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I work at a OEM and recalls are just a way of life for companies that assembly items, sometimes the supplier makes mistakes and sometime the poeple putting it together make mistakes it's all part of the buisness.
Here is more useless information:
Harley Davidson VIN Decoding:
First Digit:
Market Designation
1 = Domestic
5 = International
Second & Third Digit:
HD = Manufacturer and Make
Harley Davidson
Fourth Digit:
Motorcycle Type
1 = Heavyweight
2 = Middleweight
(901 cc and larger engine displacement)
Fifth & Sixth Digit:
Model Designation
BH = FXST – Softail Standard
BJ = FLSTC – Heritage Softail Classic
BK = FXSTC – Softail Custom
BL = FXSTS – Softail Springer
BM = FLSTF – Softail Fatboy
BN = FLSTN – Softail Deluxe
BP = FXSTSB
BR = FLSTS – Heritage Softail Springer
BS = FXSTD – Softail Deuce
BT = FXSTB – Softail Nighttrain
BV = FXSTI – Softail Standard (fuel injected)
BW = FLSTCI – Heritage Softail Classic (fuel injected)
BX = FLSTFI – Softail Fatboy (fuel injected)
BY = FLSTSCI
BZ = FXSTSI – Softail Springer (fuel injected)
CA = XL883
CJ = XL883 Custom
CG = XL1200 Custom
CL = XL1200 Roadster
CM = XL883L
DA = FLT 82-83
DA = FLHTP Police Windshield
DB = FLTC
DD = FLHT – Electra Glide
DH = FLTC w/ Sidecar
DJ = FLHTC
DK = FLTC Shrine
DM = FLTCU
DP = FLHTCU
EA = FXR
EB = FXRS
EC = FXRT
ED = FXRP Police Windshield
EF = FXRP Police Fairing
EG = FXRS-SP
EH = FXRD
EJ = FXRC
FB = FLHR-I – Road King (fuel injected)
FC = FLHTCU-I – Ultra Classic Electra Glide (fuel injected)
FD = FLHR – Road King
FE = FLTCU-I
FF = FLHTC-I – Electra Glide (fuel injected)
FG = FLHTCU-I – Ultra Classic Electra Glide w/ Sidecar (fuel injected)
FH = FLHP-I Police
FJ = FLHP Police
FK = FLHTC-I Shrine
FL = FLHTCU-I Shrine
FM = FLHTP-I Police
FN = FLHPE (Japan)
FP = FLTR – Road Glide
FR = FLHRC-I – Road King Classic (fuel injected)
FS = FLTR-I – Road Glide (fuel injected)
FT = FLHPE-I
FV = FLHT-I
FW = FLHR-I Shrine
FX = FLHRS – Road King Custom
FY = FLHRS-I – Road King Custom (fuel injected)
GD = FXDL – Dyna Lowrider
GE = FXDWG – Dyna Wide Glide
GG = FXDS Convertible
GH = FXD - Dyna
GJ = FXDX – Super Glide
HA = VRSCA – V-Rod
JA = FXSTB-I – Softail Nighttrain (fuel injected)
JB = FXSTD-I – Softail Deuce (fuel injected)
JD = FLSTN-I – Softail Deluxe (fuel injected)
SG = TLE Police
SH = RLE Police
Seventh Digit:
Engine Type
A = VRSCA 98 HP HDI only V = Carbureted
W = Fuel Injected
Z = VRSCA Eighth Digit:
Introduction Date & Special Models
1 = Regular Intro Date
2 = Mid-year Intro Date
3 = California Model
4 = Anniversary Model
Ninth Digit:
VIN Check Digit
Varies; can be 0 through 9, or X.
