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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: toooldforthis on February 08, 2006, 06:09 PM

Title: Ripper Serial Numbers
Post by: toooldforthis on February 08, 2006, 06:09 PM

Anyone know how to date a PK?

Serial is : PK 40500

Cheers in advance you clever people  ;)

Title: Re: Ripper Serial Numbers
Post by: motomagII on February 08, 2006, 07:00 PM

from what ive learnt there is no way of dating them .just put this for someone to proove nme wrong lol

Title: Re: Ripper Serial Numbers
Post by: stidds on February 08, 2006, 07:53 PM

You are correct Greg, no way of dating them with the serial number.

Title: Re: Ripper Serial Numbers
Post by: lazychubs on February 08, 2006, 07:56 PM

didnt some bloke on vintage say he could do it by adding the nos or somit

Title: Re: Ripper Serial Numbers
Post by: Bob_Acid on February 09, 2006, 06:54 PM

If it's a looptail, no. If it's one of the later models you can get some idea by how it's set up.

Title: Re: Ripper Serial Numbers
Post by: toooldforthis on February 10, 2006, 01:42 PM

Thanks Bob

It's a Looptail and in mint condition - do you know when they stopped making them?

Title: Re: Ripper Serial Numbers
Post by: Bob_Acid on February 11, 2006, 08:13 PM

1985

Title: Re: Ripper Serial Numbers
Post by: ORB on February 11, 2006, 11:05 PM

yet they were being sold in 1986/7 as race incs

Title: Re: Ripper Serial Numbers
Post by: Bob_Acid on February 12, 2006, 10:34 AM

that was the RA10 and it didn't have the gussett