[Honda-C70] Re: engine/frame #s

 

so when i try to locate parts for the bike should i start with the name (1971 c70m1) and then broaden the search to within a few years or so as it looks like the engine parts did not change all that much or am i mistaking this?

--- In Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com, Mike Gladu <mgladu@...> wrote:
>
> At 6:29 PM +0000 4/27/11, Mike wrote:
> >thanks Mike, i guess i have a c70m1 as the frame # is c70-2006984 i
> >think the m stands for starter what would the letter k refer to? it
> >looks like it was made in 71 for some reason i always thought it
> >was a 72?
>
> Made for sale in '71, but dealers sold them as "new" for a few years.
>
> This is before American Honda imported a new model for every year in the USA.
>
> The "K" and a number was the way Honda differentiated the small
> annual changes to a bike that stays mostly the same from year to
> year, starting in 1971-72.
>
> "M" is what Honda used to refer to the USA-Type with a starter, but
> it wasn't carried over to the Passport models.
>
> Mike G.
> -
>
> >--- In Honda-C70@yahoogroups.com, Mike Gladu <mgladu@> wrote:
> >>
> >> At 6:03 PM +0000 4/27/11, Mike wrote:
> >> >i know i have seen it either in this group or the 90 group, i am
> >> >trying to find the charts that will tell you what year and model the
> >> >bike is? thanks for any help
> >>
> >> Files section on the web:
> >> http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/Honda-C70/files/
> >>
> >> Cub Serial Numbers:
> >>
> >>http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/oFm4TRjcq_QN9Xj4Ri5a2PLtEY_OIvlVeN9FLa_uT8mZrFtEMU6NPQqGXqe2qqU20BTNFbLk1PJz5SGb-bb5/Cub%20Serial%20Numbers.jpg
> >>
> >> Mike G.
> > > -
>

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