Checking online first to check if that used. I found a serial number on the. Redline MXII Serial Numbers. Redline MXII's and I would appreciate it if any of you who own one could either email me a picture of the bike including any Redline. Redline; Redline Serials Announcements. Redline seem to be very fuzzy with their serial numbers & when MXII finished & MXIII started. Where can I find a reference to decode Redline serial numbers? Or any quick tips would be greatly appreciated too!Vintage mongoose: Serial #Interpreting the Serial numbers and featureson BMX Products, Inc. Frames. Identifying the serial numbers on the early Mongoose frames is actually quite easy and intuitive. For the most part the early Mongoose frames from 1. Redline Fully Sealed Aluminum Rear Cassette Hub, Fully Sealed Front Hub; Redline Microline 3pc,Cranks; No padding Pivotal seat w/quick release seat clamp. Do you want to know how to ID the BMX frame by serial number? Most BMX bicycles have a serial number stamped on the frame, which is the biggest and most important. Thank you for choosing Redline. By registering your bike with us, it serves as proof of ownership for any future warranty issues and provides a record of serial. For example, a frame from 1. A feature of an early 1. The brake tab on these frames is rectangular in shape. Some time late 1. The early 7. 5 coaster brake tab is also thicker and is comprised of two layers of steel welded together. Another feature of an early 1. Note the flared shape of the 7. Serial numbers on a bike have to do with the manufacturer of the frame (no, it isn't Redline), the date of manufacture, and the production sequence. Page 1 of 2 - 70’s Redline serial numbers vs years - posted in Riding, Research & Collecting: I compiled these from researching Redline and Linn Kastan over a 6. Model and Serial Numbers 1. The serial number has been painted over. A further feature was the headtube was offset to extend more to the bottom than it was to the top. It is our guess that it was done this way to allow clearance for the squarer shoulder on Ashtabula forks. This feature carried over for the first few years till the ashtabula forks were replaced with the more rounder style Tange made forks. In early 1. 97. 6, the letter C was added to denote the office location of Chatsworth, California so the serial numbers would look like C1. Another feature of an early frame built in 1. In May 1. 97. 6 the serial number process changed again with the addition of a month code. From here frames were stamped with the letter C for Chatsworth, a letter for the month, and a number for the year of production. It was around feb/march 7. Of course these are general guidelines in identifying Mongoose frames and there are the anomalies to this process of serial number identification. The frame components were manufactured in different stages and or departments and some of the parts were exhausted quicker than others, it this process that lead to some of the frames “crossing over” to different years, especially during the end of the year. Let’s look at some serial number examples below to get a better understand how the process worked. This guideline also applies to Team Mongoose, Supergoose, Jag, Blue Max, Roger De. Coster, Super- X, and Moto- Trac frames. The next letter in the sequence is the month code. A = January. B = February. C = March. The next number is the last number of the year the frame was produced. The rest of the serial numbers are sequential and are the number of frames produced in that series. NB: Super X has an “X” instead of a “C” in the serial number. The Team Mongoose and Supergoose frames are a little different. The same coding applies to the first part of the serial numbers as we discussed above, however, if a capital T is in front of or above the CXX it indicates that it is a 1. Chromoly frame. This was done to give better clearance for the chain. Very early team frames had a . As opposed to a candy coated full cromo frame = team frame. Serial numbers from 1. In April 1. 98. 1 and onwards the frames were coded differently. This applies to all frames made, EXCEPT those starting with the letter . When they dropped the . So there is actually a month or more where there was a . The easiest way is to check the brake bridge for the extra two slotted holes that were added. These extra holes were only on the full cromo frames that had the . J2. 00. 99. 81: according to this serial number the frame was manufactured in October of 1. Sometime in 1. 98. USA made frames from post gusset era, still had the month first, then the year but they were stamped not on the bottom bracket but on the brace behind the bottom bracket. All USA made frames after they dropped the “C” were month, then year, then serial number. As a general rule anything with a Gusset behind the head tube was manufactured in the USA. There are a few key components to look for on a BMX Products, Inc. It's proper name is GTAW, or Gas Tungsten Arc Welding. In 1. 98. 2, BMX Products started to manufacture a new range of non- gussett frame starting with the Pro Class 2. Then next came the first Californian and Expert frames and were USA made, while they were getting setup for Tiawan production. The top of the range frames were USA made, (ie: Pro class, Rupe, Supergoose). USA made frames continued the standard USA numbering. After the company was sold to Service Cycle, it seems all frame production was moved to Tiawan. We have been told that when the company was sold the new owners only wanted complete boxed bikes and the rest of the stock of frames were destroyed. Redline Serials - Redline - OZBMXhere's an approximate guide to help you fellas out with your Yank or Jap made frames.
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