Folks, for a long time now I've wondered just how many of these things have been made. (First and Second, though I don't remember the number of my '85 right off hand, so I'll focus on second for now.) Yamaha's not going to tell us, so we'll have to figure it out for ourselves.
I'm currently riding '06 number 10,039. I had '05 Midnight number 8752, which was totalled by a madman who turned left twenty feet before the intersection even began.
This suggests a max of perhaps 1500 a model year. 3,000 if the standard and S models are numbered seperately. Or do they start over at 0 every year? MMs seem to have their own number set. Does every year get one?
Does anyone have an '06 with a number below 8752? How about an '05 with a number above 10,039?
Ultimately I'm trying to figure out just how rare these things are. Anyone else want to play along?