Technical: Frame Date Code Examples
Dave Hennessey
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A=January, B=February, C=March, D=April, E=May, F=June, G=July, H=August, I=September, J=October, K=November, L=December
This bike was production number 373 of 1998 total Sportsters (XLH and XLCH) that year,
The frame would have been made a month or two earlier, in August or September 1961. The frame date code of "H 1" puts it in August 1961, just what we expected. The frame is correct for the engine. |