Bmx Serial Number Search
The first thing everyone wants to know when the buy a second hand GT BMX is ‘how old is it?’ Reading the GT serial number and finding out the build date is an important part of any BMX restoration. Once you now when the old GT BMX bike was built it’s much easier to find out what model it is and also look at the original parts lists and colours from the bike makers catalogues.
A while back I spend some time investigating how to read mid-school and new school serial numbers on Mongoose BMX bikes.
Sep 22, 2010 The location of the stamping of the serial number on the Series 2 frame was also changed somewhere between 918D and 9143D, there are NO frames we know of before 9143D that are stamped in the same area as the Series 1 Bikes. BMX Bikes / G / GT Bicycles / GT Serial Numbers. The next part of the serial number is eight numeric digits. The first four numbers should be a two digit month followed by a two digit year. The last four digits are the serialization digits 0000 to 9999 depending on what number the frame was of the years production.
- Bike Serial Numbers. Serial Numbers [aka Frame Number or VIN] have become a set feature on modern bikes. The format of the number is manufacturer specific. A 'secret' most manufacturers seldom share.
- Bicycle serial numbers are nothing like automobile VIN's which provide a great deal of information about the model, options, date of manufacture of the car it is found on. Serial numbers are stamped onto a frame long before the bike is built and so can't tell you anything about the complete bike.
SOURCE: bmx serial numbers. Usually there will be a bike shop sticker on it, if so, call them and they can tell you who owns the bike by the serial number. No sticker, check the phone book and find out what shops sell that brand. BMX Bikes / G / GT Bicycles / GT Serial Numbers. The next part of the serial number is eight numeric digits. The first four numbers should be a two digit month followed by a two digit year. The last four digits are the serialization digits 0000 to 9999 depending on what number the frame was of the years production.
After buying and restoring a number of older mid-school and new school GT BMX bikes I also need to to figure out how to crack the GT serial numbers to get the same build date information.
It didn’t take long to realise there were many similarities when looking at GT serial numbers and Mongoose serial numbers. The placement and sequence of the numbers is stamped in the same place under the bottom bracket. Many of the GT serial numbers start with the same letter sequence. After a bit of digging around online I soon realised that GT BMX bikes and Mongoose BMX bikes were owned by the same company and also made in the same factories in Taiwan. In fact look closely at many Mongoose and GT BMX’s from the around 2000 to 2010 and you’ll see many similarities in frame design and geometry. This is probably not true for all of the bikes in either range, but there were a number of bikes that were identical apart from the logo stamping. Anyway that’s a post for another time.
As with the Mongoose serial numbers there are many posts from forum members around the world on old-school GT serial numbers, but very little on mid-school or new school.
Of course there are also many variations in GT serial numbers and I have focussed mainly on cracking the new-school numbers for now. That is bikes made between 2000 and 2010, and those bikes made in the Taiwan factories with specific serial number sequences. There will be bikes that are different, if you have any examples of where this crack doesn’t work, add a comment below.
GT serial numbers are usually found stamped on the bottom of the bottom bracket of your BMX. This is not always the case and there will be some bikes that do not fit into this formula.
For mid-school GT BMX bikes built in Taiwan through most of the 90’s with a serial number that begins with 4 letters before the series of numbers. The 3rd letter corresponds to the year of manufacture.
1991-2000 – 4 letters at beginning, 3rd is year
A B C D E F G H I J
91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00
The 4th letter indicates the Month
A B C D E F G H I J K L
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
A few examples are:
HFGB00000 – 4 letters, GB are the dates. G is the year (1997), B is the month (Feb)
HFBH00000 – 4 letters, BH are the dates. B is the year (1992), H is the month (Aug)
For new-school GT BMX bikes built through most of the 2000’s with a serial number that begins with 5 letters. The 4th letter corresponds to the year of manufacture and follows on from the mid-school serial numbers.
2001-2010 – 5 letters at beginning, 4th is year
K L M N O P Q R S T
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10
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A B C D E F G H I J K L
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec
A few examples are:
HAMRF00000 – 5 letters, RF are the dates. R is the year (2008), F is the month (Jun)
HAMOI00000 – 5 letters, OI are the dates. O is the year (2005), I is the month (Sept)
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Please note: The GT serial number will give you the build date of your GT BMX. Frames were normally manufactured the year before being sold in bike shops. So a build date on a frame of 2003 usually means the bike was sold in stores in 2004.
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Your bike is one-of-a-kind, and not just because you've spent countless rides getting everything perfectly dialed in. Before they even leave the factory, each bike is given a unique birthmark on the bottom bracket. Like a fingerprint, that number's the key to identifying your bike and getting it back if it ever goes missing. In today's post we'll check out where to find your ride's serial number and what to do with that info to keep your bike secure!
Where is it?
First things first, where do you find your bike's magic number? The serial number will be engraved underneath the bottom bracket shell on the frame. Just flip that bike over and take a peek! Sometime's there's a sticker over it, sometimes it's covered in road dirt, but it'll be there!
Congrats, you found it! Now what?
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Take a Picture
Fancy camera rig not required.
Get out your phone, snap a photo, and email it to yourself. Easy! And now you've got your serial number in your phone and the cloud so you can't lose it. Do this now. Seriously. Everybody says they'e going to record their serial number eventually, but if your bike gets stolen before you do and the cops recover it, you'll be really disappointed when you can't get it back because you can't prove it's yours. Maybe write it down on a business card and put it in your wallet too - just in case.
Register Your Bike
And now that you've got that hot new serial number burning a hole in your pocket, why not take a second to register your bike? You can drop your info into our official and we'll keep it all on file for you in case you ever need it.
Bmx Serial Number Search
You might also want to register your bike in one of the national bike registries. That'll help ensure that thieves have a harder time selling your bike if it's stolen, and give the cops some ammo if they have to go looking for your missing ride. Hopefully it never comes down to that, but if it does you'll be happy you've got all the important bits written down.
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And that's it! Now that you've got your serial number recorded (in several redundant systems), you can focus on the important things - like riding.