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i just got a 08 xl 883, i think, it has an 883 air cleaner but the emission sticker on the frame says its a xl 1200? the vin # 1hd4cn2198k and the rest matches the engin, is there any way to tell the differance whith out pulling the head and micing the bore?
1 = Market designation... to be sold in the United States.
HD = Self explanatory.
4 = middleweight motorcycle
CN = XL 883 sportster
2 = Evolution 883 CC air cooled fuel injection
1 = Introduction date=regular
9 = VIN check digit.
8 = 2008
K = Where made Kansas city, Mo.
thanks for the vin codes, i could not find the cn designation any where. the emission sticker on the frame must have been a factory mistake, i thought i had a sleeper bike.
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