916 916 Engine And Frame Number Concerns..

Discussion in '748 / 916 / 996 / 998' started by don quixote, Jan 23, 2018.

  1. Hey forum,

    Can you lot take a look at the photo of my engine and frame number and tell me good news, cus im thinking this is bad.. IMG_20180123_171625.jpg IMG_20180123_174518.jpg
     
    #1 don quixote, Jan 23, 2018
  2. cant read it! not that clear in the pictures! the frame should be one number and the engine another!
     
    #2 XH558, Jan 23, 2018
  3. Doesn't look too out of place tbh. The last characters of each number are *'s not numbers. The engine one, looks to have a little casting perforation where it's been machined flat. I checked the frame number but it's old info and there's no engine number matched to it. Not uncommon to be fair...
     
    #3 nelly, Jan 23, 2018
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  4. I can post pics with the whole numbers of the engine and frame? I know they dont match and thats fine, i was just worried about the last digit on both engine/frame being unreadable/starred out?

    thanks for the info Nelly im less worried now, but im still a little!
     
    #4 don quixote, Jan 23, 2018
  5. Still a little what? :)
     
    #5 Exige, Jan 23, 2018
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  6. Dont tease Exige! ive only had the bike 10 days! (from a dealer, so i expect everything to be A OK, with loads of history too)
     
    #6 don quixote, Jan 23, 2018
  7. Aaah!What a cliffhanger. Looks okay to me.
     
    #7 keith916, Jan 23, 2018
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  8. The first thing I thought was the dots look odd, but only studied 999 onward era bike in detail in that respect - which all look neater and not as deep. Ducati maybe got a new machine as some point!
    If @nelly is ok with it you have no worries :):upyeah:
     
    #8 Exige, Jan 23, 2018
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  9. OMG what a idiot i am! Ive got the warranty and maintenance booklet from new (jan 1996) and the last 6 numbers on both are the same in my pic's.
    Its those weird marks at the very end that worried me.

    Thanks so much forum.
     
    #9 don quixote, Jan 23, 2018
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  10. If you are happy then we are!
     
    #10 XH558, Jan 23, 2018
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  11. Thanks, i can sleep fine tonight. Although my oil level inspection window is foggy and i cant see a damn thing.. IMG_20180123_172829.jpg
     
    #11 don quixote, Jan 23, 2018
  12. Oh, a 'foggy' glass, worth £10k more now :eek:
     
    #12 Exige, Jan 23, 2018
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  13. have we had any pictures loaded up on this bike yet?
     
    #13 XH558, Jan 23, 2018
  14. Thanks, i can sleep fine tonight. Although my oil level inspection window is foggy and i cant see a damn thing.. View attachment 107941
    Yes XH558 But here is one just for you! IMG_20180114_201441.jpg
     
    #14 don quixote, Jan 23, 2018
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  15. As @nelly says, the last character should be a "*" (and 1st iirc, like bookends). All looks OK to me. :upyeah:
     
    #15 Robarano, Jan 23, 2018
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  16. :eyes:
     
    #16 Exige, Jan 23, 2018
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  17. Yip, it'll polish out :)
     
    #17 Exige, Jan 23, 2018
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  18. thank you,,looks very nice and clean condition and those DUCATI RACING stamped wheels are the only ones to have,enjoy
     
    #18 XH558, Jan 23, 2018
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