jharvey
Forum Apprentice
Yep, confirmed - at least there used to be something of the sort once upon a time...
One GS40X- serial number stamped on the engine casing near dipstick, a different GS40X- serial number (this is the one referenced in my vehicle registration/insurance) on the right side of steering column. And a stick-on label of some sort on the left side....
...shame it was a sticker rather than a stamped plate, since as you can see, most of the info is long since rubbed away. (And when I tried to wipe some of the grease off other spots, it took the ink from the sticker with it.) Some day, I'll have to look at close-ups I took of the bike in the first years after I bought it, to see if I was aware of the sticker at the time and thought to photograph it.
One GS40X- serial number stamped on the engine casing near dipstick, a different GS40X- serial number (this is the one referenced in my vehicle registration/insurance) on the right side of steering column. And a stick-on label of some sort on the left side....
...shame it was a sticker rather than a stamped plate, since as you can see, most of the info is long since rubbed away. (And when I tried to wipe some of the grease off other spots, it took the ink from the sticker with it.) Some day, I'll have to look at close-ups I took of the bike in the first years after I bought it, to see if I was aware of the sticker at the time and thought to photograph it.
I hope you don't have to explain it to too many people too often!... a bike in the Twilight Zone between two technologies (points/EI) and bureaucratic evolutions (VIN/serial).