Tenth Digit:
Model Year
L = 1990
M = 1991
N = 1992
P = 1993
R = 1994
S = 1995
T = 1996
V = 1997
X = 1998
Y = 1999
Z = 2000
1 = 2001
2 = 2002
3 = 2003
4 = 2004
5 = 2005
6 = 2006
7 = 2007
Eleventh Digit:
Assembly Plant
Y = York, PA
K = Kansas City, MO
Twelfth Digit - Seventeenth Digit:
Serial Number
Here is more useless information:
Harley Davidson VIN Decoding:
First Digit:
Market Designation
1 = Domestic
5 = International
Second & Third Digit:
HD = Manufacturer and Make
Harley Davidson
Fourth Digit:
Motorcycle Type
1 = Heavyweight
2 = Middleweight
(901 cc and larger engine displacement)
Fifth & Sixth Digit:
Model Designation
BH = FXST Softail Standard
BJ = FLSTC Heritage Softail Classic
BK = FXSTC Softail Custom
BL = FXSTS Softail Springer
BM = FLSTF Softail Fatboy
BN = FLSTN Softail Deluxe
BP = FXSTSB
BR = FLSTS Heritage Softail Springer
BS = FXSTD Softail Deuce
BT = FXSTB Softail Nighttrain
BV = FXSTI Softail Standard (fuel injected)
BW = FLSTCI Heritage Softail Classic (fuel injected)
BX = FLSTFI Softail Fatboy (fuel injected)
BY = FLSTSCI
BZ = FXSTSI Softail Springer (fuel injected)
CA = XL883
CJ = XL883 Custom
CG = XL1200 Custom
CL = XL1200 Roadster
CM = XL883L
DA = FLT 82-83
DA = FLHTP Police Windshield
DB = FLTC
DD = FLHT Electra Glide
DH = FLTC w/ Sidecar
DJ = FLHTC
DK = FLTC Shrine
DM = FLTCU
DP = FLHTCU
EA = FXR
EB = FXRS
EC = FXRT
ED = FXRP Police Windshield
EF = FXRP Police Fairing
EG = FXRS-SP
EH = FXRD
EJ = FXRC
FB = FLHR-I Road King (fuel injected)
FC = FLHTCU-I Ultra Classic Electra Glide (fuel injected)
FD = FLHR Road King
FE = FLTCU-I
FF = FLHTC-I Electra Glide (fuel injected)
FG = FLHTCU-I Ultra Classic Electra Glide w/ Sidecar (fuel injected)
FH = FLHP-I Police
FJ = FLHP Police
FK = FLHTC-I Shrine
FL = FLHTCU-I Shrine
FM = FLHTP-I Police
FN = FLHPE (Japan)
FP = FLTR Road Glide
FR = FLHRC-I Road King Classic (fuel injected)
FS = FLTR-I Road Glide (fuel injected)
FT = FLHPE-I
FV = FLHT-I
FW = FLHR-I Shrine
FX = FLHRS Road King Custom
FY = FLHRS-I Road King Custom (fuel injected)
GD = FXDL Dyna Lowrider
GE = FXDWG Dyna Wide Glide
GG = FXDS Convertible
GH = FXD - Dyna
GJ = FXDX Super Glide
HA = VRSCA V-Rod
JA = FXSTB-I Softail Nighttrain (fuel injected)
JB = FXSTD-I Softail Deuce (fuel injected)
JD = FLSTN-I Softail Deluxe (fuel injected)
SG = TLE Police
SH = RLE Police
Seventh Digit:
Engine Type
A = VRSCA 98 HP HDI only V = Carbureted
W = Fuel Injected
Z = VRSCA Eighth Digit:
Introduction Date & Special Models
1 = Regular Intro Date
2 = Mid-year Intro Date
3 = California Model
4 = Anniversary Model
Ninth Digit:
VIN Check Digit
Varies; can be 0 through 9, or X.
Tenth Digit:
Model Year
L = 1990
M = 1991
N = 1992
P = 1993
R = 1994
S = 1995
T = 1996
V = 1997
X = 1998
Y = 1999
Z = 2000
1 = 2001
2 = 2002
3 = 2003
4 = 2004
5 = 2005
6 = 2006
7 = 2007
Eleventh Digit:
Assembly Plant
Y = York, PA
K = Kansas City, MO
Twelfth Digit - Seventeenth Digit:
Serial Number
The Best of Harley-Davidson for Lifelong Riders
I work at a OEM and recalls are just a way of life for companies that assembly items, sometimes the supplier makes mistakes and sometime the poeple putting it together make mistakes it's all part of the buisness.




