Originally intended as the bottom of the range freestyle bike, the 1997 Mongoose Villain has a cro-mo freestyle down tube frame in chrome or black sky, with a chrome 1 inch cro-mo fork. Mongoose polished alloy stem, Mongoose hi-ten freestyle handlebar. Mongoose PVC soft grips, Dia Compe Bulldog front and rear brakes with mongoose alloy levers, Mongoose 48 hole alloy rims with Formula alloy hubs and Mongoose DMC skinwall freestyle tyres. Mongoose 1-piece 170mm crank set, with 43 tooth chain wheel, Mongoose composite pedals, 26.0mm seat post, Mongoose freestyle seat and 3 bolt seat clamp.
Frame Down Tube
1pc Cranks
Alloy Rims
To use the BMX SerialFinder start typing the whole serial into the search bar at the top of the page, or use the Advanced Search page. Based on your entry, a filtered list of possible bikes that match your serial year and month will appear. Do not include the individual frame numbers (see below).
Mongoose mid school serial numbers.
The most common serial number format contains four characters at the beginning. The first two characters (letters) are the factory code. The third character (letter) indicates year of production. Fourth characters (letter) indicates month of production. The remaining numbers are the individual frame numbers and not part of the date sequence.
1996 Built Frames.
HFFX000000 | X = production Month (E to L - May to Dec)
1997 Built Frames.
HFGY000000 | Y = production Month (A to D - Jan to Apr)
Made in Taiwan.
As a general rule, bikes made in Taiwan had around an 8 month production lead timeline before they were delivered and sold in bike shops around the world. Generally around May of each year, factories would usually switch production to making models for the following year.
For a detailed explanation on mid school Mongoose BMX serial numbers, check out our easy-to-follow serial number guide.
