Help, Please?

Hello. Please forgive me for posting this in multiple forums. I’d originally posted this in the 1199 section but I’m in desperate need of a quick answer now so I’m posting it here too now as I’ve got to head off early tomorrow morning.

Im going to look at/ pick up a bike for a friend on Thursday (note to self: never get a van, and if you must get a van, never answer the phone as people will call you all the time and start conversations with the line “you’ve got a van, haven’t you? Would you mind just...” instead of saying “Hello Nerv, would you like a nice cake or equivalent?”) and I’d like to make sure that the paperwork is as in order as possible.

The bike (1199) only has the CoC, so I’d like to be able to check against what’s on that with what’s on the bike if that’s possible. However, I don’t recall ever seeing an engine number anywhere. Is there something specific that I can check/ cross-reference with the CoC on the engine itself.

@Tracer has suggested it’s easy enough to find on the rear cylinder but I’m afraid I can’t see anything on a friends bike that I looked at this afternoon as a dry run. Do I need to remove loads of trim or fairings to get to the number?

I really don’t want to let him down or mess this up, so anything you could point me towards would be super handy.

Thanks in advance everyone. Sorry for the duplicate thread.
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Thanks Ex. I saw that diagram myself earlier but Im buggered if I can actually see that on an actual bike as there’s so much in the way like the exhaust heat shield etc.

Is that right that there’s no engine number on an CoC? If so, how do I tell that the engine that’s in it is the engine that’s supposed to be in it?

After getting massively tucked up on the 899s I don’t trust my own judgement or anyone else anymore.

 

Sadly, having read that earlier today I still cannot find it, which is doubly vexing as that thread suggests it’s on both sides.

 

I wish I could see anything at all, anywhere. Driving me mad. Can anyone help me please?

Of course, the other question now is, if the CoC has no engine number how do I check it’s the correct engine even if I can find the number? Call the dealer who supplied it and give them the chassis number maybe?

 

So, if I gave them the chassis number they could tell me what engine is supposed to be in it?

I’m under my mates bike now trying to find a number. I swear it’s impossible to see anything.

 

Nothing that I can see buddy. What that picture doesn’t show is that the exhaust and exhaust heat shield almost completely obscure that area.

Unless of course I’m looking in the wrong place.

 

Which I guess I must be, as I can’t see a bloody thing anywhere.

 

Hopefully. I’m really anxious about messing this up, so I’d be really grateful to anyone that could help.

In the meantime, thanks as always Ex, I greatly appreciate your help.

 

Hi noob. Thanks for replying fella. Sadly, it’s the same thread Ex linked to, and I still can’t find the bastard thing. I feel like I’m being stupid or blind but I just can’t see anything at all anywhere.

 

The CoC already exists and is with the bike chum. I just want to check that the engine that’s in it is the one that’s supposed to be in it.