09-02-2015, 08:46 AM
While I get the "what year is that?" question on a fairly regular basis, today I decided to have some fun with it.
As I came out of the post office this morning I saw two older gentlemen standing by my CB having a discussion. When I got there they wanted me to settle their disagreement. One said he was sure it was a late 70s model, probably a 79. The other was pretty certain that it had to be from the early 80s. Chuckling to myself I told them that those were both good guesses, but that the key to identifying this model was to take a good look at the carbs. After some looking and head scratching, I let 'em off the hook and pointed to the VIN tag on the steering head. After some laughs all around I told 'em that they did well to get within 3 decades.
As I came out of the post office this morning I saw two older gentlemen standing by my CB having a discussion. When I got there they wanted me to settle their disagreement. One said he was sure it was a late 70s model, probably a 79. The other was pretty certain that it had to be from the early 80s. Chuckling to myself I told them that those were both good guesses, but that the key to identifying this model was to take a good look at the carbs. After some looking and head scratching, I let 'em off the hook and pointed to the VIN tag on the steering head. After some laughs all around I told 'em that they did well to get within 3 decades.