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Your new XT looks awfully like a 1984 model, not a 1988!
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hmmmm...must look into it.
Thanks for the heads-up.
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Your new XT looks awfully like a 1984 model, not a 1988!
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Yeah looks like a 34L to me because i went to look at a 1985 one last night & it looks identical to that one!
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Hi guys, I just called my dealer & he ran the VIN...it turns out it's a 1988 after all. Not sure what the previous owner did for mods (plastics probably) to make it resemble an 84.
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Hey G600...nice job on the switch. Ha, so I had a few minutes last evening before my hockey game to "work" on the bike. Well, I got nowhere fast. All the bolts/screws on the blinker housing are completely seized. I sprayed a little WD40, and hope to continue today or over the weekend. My Renthal handlebars haven't arrived yet...I was really hoping they'd be here by the weekend.
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Hi Icehole,
Nice bike.
North America didn't get as many xt 600 model changes as in europe. Your bike looks like a correct ( for N. Am.)1988 to me. In Canada and the US we only got two xt600 models from 84-89 and 90-95. A european 1988 would look significantly different than your's. That's where I think the confusion over the year of manufacture came up.
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Hi Pawlie, thanks for the explanation. I got worried there for a little bit 
Enjoy the winter olympic games when they come to Vancouver..I'm still considering catching a hockey game. Me being from CZ, I'm thinking CZ vs. Russia. No need to see Canada destroy us, seen that before
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Ah right - apologies for the red herring - I didn't realise you North American types were so far behind the times in 1988!
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