#Monark Bicycle Serial Numbers serial numbers#
#Monark Bicycle Serial Numbers serial number#
#Monark Bicycle Serial Numbers code#

To start, if you have a 'baseball' looking stamp behind your serial, this frame was made overseas.no its not a pacific, so dont cry, or get mad.and lets continue. Here is one more.your serial resembles this:f6030578. Next is the letter 'C'.C is the 3rd letter in the alphabet, and march is the 3rd month, so march is the build month. Next is the letter 'G'.this isnt always there, but if so, this is where it was assembled, (ever notice the built in usa sticker on your gt or dyno?) this is what that letter is there for. The first letter is who made the frame itself, in this case it would be 'Kenisis', an overseas company.this could be replaced by another letter but at least we know what that one is there for.

#Monark Bicycle Serial Numbers code#

but still easy once you learn the code to it. if your serial is KGCG2297 this one gets a little complicated. The last 4 digits, are your build number, this one would be the 2,198th one built. Then you have '92' next in the lineup, this would be 1992 Next on the serial is '0892' this is easy to decode too,Д 8 means 8th month, which would be august. It can also be a 'I' for interceptor and so on. M1 stands for 'mach one' that is your model gt. on the dropout you have 'M1' followed by '08922198'.this one is simple. Well we get a good bit of gt serials that could be identified by the owner, if they only had the tips that some of us have learned, so i will post what i know, and anyone with more knowledge can add to it.so here we go. Dan GarciaДЄnd here is the updates, thanks to love thegoose! (Michael S) THAT is the kind of stuff that belongs in the BMX Museum! It might be a really cool thing if I can track down Gilbert now and interview him for you.

He also did the original PK Ripper for SE Racing. Who? Do you remember Race, Inc.? That was Gilbert. I am also teaching welding at a local community college.Д«y the way, did I tell you that the guy ran GT's in house fabrication for the last ten years (he recently retired) was none other than Gilbert Axt. I am tinkering around with the idea of starting to make my own frames, kind of on a 'one-off' basis. The information might also come in handy for deciphering other makes because the factories in Taiwan make bikes for a lot of different companies.

#Monark Bicycle Serial Numbers serial numbers#

The model and year of production was also coded by a letter, so you won't be able to spot a two digit month and two digit year.Д«efore I left, I was writing a specification to standardize all of the serial numbers because GT was starting to send most of its US production to other US fabrication shops. There might also be a second letter digit specifying the factory that assembled the bike, if applicable. The first digit would be a letter designating the factory that made the frame. Robinson, Dyno, Powerlite and Auburn included) There were at least four companies in Taiwan that made the GT lines : That's the only one I remember off the top of my head. If the number starts with a K, the frame was made by Kinesis. If the frame was made overseas in Taiwan, it gets more complicated. The last four digits are the serialization digits 0000 to 9999 depending on what number the frame was of the years production. The first four numbers should be a two digit month followed by a two digit year.

#Monark Bicycle Serial Numbers serial number#

The next part of the serial number is eight numeric digits. If the bike frame was manufactured at the Santa Ana CA facility, the first three or four digits of the serial number should be letters abbreviating the model or size of the frame such as 'XL', 'XXL', CR24, or something like that. Also the two threaded rods that the springs set on may be longer then the pre-war and early post war.Here is an email I got from an actual employee of GT: If anyone can add anything or finds an error please amendДЄlso ,be aware if you are adding or replacing a springer fork that the forks are deeper on the post war bikes that are equipped with deep fenders.

Monark #s prior to 1941 #s deeply punched under crank housing.ДЎ946 -47: horn button is on left side of tankДЎ951- 52-53-54- small button on top right of tankД«eginning 1953 single horizontal springer