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The serial number is around the BB and start GK911 with unknown numbers following.
The serial number is for Giant of Taiwan. The first digit 9 is for the year of frame manufacture 1989.
Giant was contracted to make frames for several companies in the USA and Schwinn was a big customer.
The...
I know this is an old thread.
The "Royal" name for bicycles was trademarked by the D. P. Harris Hardware & Manufacturing Company, Inc. of New York in 1955. The "Royal" in this style was sometimes used in combination with another word: Royal Crown or Royal York.
The bicycles all appear to be...
I believe that this is a Csepel of Hungary serial number. The first digit is the year of manufacture and the next two digits are the month. 1989 November.
edit: The head badge number is probably 2419.
Hello John,
I beleive that the pictured bicycle is a Zebra Invincia. Not an Excelsior as has been stated on another forum. I have seen a distributors price list and there is no "Excelsior" model for that year.
Some people on forums guess at identifications of bicycles and do not state...
More information on SBDU frames:
https://raleigh-sb4059.com/2016/03/02/the-specialist-bicycle-development-unit-sbdu-ilkeston-ti-raleigh-sb-frame-and-frame-number-timeline/
I just spotted one of these in my neighbourhood. I went and looked it over. Thought it was mountain bike, but it ain't.
The frame was made by Giant of Taiwan. There is a data code on the drive side dropout. The serial number is on the non-driveside dropout.
The date code format is Gmmyy...
The serial number is for an Araya frameset. The Vista Elite model had an Araya frameset for several year.
Araya framesets can be found with other brand names: Araya, Concord, Focus, Nishiki, and SR.
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