Registration numbers are an important part of a motorcycle. So intrinsic to the machine have these numbers become it is often forgotten the decision site which explains things logically for pre-73 registrations. So using their guide to decipher 265 HHN, the important bit is ‘HN’ which denotes Darlington. The first ‘H’ in the three-letter grouping tells the year or years the ‘HHN’ was used and the decoder says it was used five times for a registration year each time. First was in 1946, then 1958, it was used again in 1966 with a ‘D’ suffix, twice in 1971 with a ‘J’ suffix from May and a ‘K’ suffix from August. Using this decoder the ‘265 HHN’ bears out the registration date of June 1958. Hours of fun can be had checking registrations…
DECODING THE NUMBER
Nov 16, 2021
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