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I have a 1993 900 Super Sport that I purchased as a project. It is in rough shape both cosmetically and mechanically.
Save for the engine which seems to have been mostly well cared for. At least as far as the valve train goes.
I have the engine sitting on my work bench now and was sitting in my garage last night staring at it over a beer when I noticed something I hadn't before.
There is a stamped "V1" on the vertical cylinder next to the cam shaft cover. This is a stamp. Hand stamped with a die kit. It is not something done by a machine.
There is not such a stamp on the horizontal cylinder.
I contemplated that this could simply have been placed there to identify the vertical head during a disassembly at some point.
The more I thought about it though, the more I thought, nah, no way. Is it there for some other reason?
The question then is, was the stamp placed there at the factory or is there some other reason for it?
If anyone has any insight, or has seen such a thing before please post up. Thanks.......sean
Save for the engine which seems to have been mostly well cared for. At least as far as the valve train goes.
I have the engine sitting on my work bench now and was sitting in my garage last night staring at it over a beer when I noticed something I hadn't before.
There is a stamped "V1" on the vertical cylinder next to the cam shaft cover. This is a stamp. Hand stamped with a die kit. It is not something done by a machine.
There is not such a stamp on the horizontal cylinder.
I contemplated that this could simply have been placed there to identify the vertical head during a disassembly at some point.
The more I thought about it though, the more I thought, nah, no way. Is it there for some other reason?
The question then is, was the stamp placed there at the factory or is there some other reason for it?
If anyone has any insight, or has seen such a thing before please post up. Thanks.......sean