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V7 Racer:VIN#ZGULWC023BM100021 - Steve Swan - Ft. Collins, CO - D.O.P.: 7.21.12 - Pics soonVIN#ZGULWU02XDM100034 - Pat Williams - Keene, CA - D.O.P. 11.2.12. - Pic HEREVIN#ZGULWC022BM100043 - @0Dogg - Lexington, KY - D.O.P. 3.22.16 - Pic HEREVIN#ZGULWC029CM100090 - @ElHatton - Calgary, AB - D.O.P. ? - Pics HEREVIN#ZGULWC028CM100145 - GT-Rx® - Malibu, CA :: O.O. Kevin Libby - Warren, MI - D.O.P.?VIN#ZGULWC021CM100181 - Greg Brown @lucydad - Sugar Land, TX - D.O.P.? - Pic HEREVIN#ZGULWU026DM100208 - Barry Baxter - Brea, CA - D.O.P. 5.14.13 - Pic HEREVIN#ZGULWC029CM100266 - N.O.? - O.O.: John Erickson - Long Beach, CA - D.O.P. 9.1.12 - Pic HEREVIN#ZGULWU023DM100304 - David Aronson - NorCal - D.O.P. ? - Pic HEREVIN#ZGULWB002BM100312 - Dennis Fisgus - Worms Germany - D.O.P 7.15 - Pic HEREVIN#ZGULWB001BM100320 - Erin @McBean - Queenstown, New Zealand - D.O.P. 12.14 - Pics HEREVIN#ZGULWU026DM100331 - Paul S - L.A., CA - D.O.P. ?VIN#ZGULWU02XDM100347 - Pat Williams - Kern Co, CA - D.O.P.?VIN#ZGULWU02?DM100352 - Dave Brantley - ?, VA - D.O.P. ?VIN#ZGULWU022DM100357 - Ernest Q. - Long Beach, CA - D.O.P. 1.13VIN#ZGULWU027DM100372 - @Blair Beavers – Columbus, OH - D.O.P. 10.17.15 - Pic HEREVIN#ZGULWU026DM100393 - Andy Maracini - Appleton, WI - D.O.P. ?VIN#ZGULWU026DM100409 - Matthew C. - Los Angeles, CA - D.O.P. 9.2.15 - P.O.: GT-Rx®/RentAGuzzi.com - Malibu, CA - D.O.P. 3.18.14VIN#ZGULWU026DM100412 - Donald Goodwin - Longmont, CO - D.O.P. ?VIN#ZGULWC001DM100415 - Jason Whitefield - Nashville, TN - D.O.P. 6.19.13 - Pic HEREVIN#ZGULWU024DM100425 - Todd Bolivar - Ontario, Canada - D.O.P. 1.7.13 - Pic HEREVIN#ZGULWB008BM100444 - Gary Strangman - Queenstown, NZ - 12.15.13 Pic HERE- O.O. ? O.D.O.P. 11.16.11VIN#ZGULWU026DM100491 - Carlos Gubbins - Long Beach, CA - D.O.P. 2.13VIN#ZGULWH006CM101564 - @entreq8 - Dubai - D.O.P. ? - Pic HEREVIN#ZGULWH007DM2000?4 - @Robebop - Waikato, New Zealand - D.O.P. 5.20.17 - Pic HEREVIN#ZGULWU023DM200015 - Aaron Alduenda aka @Biscuit - O.C., CA - D.O.P. 9.27.14 - Pic HERE - O.O.?VIN#ZGULWH003DM200036 - @Mozz - BaldHills Queensland - D.O.P. 12.12.14 - Pic HEREVIN#ZGULWUA28EM200091 - Totalled/Salvage - O.O. ? - San Diego, CAVIN#ZGULWUA24EM200105 - Carlo Recio @carval23 - City?, CA - D.O.P. 9.23.15 - Pics HEREVIN#ZGULWUA27EM200115 - Kate Morrison - L.A., CA - D.O.P. 3.17VIN#ZGULWUA24EM200136 - Totalled/Salvaged - O.O.? NorCAVIN#ZGULWU025DM200145 - @barlichj - Minot, ND - D.O.P. 11.10.15 @Adventure Motorsports, Pensacola, FL - Pics HEREVIN#ZGULWUA25EM200159 - @Nashou66 - West Seneca, NY - D.O.P. 4.15 - Pics HEREVIN#ZGULWUA21EM200174 - Bob Ponticelli - Tampa, FL - D.O.P. 3.24.15 - Pics HEREVIN#ZGULWU027DM200194 - @tonupman55 - Las Vegas, NV - D.O.P. ? - Pic HEREVIN#ZGULWH029DM200205 - @dabrucru - Malta - D.O.P. ? - Pic HEREVIN#ZGULW300XFM200220 - @GEO - Athens, Greece D.O.P. 6.16.15 - Pics HEREVIN#ZGULWU024DM200234 - Gordon Price - Calgary, Alberta, Canada - D.O.P. 6.15.13 - Pics HEREVIN#ZGULWU020DM200280 - @Hugo Vose (#812) - Phoenix, AZ - D.O.P. 02.06.15 - Pics HERE
