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Jeff
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82 and 83 were shovel engines, the first evos didn't come out in anything till mid year 84.
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I think you are talking about the engine number stamped up on the top of the cases that ends in H9 for 1979 etc. I am talking about the crankcase manufacturing number, or the "belly numbers" down underneath the left crankcase, below the inner primary. No letters, only numbers. The decoding I posted above is for Evos. It is a separate number from the engine number.
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The first EVO came out in 1983 Im almost positive about this. It was a wide glide with flames on the tank with and EVO in a very limited number. I drove a truck and I always stopped at a Harley shop around Penn State to shoot the **** with the owner he had one a I was thinking about buying it sure with I did.
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The first EVO came out in 1983 Im almost positive about this. It was a wide glide with flames on the tank with and EVO in a very limited number. I drove a truck and I always stopped at a Harley shop around Penn State to shoot the **** with the owner he had one a I was thinking about buying it sure with I did.
the Next model year comes out during the Previous Year... just like Cars etc...
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I know the vin tell all, Just saying I remember seeing this bike for sale before the EVO was interduced and told it was a one-year model.
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Or so I been Told!!! At my age... I don't trust memory... Nor Farts!!!!
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Yes and no. With production of the new model year starting in September at the HD factory, a bike could theoretically be made in September through December 1983 but stamped with an 1984 VIN. It could then theoretically get sold in say December 1983 so end up titled as a 1983 model yet have 1984 VIN. Whether HD ever released them for sale that early, I have no idea. Who knows what they did in 1983?
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Yes and no. With production of the new model year starting in September at the HD factory, a bike could theoretically be made in September through December 1983 but stamped with an 1984 VIN. It could then theoretically get sold in say December 1983 so end up titled as a 1983 model yet have 1984 VIN. Whether HD ever released them for sale that early, I have no idea. Who knows what they did in 1983?
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