A 1972 B 1973 C1974 D1975 E1076 F 1977 G 1978 H 1979 I 1980 J 1981 K 1982 L 1983
M 1984 N 1985 O 1986 P 1987 Q 1998 R 1989 S 1990 T 1991 U 1992 V 1993 W 1994 X 1995
Y 1996 Z 1997
Note: In August 25 2001 I received a Letter from Mr.Isao Kamei informing that all the Miyata Bicycles that used to be manufactured in Japan now are made in Taiwan and China.
Best regards,
Hernan P.Burgos
www.miyatacatalogs.com
www.nanoburgos.com
Hi Hernan,
ReplyDeleteI recently got a Miyata 1000 at a moving sale near where I live, in southern California. The bike has no decals and though it appears to have the right color, there are no decals or headbadge. I assume at some point the bike was repainted, probably by a professional painter, but not a bike restoration specialist. The bike was built up with a lot of components from different brands, including Avocet, Campagnolo, Mafac, Diacompe, Shimano and Sugino. Based on the serial number I assume it is a 1981 model. The entire serial number is J394684. What do all the other numbers represent?
By the way, here are links to a couple of photos:
ReplyDeletehttp://s343.photobucket.com/albums/o476/chileros_bikes/Miyata%201000%20frankentouringbike/?action=view¤t=P1020960.jpg
http://s343.photobucket.com/albums/o476/chileros_bikes/Miyata%201000%20frankentouringbike/?action=view¤t=P1020980.jpg
hi.. i'm from Indonesia
ReplyDeleteI have an old bike that i need to identified because i want to rebuild this bike. I'm having a problem to finding the right model of my bike.
It's miyata but the miyata logo only appear as small logo below the initial CR logo.
Here is some links of my bike photo..i will give more detail photo later on..
[img]http://u.kaskus.us/55/rjk4bk0e.jpg[/img]
http://u.kaskus.us/55/kmjselfm.jpg
Thank you for your attention, i hope you can guide me to identified my bike
Hi Dwi!
ReplyDeleteThe CR-Model is a Miyata California. Hope, it will help you, to find more about it, it's an interesting bicycle.
Hi,
ReplyDeleteI'm from the Netherlands
I Have a Koga-Miyata Fullpro with serailnumber:
J394633 including a number 585. Also there are the letters DW-DD shown on the Bracket.
You know what this means?
Thank You
Henk
Here are some pictures:
ReplyDeletehttps://picasaweb.google.com/101154584564493372227/KogaMiyataFullpro1981?feat=directlink
Howdy. I think you might have the numbers wrong. I have a 1987 Miyata 912 which has O as the fist number in the serial but based on your serial number formula it would be a 1986. I have double checked this by looking at the 1987 catalog on Herman's site (www.miyatacatalogs.com)for my paint scheme. They only had one paint scheme per model per year and that is in the '87 catalog. I also did some searches for photos online and all pics of '87s I found have my paint scheme and all pics of '86s that I found have a different paint with a pink head tube. Maybe the serial numbers mean it was made in '86 to be part of the '87 lineup?
ReplyDeletePhoton,
ReplyDeleteI can't speak specifically about Miyata, but it was (and possibly still is) common practice to use left-over frames from one year and sell them as the next year's model if there were no substantial differences in the frame. Frequently they'd get the newer paint scheme or decals and/or components. The other worthy item to note is that catalogs are almost never a good way to determine anything, since they were usually produced way in advance of the new models coming out and frequently were prone to have the wrong component list and photos of models that did not quite match the actual release model. There really is no right or wrong on this issue and serial numbers for most frame makers are at best an approximation.
Hello,
ReplyDeleteI have a black 57cm Miyata 1000 touring bicycle which I purchased new on 1/20/89. The serial number is PW42289. That makes it a 1987 vintage frame. This particular bike was on sale at University Cycle in Seattle WA for $599.99. This is most comfortable touring bicycle one could hope for. It is still in perfect condition. This bicycle is not a 1000LT and it matches the 1988 catalog configuration and color.
The serial number on my bike is 77G90175. Could it be Miyata?
ReplyDeleteHi there,
ReplyDeleteThere was an abandoned Miyata in our backyard when we moved in. From my internet sleuthing, I THINK it's a touring bike, but I'm really not 100% sure. The serial number is C232336. All it says on the bike is "MIYaTA" (on the down tube) and Sports Model (on the seat tube), there are also two stickers with red, silver, blue and green stripes (kind of like a rainbow) on the down/seat tubes. I haven't seen anything looking through the online catalogs that looks quite like it, that could be because it's a women's frame. It's a vibrant orange and does not appear to have been repainted. Any help pin pointing a more specific model?
Thanks!
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Hi,
ReplyDeleteI just gave my nephew my Miyata with a serial number of D434309. Can you tell me more about it? Also there is another number on the bottom, T525-1076-1704. Does anyone know what that number is?