OK, this is all a huge guess...so it might be ALL WRONG. But let's think about it.I WOULD have presumed Peraz was correct that the reset the numbers each year.But if there were 50 in 2011, then 195 being somewhere in the middle of the run for 2012 would be a fair guess.In that time frame Guzzi was making what, we think 5000 bikes per year give or take, and ramping up to maybe double that today.Do we really think that by 2014 they were making 1400+ V7 Racers per year - not just Stones and Specials they would be extra.So maybe 2000 V7Rs, plus 2000 Stones and 2000 Specials too. So by 2014 Guzzi was selling 6000 smallblocks each year by itself, not counting CARCs and Calis?I guess it's possible.So I don't have the answer, but I'm curious.Ohh, here's a question and maybe you guys could help solve this. Does the number on the plate correspond to the last digits of the VIN?Look at Todd's registry:http://www.guzzitech.com/forums/threads/v7-registry-picture-thread-add-your-bike.9108/V7 (Mk1) registry numbrers:If the answer is YES, the numbers correspond, then we have our answer. They undoubtedly reset each year as I can see lower numbers in later production years.If the don't correspond we're still guessing. IT could be a linear production of just that year, or it could be an unbroken linear production. We need other people with racers to say what their plaques say. If we can find one with an earlier number in a later year we've got the answer.
Mine is the 174 ending vin on the list.
My VIN last digits 393 match my Racer No. 393. So who knows, maybe for those with 000 they grabbed another number.
Found some more scouring the interwebz and stealing some info I found on guzzitech
2017 V7 III Racer Purchased 08/07/17. sn:ZGULDUB00HM000040. Top steering head clamp 0087. Dull silver & black. Top clamp is painted wet black, like a Verde Legnano. Numbers stamped(?) nicely and filled with white paint. R3~
AWESOME! Thanks for posting! OK, that's the final nail in my theory's coffin! They must renumber each year.So damn they're making a lot of them. Good for them!
i realize this thread is old, but not dead and neither am i although it's been a long time since i last posted. i am Steve Swan who still owns the 2011 V7R, #21. one detail i don't see mentioned in this thread is for 2011-2012, the R's had the old style valve inspection covers. 2013 had the modern style covers; the old style covers on the '11's and '12's make these machines unique to subsequent year R models. i worked for the local MG dealer from 2007-2012; as early as 2009 that a red-framed V7 was being talked about going into production. originally, the V7R was to be a one-year-only machine, was so popular, the production run of these R's with the old style valve covers carried through 2012, and as i understand it, the numbers on the plates on the steering head were continuous through the 2011-2012 production period; in other words, for 2012, the number on the steering head plate did not restart at 1 and if i remember correctly, approximately 1,400 of these "old style cover" bikes were produced. 2013, the R models had the modern looking valve covers and started a #1.2011, i attended the MGNOC rally, #12 was there. my dealer friend called me while i was at the meet that he had just removed #21 from it's crate.
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