated.
 
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Originally Posted by Sactown K
At 61 I've just fulfilled a life-long dream of owning my own HD. I got a super-sweet deal on a custom bike running an 80" that included a second, crated motor advertised as an 88". I'd like to know exactly what I'm working with though and like PapaJoe8, I'm stymied by the eng. # ID.

Can anyone help me out with identifying these two motors?
The eng. ID for the one I'm running is *DPLR504673*
The eng. ID for the boxed motor is *DDV2634749*

Any help is greatly appreciated.
There are plenty of Harley VIN decoders available on-line:

DP = FLHTCU
L = Evo 80"

DD = FLHT
V = TC 88"
 
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Old Aug 2, 2017 | 11:41 AM
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Thanks grbrown. That's about as far as I got with the decoders. I was hoping for some additional VIN info as well, such as year and such. But I think I've probably gotten all I'm going to from the VIN research.
 
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Unfortunately I think you will find you need the complete 17 character long VIN that comes on a bike frame to get the full story. The number on the engine is only a short form of the VIN.
 
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The problem there is the motor was married up with a custom frame and no such full VIN exists. Oh well, if this is my biggest problem in life, I've got it made.
 
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The numerical part of the number should identify what year each engine was made, but I haven't come across a website that gives us that data. A dealer may be able to.
 
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