simontaylor

Hi all, I am more into cars, so selling bikes is new to me....... I am selling a trials bike on behalf of someone who bought it "thinking" they would do some trials, but plans changed. Anyway, a potential buyer phoned up and asked if it had matching numbers, so to stall I said I would call them back tomorrow. So, what is all this "matching numbers" all about? It is a TY 175, non-road legal, trials bike and the frame and engine do have different numbers. I sort of thought that matching numbers might indicate that the engine was the original, but a google search tells me that BMW do not allways have matching numbers, but the site can tell you the year of the bike from the VIN number. Is Matching numbers important? Is there a Yamaha resourse to tell me anything else on the bike based on frame or engine no? Thanks in advance. PS: Anyone want a TY 175 in excellent condition?