KTM | number identification ,engine number

KTM motorcycles can be identified from the following numbers:

	Location of Number:
Vehicle identification number	– on the steering head, at the front, on the right
	– 640 Adventure or 640 LC4 on the steering head, at the front, in the middle
	– on the type sticker
Engine number (practical up to about the middle of MY 1998)	– on the engine block – see engine number

Using the VIN, the dealer or importer (country to which it was exported) to whom the vehicle was first delivered can be identified via the manufacturing plant.

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1 Vehicle Identification Number KTM:

1.1 Location of the VIN KTM

1.2 KTM VIN Lettering

2 Factory Plate for KTM:

2.1 Location of the type plate

2.2 Form and appearance of the type plate

3 Engine Number:

3.1 Location of the engine number

3.2 Breakdown of the engine number

3.3 Replacement engines

4 Vehicle Keys KTM:

Vehicle Identification Number KTM:

Location of the VIN KTM

**Normally on the steering head, on the right, in the direction of travel**

Exception: 660 Supermoto SM Factory – this is a pure competition model which does not have a needle-punched VIN. The VIN only appears on teh factory plate.

**X Bow**
**In the Monocoque behind the right seat stamped (1)**
**(Image from the back forwards)**

KTM VIN Lettering

The VIN has had 17 characters since the latest models entered production. It is ‘needle punched’ after painting and before assembly (until model year 2005).

From MY 2006 (production launch September 2005), the VIN has been etched on.

To protect against corrosion, a plastic film is then stuck over the needle-punched VIN.

From MY 2006:

Replacement frames come either with no VIN or with the original VIN from the works.

VIN KTM breakdown

Factory Plate for KTM:

Location of the type plate

Normally attached to the steering head next to the VIN. It is a ready-made sticker, on which the details have been entered by means of a laser printer. According to the manufacturer, this foil will be destroyed by any attempt to remove it.

Exceptions:

640 Adventure and 640 LC4: the factory plate is located on at the front, on the steering head.
950 Adventure: it is also visible from the front, but is located on a cross tube.
990 Adventure: on the right, on a frame tube under the tank; it is partially concealed by cladding but still visible without having to dismantle anything

US models do not have factory plates. But these models do have stickers on various body parts on which the original type approval number can be seen.

**X Bow**
**In the Monocoque behind the right seat above the VIN (2)**

Form and appearance of the type plate

**Factory plate (metal) until MY 1998 (ca 70 x 35 mm, riveted)**

**Factory plate (sticker) from model year 1998 (95 x 35 mm)**

Engine Number:

Location of the engine number

The lettering of the engine number is normally needle punched.

Thee engine number on the 50, 65 and 85 models is placed on the engine block using a stylus.

engine numbers on LC 4 and LC 8 engines are found on a smoothly milled part of the engine block.

The engine number on prototypes is applied by hand using an electro marker. Sometimes there are additional data, such a V for Versuch (Trail).

X Bow
On the left in the dividing joint between engine and gear stamped as well as on a sticker (1) on the right in the dental strap protection. The engine identity letters are smashed, in addition, in the cylinder head and in the cylinder block.

Locations and close-up views:

**50 Adventure and Junior Adventure**
**air cooled (until 2008)**

**50 SX Junior Adventure and Senior Adventure LC water cooled (until 2008)**

**125 SX, SXS, EXC = 503**
**200 SX, EXC, MXC, SMC = 523**

**250 SX, EXC, MXC = 548**
**300 SX, EXC, MXC = 549**

**SX, SXS, EXC, MXC-G, SMR, SM Factory Replica Racing = 250, 400, 450, 525, 540**

**EXC-R 450, 530 (MY 2008)**
**from model 2009 = without “R” and in addition ECX 400**

**300 EXC E (Electric starter from 2008)**
**250 EXC E (from 2009)**

**1190 RC 8 (from 2008) engine number on the right side !!**
**1190 RC 8 R (from 2009)**

Breakdown of the engine number

**The engines for the 50, 65 and 85 cc series are bought in, and their numbers cannot be broken down using the scheme shown below.**

**New engine number lettering from 20.11.2009 (MY 2010)**

3		584		*37033*
Model Year		Engine type		Serial number
		452	50 SX (from 2009)
		462	65 SX (2009)
			With older models (before 2009) in case to case there are divergences

0	2000	503	125 SX / SXS / EXC 2-stroke	…….
		515	144 / 150 SX 2-stroke (optically how 125)
1	2001	523	200 SX / EXC / MXC / SMC 2-stroke
2	2002	548	250 SX / SXS / EXC 2-stroke
3	2003	549	300 EXC / MXC 2-stroke
4	2004	…	…….
5	2005	598	250 EXC 4-stroke Racing
6	2006	595	400 EXC 4-stroke Racing (1999 – 2007)
7	2007	594	450 SX / SXS / EXC / MXC-G / SMR / SM Factory Replica Racing (2002 – 2007)
8	2008	590	525 SX / SXS / EXC / MXC-G / SMR / SM Factory Replica Racing (1999 – 2007)
9	2009
A	2010	577	400 LC4
B	2011	584	625 SXC / SMC
C	2012	585	640 LC4 /LC4 Supermoto/ Adventure/Duke
		586	660 SMC
		585	660 Rally Factory Replica

		600	950 ADVENTURE S/ ADVENTURE
		601	990 LC8 ADVENTURE (EFI, ABS) / 990 ADVENTURE R
		610	990 DUKE
		612	1190 RC8
		625	LC8 SUPERMOTO
		626	990 SUPERMOTO R / 990 SUPERMOTO T
		630	990 LC8 SUPERENDURO
		690	1190 RC8 (from 2008)
		691	1190 RC8 R

		750	New LC4-engine for SM / 690 Enduro / 690 SMC / 690 Duke always with EFI (injection)
		753	LC4 engine for 690 Duke from MY 2010
		762	New LC4-engine for 690 Rally Factory Replica
		770	250 SX-F / 250 EXC-F
		773	450 SX-F / 450 SMR
		776	505 SX-F
		780	450 EXC-R
		783	400 EXC
		786	530 EXC-R

		830	525 XC ATV
		831	450 XC ATV
		835	450 SX ATV
		836	505 SX ATV (from 2009)

Replacement engines

These already have a complete engine number. Replacement engine housings are delivered without numbers as they fit several different engine types.

Vehicle Keys KTM:

Nowadays all KTM models are normally delivered with two vehicle keys. If they are both present these will lock both the ignition and the handlebar lock. Any discrepancies can only be cleared up through the manufacturer.

KTM motorcycles are not equipped with electronic immobilisers.

**Close-up view**
When the keys are delivered there is a tag on the plastic connection between the two keys, which contains the name of the company and the key number. It is not possible to link a particular vehicle with this key number.

**Key with transponder for all models with electronic immobilisers from 2008**
**Optically like as keys are delivered without Transponder – see above – two black ones and an oranger key (master key).**
**Exception: Vehicles with RRS – a black and a orange key as well as a “radio key”)**
**It is inserted from the 990th series**

RRS = Riders Recognition System