This is from the bicycle site Old Roads: Serial number dating information for Motobecane's is very scarce. The best way to date a Moto is by the design and tubing used on the frame, the decals, paint scheme, components and component date codes. Serial number of the frame is on the right side of the bike - look down the seat post near the pedals. Vin numbers on Motobecane 7???? Rebel Moby / rebelmoby.

Username: Password: Bikejournal Forum Sub-category: First > Recent Jump to post: How to read manufacturers code date? Thomas1 Lifetime: 2,982 mi Member No. 44913 Member since: Jun 2011 Home: Anderson, SC tarmac Road bike posted 6/10/2011 at 6:41:40 PM viewed 3866 times Hi, just wanted to know if anyone can help me read manufacturers code date, on my Giant, Nutra The code I found under bike is GY035065? Any help or info would be greatly appreciated. Gnu Lifetime: 13,316 mi Member No.

12928 Member since: Mar 2006 Home: Spring, TX LeChampion Team Road bike posted 6/10/2011 at 8:11:07 PM post #1 viewed 3853 times This is the Serial Number, right? CircaRigel Lifetime: 0 mi Member No. 42538 Member since: Dec 2010 Home: Denver, CO Vamoots CR Road bike posted 6/10/2011 at 8:44:02 PM post #2 viewed 3850 times Serial numbers are used for registering and identifying bicycles. In case of theft / damage. Thomas1 Lifetime: 2,982 mi Member No. 44913 Member since: Jun 2011 Home: Anderson, SC tarmac Road bike posted 6/10/2011 at 8:56:44 PM post #3 viewed 3845 times It is the number imprinted under crank. Thomas1 Lifetime: 2,982 mi Member No. Full bridge mosfet driver.

44913 Member since: Jun 2011 Home: Anderson, SC tarmac Road bike posted 6/10/2011 at 8:59:43 PM post #4 viewed 3843 times I was hopeful that would be the manufacturers date. CircaRigel Lifetime: 0 mi Member No. 42538 Member since: Dec 2010 Home: Denver, CO Vamoots CR Road bike posted 6/10/2011 at 9:11:39 PM post #5 viewed 3833 times Most S/N's are printed at that location, under the bottom bracket.

Dcl Lifetime: 147,399 mi Member No. 1881 Member since: Mar 2004 Home: Tempe, AZ 585 Road bike posted 6/10/2011 at 9:28:19 PM post #6 viewed 3830 times I was hopeful that would be the manufacturers date. Rajiv malhotra on youtube. -- posted by Some manufacturers encode information into the serial number, but some just use sequential numbers. You can find information on the web in some cases, especially for collectible bikes, old Treks and Raleighs, for instance. I didn't find anything on Giants in a very quick search, but someone somewhere may have dug up or decoded the information. In some cases, you can get year of manufacture, frame size, and/or various other info from the serial number. Lifetime: 74,945 mi Member No.