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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 06:46 PM
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any way to determine exact production date of a bike w/o relying on the dealers word.(i.e. 2007 softtail could have been produced in 2006) any way to determine exact date?serial # and all other info is available.thanks for any input.
 
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the number that is just before the last letter in your vin number is the year of the bike for instance 1HD1BW5139Y111000 the 9 would be the year number (2009) then the Y (york,PA) would be which assembly plant, then the last numbers are sequential numbers which varies.
 
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is there a way to determine the month by those last #'s?
 
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Old Jan 16, 2009 | 08:32 PM
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On my FLHX the manufacture date is printed above the serial number but not on my FLSTF. I wonder why?
 
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"example" 1HD1BW5139Y111000.....the 1 in front of the 3 is the introduction date 1=regular 2=mid-year 3=cali/reg 4=cosmetic changes or special intro date 5=cali/ cosmetic changes or special intro date 6=cali/mid-year
 
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I think you can input the VIN# on the Harley web site and it will tell you the production date as well as any outstanding recalls that may need to be done on the bike.
 
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My bro in laws 05 Ultra has the production date on the inside of his tour pack. It was built on March 10th my birthday. I don't knw about any other models though...
 
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I think you can input the VIN# on the Harley web site and it will tell you the production date as well as any outstanding recalls that may need to be done on the bike.
I think I'll give that a try.
 
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Originally Posted by BLKnCHRME09Deluxe
the number that is just before the last letter in your vin number is the year of the bike for instance 1HD1BW5139Y111000 the 9 would be the year number (2009) then the Y (NEW YORK) would be which assembly plant, then the last numbers are sequential numbers which varies.
New York ??????
 
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