aaron, most of my jap bikes actually dont match. although the brits were pretty good at matching them up. it might be a good way to get around the silly vin probalem though. i remember a friend of mine who had an old rambler had the vin on the title incorrect. there was no vin plate as such so they took the number off of the door post which ended up being something like the door post part number. kinda silly.
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