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how do i find year made from frame numbers

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 6:21 am
by jimg1au
hi
need to prove the date of my 750 sport for club rego in nsw australia
needs to be a 1988 model colour sujests it is
do you date from frame or engine
engine ZDM750LS* 750---
frame ZDM750S*750--- DGM5240 OM
INTERNET SAYS 001 as the last three numbers both frame and engine and only 1242 were made in 1988 mine is way under that figger
thanks
jim
ps
id plare has been covered in battery acid and cant be read

Re: how do i find year made from frame numbers

Posted: Thu Mar 01, 2018 10:25 am
by paso750
DGM5240 OM is not part of the VIN.
DGM = italian DOT
5240 OM = homologation number

What's the number stamped in the headstock?
If you can't figure it out you should contact Ducati. If you're lucky you'll get a quick reply.

Re: how do i find year made from frame numbers

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 12:38 am
by Bag
The information I could find in the books I have is, that in the first production year 1241 bikes was produced.
Beginning with the frame number 751161 the new oil cylinders was introduced. The blue/red version was only proudced in 1988. Change of the fairing desgin was after the frame number 751052.

I read somewhere, that the red/blue design was changed because Claudio Castiglioni didn't like it and was replaced by the red/silver one. Whether this is true I have some doubt, because my 750 Sport is a blue/red one with frame number 1002. As I knew the first owner and the Ducati dealer who sold the bike, I know she was always a red/blue one.

If your bike is a red/blue one, I believe it was produced in 88

Greeting
Volker

Re: how do i find year made from frame numbers

Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2018 3:15 am
by jimg1au
Yes mine is the red and blue one frame number is as above ending in 0173