Weird K vin help!!!’

[ford_fan70]

Have a weird vin here on a 52K any help would be Appreciated and awesome
52k 3027

[ford_fan70]

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[GaryM2]

The vin shows to be too high based on the guess o meter on the technical page.

https://www.harleykmodel.com/technical/ ... index.html

Do you have the belly numbers for comparison?

[ford_fan70]

I know very weird ,i will get the belly numbers,had a couple guys on a different site that have seen some high # on race bikes.

[Ferrous_Head]

Looks dodgy to me. Factory race bikes were KR's.

[ford_fan70]

Looks dodgy to me. Factory race bikes were KR's.

I have no idea but if something funny was going on ,I would not think you would pick a vin that does not show up

[Ferrous_Head]

People who are trying to circumvent the law will often use a partial known good number adding an extra digit or using a number outside the normal range of factory numbers.
Racers sometimes have two or more identical numbers on their race engines, but not "dodgey" numbers.

I have a set of XL cases stamped 57X - 7777. Those are clearly not factory numbers but not intended to fool anyone into thinking it's a legitimate engine VIN either.

But then I don't know everything, they might in fact be legitimate.

[EKHKHK56]

The pad has not been milled. Correct Stamps. The cast surface is intact. But, The number is bogus. Only around 1900 52 Ks were built. Numbers 1-999 have an initial #1xxx, Numbers 1,000 to 1900? have an initial #2xxx. So that puts this number at over 3,000 somewhere out in orbit. Strange case…Erik

[ford_fan70]

Yeh seems weird, I have to get the other belly numbers
Hopefully tonight when it gets dropped off, but I did measure the pad you’re saying you think it’s been milled , as far as I can tell it’s measuring out at around 152” did send off pics to a couple restoration shops they said looks original unless they did a great job. But who knows.

[Ferrous_Head]

Many years ago if you could get your hands on a set of New Cases (Dealers could buy them) they came without VIN numbers.

Someone unscrupulous enough could find the rest of the bike as "free parts" and build themselves a new bike.