1989 GL1500 Mystery: product code/part number?


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ZTatZAU
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1989 GL1500 Mystery: product code/part number?

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I need some help to solve this mystery. My wife was going through some old stuff and presented me with a handwritten note on a piece of scratch paper; the asked if this was something I need?

On the paper was written...

'89 GL1500
8H0D40

(I'm not sure if the third and sixth characters are zeroes or the letter "O".

Does anyone know what this alphanumeric sequence means or indicates? Paint code? Part No?
Do I need this?

Thanks! ZT


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Re: 1989 GL1500 Mystery: product code/part number?

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I don't know but, it looks like part of a VIN number.
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Re: 1989 GL1500 Mystery: product code/part number?

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Charlie1Horse wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 4:46 pm I don't know but, it looks like part of a VIN number.
Russell
Thanks for your reply, Charlie; but it's definitely not part of my VIN number. which is clearly visible on the frame through the upper opening where the handlebars swing in the bodywork.

I've got to think it must be something else or I wouldn't have written it down and tucked it away.
Hopefully the six-digit code or its format will ring a bell with someone around here!
ZT
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Re: 1989 GL1500 Mystery: product code/part number?

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Looks like a possible key code. If so, it will be stamped on every lock cylinder. The fuel door or faring compartment are easy ones to see. The last three are what you need to cut a key from code.
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Re: 1989 GL1500 Mystery: product code/part number?

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Rambozo wrote: Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:40 pm Looks like a possible key code. If so, it will be stamped on every lock cylinder. The fuel door or faring compartment are easy ones to see. The last three are what you need to cut a key from code.
DING! DING! DING! We have a winner!
Thanks, Rambozo! It is indeed my key code.
So I guess I can throw away this old note.
ZT


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