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Vin numbers on 1955 R26

Hi all, been a member of Moa for a while now and have a 1995 K1100, 1976 R75/6 and just purchased a 1955 R26. Looking forward to doing a restoration on it. Not sure about stamped numbers on engine and frame , obviously not matching. If anyone has any knowledge could you enlighten me?
Thanks in advance
Dave Manchester
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Seems it is really a r25/3

Hi all, been a member of Moa for a while now and have a 1995 K1100, 1976 R75/6 and just purchased a 1955 R26. Looking forward to doing a restoration on it. Not sure about stamped numbers on engine and frame , obviously not matching. If anyone has any knowledge could you enlighten me?
Thanks in advance
Dave Manchester
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Seems like it is really a r25/3
 
Welcome to the forum as well! You seemed to have determined that it is indeed an R25/3 with non-matching numbers...it didn't leave the factory that way. It might be helpful if you could post a picture of the bike.

Gary provided a link to resources. Also check this website for the range of your numbers...it clearly falls in the R25/3 range.

http://www.bmbikes.co.uk/chassispages/enginechassisto69.htm

In this thread, the last post has an old list of model year versus VIN numbers.

https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?50039-2-VIN-Numbers-Model-Years-and-Build-Dates

You can see that your bike falls in the 1954 to 1955 range...hard to no precisely.

It may be hard to ever find the matching engine or frame. Frame could have be wrecked and this one was substituted; engine could have blown up and was not worth fixing. However, there is an orphan list where numbers are posted in case someone finds the frame sitting in a shed and it happens to match. The site is here:

http://bmwvmca.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=317&Itemid=42

Your numbers aren't on the list. If you wanted to put them on the list "in case" something good happens in the future, let me know.
 
Thanks Kurt

Welcome to the forum as well! You seemed to have determined that it is indeed an R25/3 with non-matching numbers...it didn't leave the factory that way. It might be helpful if you could post a picture of the bike.

Gary provided a link to resources. Also check this website for the range of your numbers...it clearly falls in the R25/3 range.

http://www.bmbikes.co.uk/chassispages/enginechassisto69.htm

In this thread, the last post has an old list of model year versus VIN numbers.

https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthread.php?50039-2-VIN-Numbers-Model-Years-and-Build-Dates

You can see that your bike falls in the 1954 to 1955 range...hard to no precisely.

It may be hard to ever find the matching engine or frame. Frame could have be wrecked and this one was substituted; engine could have blown up and was not worth fixing. However, there is an orphan list where numbers are posted in case someone finds the frame sitting in a shed and it happens to match. The site is here:

http://bmwvmca.org/joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=317&Itemid=42

Your numbers aren't on the list. If you wanted to put them on the list "in case" something good happens in the future, let me know.



Hey Kurt,
Thanks for the info! I was researching before picking up the bike. Have it home now. It is an R25/3. Has it on tag and frame and tag match unfortunately the engine does not but falls in the R25/3 production range.
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