92KK 84WW Olaf
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Two Wheels Better wrote: 92KK 84WW Olaf wrote:The last 4 digits are the engine number.
As said by Two Wheels Better, 104EA is the engine type, 1799 is week 17 of 1999 and then the last 4 digits are the engine number.
VIN is a 7 digit number but Ks only have up to 6 digits so they start with a least one zero. My K100LT is 193214 but for VIN its 0193214 and my K100RT is 0022575 The first K is 0000001
Since 1980 in North America, all car, truck and motorbike chassis VINs have 17 digits. BMWs here start with WB (denoting West Germany). The 10th digit is an alphabetic representation of the model year that repeats and omits as required, such as the number zero or 'O' not being used to reduce confusion. 'A' was given as 1980, for example.
The same is used here too. But its the last 7 digits that are most commonly used.
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1992 K100LT 0193214 Bertha Blue 101,000 miles
1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
1997 K1100LT 0188024 Wotan Mystic Red 689 58,645 now 106,950 miles Deceased.
1983 K100RS 0011157 Fricka 606 Alaska Blue 29,495 miles Damn K Pox Its a Bat outta Hell Now 58,200 miles.
1996 K1100LT 0233004 Lohengrin Mystic Red 38,000 miles currently 51,800 miles.
1983 K100RS 0004449 Odette R100 colours 58,000 miles. Sprint fairing now 63,390 miles
Past:
1968 Yamaha 80 YG1
1971 Yamaha 125 YAS-1
1968 Honda 125 SS
1970 Honda CD 175
1973 Honda CB500-4
Honda CX 500