vin and engine numbers...

Posted by whichwitch on
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Hello, I just picked up what I think to be a 1981 Honda cb750. There are just a few things which I think to be strange, though I'm pretty new to motorcycles, so maybe they're normal. On the title, it has the Vin number as "JH2RC0105BM208228" and the engine number as "RC01E2236872." On the bike, the vin is the same except it is missing the JH2 at the beginning. However, the engine number on the bike is "RCO1E-2110705." What's going on? Was the engine just switched out without changing the title/registration?