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bwolfie said:
Hopefully Kansas should be the same. I believe on bikes older than 1969, the title goes off the motor anyway. Unfortunately, my motor only has a bill of sale also. D'oh!
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Hopefully Kansas should be the same. I believe on bikes older than 1969, the title goes off the motor anyway. Unfortunately, my motor only has a bill of sale also. D'oh!
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grandpaul said:
Indeed.
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I looked all over; I don't see any numbers. Looks like that welded mount must have covered it up. Hope that doesn't kill the project..
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pelican said:
It feels pretty solid though, so I fully expect sandblasting to take care of it. Powder on top should look really nice and I have a source to get it all done for ~$100-175.
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I thought that too, but it's not a rust hole. The black spot is actually a piece that isn't rusted. 
My wife probably wants to kill me for dragging it into the kitchen, but oh well. Better there than the carpet!
My wife probably wants to kill me for dragging it into the kitchen, but oh well. Better there than the carpet!
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Grind the rear plates off that was welded on and you should get the numbers that are on the orginal mount plate, I have a 850 in a featherbed and I made engine plates to bolt on to the featherbed frame mounts, other than that it loks like a good strait frame.
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Grind the rear plates off that was welded on and you should get the numbers that are on the orginal mount plate, I have a 850 in a featherbed and I made engine plates to bolt on to the featherbed frame mounts, other than that it loks like a good strait frame.
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ashman said:
Yeah, that could be done if needed. We're going to do a test fit with the Commando setup to see how it mates up to what's there. If it fits like a glove and I have no problem getting a builder's title for the project, then we'll leave it alone. We'll see.
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Better yet, goto harbor freight and buy some stamps and make your own id numbers! Make them the same as the engine and title it the same year as a commando. Nobody will know any different. I won't tell if you don't. :roll:
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caddy chris said:
What's ironic is that the frame is (supposedly) from the same(ish) year as the Commando motor. I was told the frame was taken from a '67/'68 Dunstall 650SS. Of course, I can't verify that with no numbers..
I'm hoping it will pass as-is so I don't have to worry about it. If the sheriff doesn't like it I'll probably remove those plates and go hunting for the original numbers. Hopefully it doesn't come to that though.
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Featherbed frames have a date stamp on the top of the head steady tab that's welded to the rear of the headstock. Its a very small font stamp and gives month and year. Its sometimes hard to read and may have been filed off at some stage, but they all have them. If the frame number is that important over there I'd carefully remove the extra brace/mounting point that's been welded over it, and hopefully the original numbers are still there. Or just go and buy some stamps and pick a number in the correct year range.
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bsaboss said:
Hmm, I'll check the headstock on Sunday to see what's there.
bsaboss said:
Strange , I have 3 frames sitting in my shed and none have them.......but only one is a slimline
All filled off ?
Never read or heard something along those lines either.
Something special for the states?
You can figure the dates out by the framenumber on the left gsusset (swinging arm mounting)
the horizontal one gives you the model (ie 122 is a model 88 )vertical gives an idea of year of manufacturing
PS I think you would be better off with starting to work on the bike than to start hunting for numbers etc
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lynxnsu said:
I need to make sure my state is going to let me register this thing before dumping a bunch of time and money into it. Finishing the project and then having the registration turned down would be pretty crappy. Anyway, I have a legitimate bill of sale so I'm hoping I'm good. I'm definitely not stamping anything into the frame. I'll know more next week.
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cjandme said:
Sure! $1500? Lmao
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In regard to the month/year stamp I shouldn't have said they all have it, what I should have said is all that I've ever looked at have had it, or the remains of it, as the area seems to cop its fair share of hammering over the years. Its small and not easily seen if the area is painted at all. I don't think it was something peculiar to one market and its something I've seen on frames over many years, widelines, slimlines and Manxes. My slimline Mercury has it, so does my 60 Manx, and I checked a 56 Manx this week that had just been imported from the States and it also had a date stamp. I wondered whether it was something put there by the frame makers rather than Norton. No idea really, its just something I've seen over the years.
I wouldn't ask the DMV for anything, just stamp the same number that you have on the motor, they have never seen one before so how would they know it was modified or not :?:
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