Harley Davidson Engine Identification
1 Made in USA 2nd and 3rd digits.
Harley davidson engine identification. 74 80 Flathead 1937-48. Tampilan dekat motor Sportster S baru. For 883cc Sportsters.
1960s and Older Engines. Youre not going to figure out the year on that abridged VIN. This should only be used as a guide only.
Frame ID Numbers - 1981 and Later. Harley-Davidson used as many as four Big-Twin engines between 1929 and 1968 ranging from the Flathead Knucklehead Panhead and Shovelhead engines. The idea was quickly killed after law enforcement notified Harley-Davidson that it made the bikes look stolen.
Engines built before 1969 typically use a 10- or 11-digit identification number starting with a two-digit production date followed by a two- or four-character model type and a four- or five-digit production run number. HD Harley Davidson 1 Weight Class 1 Heavyweight 4 Lightweight 8 Sidecar AA Model Designation K Engine Displacement K 1340 Shovelhead. Harley Davidson VIN Identification Guide.
Tampilan dekat motor Sportster S baru. Starting in 1981 and later the code for the year is a letter not a number. There have been seven major engine revisions in the history of Harley-Davidson.
Hidden within a Harleys engine VIN will be the year that engine was made. Because engines were sometimes swapped out in these older bikes its not unusual to find Harley-Davidson motorcycles with engine. Harley engines that were made before or in the 1960s have the model year of the engine as the first two numbers of the engine number which acts as a VIN.