From:Perry Ruiter e-mail:perry@ruiter.ca
Subject:RE: Too Many 1931 KJs ??? Date:Wed Feb 26 03:53:34 2014
Response to:5024
In my opinion Ballak drew the line between 30 and 31 wrong. This is based on observing the casting date on cases and correlating them with serial numbers. I don't think the 31 model year started until at least 36000, maybe not until 36200 ... Perry

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It seems that an inordinate amount of 1931 KJs still exist.

There seem to be a lot of 1929's, and a lot of 1931's out there, but not too many 1930's.

Could Ballak's serial number list be wrong? They show

1929 - s/n 28000 (between 4000 and 5000 bikes)
1930 - s/n 33000 (between 1000 and 2000 bikes)
1931 - s/n 35000 (unknown when they stopped, but the highest serial number I've seen is 36862)

Does anyone have a bike with serial number 35xxx or 36xxx that has a title that says 1930?

It just seems odd that so few 1930's have survived.

Dave