frame number VS VIN
Jason Curtiss said:
Debby,
The frame on my '75 Commando has a unique Vehicle Identification Number stamped on the right-hand side of the steering head stock. Texas and Oklahoma, and I'm sure many more states, use this number for the VIN on the title.
This causes confusion as owners may look at the flimisy red tag for the VIN and find it doesn't match the title. I came across one e-bay seller in Oklahoma that claimed the title did not match the bike. In reality, he was looking at the tag number instead of the frame number. Upon closer inspection, the frame number matched the title perfectly.
"A Thiefs Dream" sounds like the basis for a great essay!
Regards,
Jason
The 850 frame# was a guvmint mandated thing, and was stamped on the neck of the frame. Yet the flimsy plate carried the VIN number that had long stood as nortons presentation of the actual VIN, and ususally has meaning to norton owners for norton discussions.
Changing to an entrely different subject....unerring government policy. In the US, different states do things differently. Some use the frame #, some use the VIN and some use the engine#.
Due to my overwhelming confidence in govmint beaurocracy, I generally ignore the title and registration (including Tx & Ok) and look at the VIN plate and a general look at the bike to tell the vintage. Though I will admit that TX and OK and sometimes CA may have been attempting to follow what the feds intended. It is obvious the states are not together on this and even within one state you will not get consistant titling/registrations.
Here in mass, my 75 E-start vin is 330046 not 850F130370.
I guess you just satisfy the "govmint" where ever you are and give them what ever # makes THEM happy (along with their money of course)
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