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Yamaha Motorcycle Serial Number Wizard4/22/2021
The Showcase 1967 yamaha YR-1 350 Grand Prix 1972 Kawasaki F-9 Bighorn 350 1974 Honda XL-100 1974 Honda Z-50 1974 Kawasaki G4-TR 100 1975 Suzuki TC-185 1976 Kawasaki Ke-175 1977 Honda CT-125 1977 Suzuki TC-185 1977 Suzuki TS-250 1978 Honda XL-125 1978 Kawasaki KE-125 I.S.D.T.Replica 1979 Honda XR 80 1980 Kawasaki KE-175 1980 Yamaha DT-175G Non Japanese Motorcycles Sitemap.This is a great resource in trying to identify a bike that has lost its identity.For example you can find four 1999 YAMAHA TT-R motorcycles and each one will use a different blank key type.
![]() It may be stamped on your current keys or on your ignition and in some cases you will not have it anywhere at all. Please follow this simple guide to track your code. If your motorcycle does not have it stamped anywhere you should call the dealer and ask them to provide you the code through your VIN. Evolution is a funny thing.kind of like watching a child grow into a man, they look very different as children as opposed to a grown man but yet they are the same, just matured. Yamaha Motorcycle Wizard Series Code ForKX is the model series code for their motocross family of motorcycles, and 250 designates the engine displacement as 250cc. When Kawasaki switched to all four stroke production, they added the letter F after the letters KX to designate the change. If you were to step back in time to the year 1969 and ask the same question to the Kawasaki dealer, he would have shown you an F21M. Up until around 1974-75, kawasaki used a complete different model code for their motorcycles. They werent alone as Honda, Yamaha, and Suzuki all used a different system in their earlier production models. ![]() Also worth noting, is that when the code system changed, some models were dropped from the line, rather than recoded in the new system. Naturally, you jump at the oppertunity even though your spouse may not be so thrilled with your diamond in the rough. You get it home and start writing down the serial numbers, and the data on the data label if still present. Your bike is a Yamaha two stroke enduro, and the engine is a 360cc.your friend, whom gave you the lead, said the bike is a DT-360, but the frame says RT-1, RT-2, or RT-3, and you are suddenly very confused. Since i know the Yamaha codes the best, Ill attempt to clarify how this evolutionary change works. This motorcycle was a 250cc piston port two stroke dirt bike, with enough lighting and instrumentation to make it street legal. When I say purpose built its because earlier dual purpose offerings, then known as street scramblers, were little more than street bikes with their exhaust pipes run higher, and possibly a bash plate installed, and were next to useless off road. As the bike evolved the code was changed to DT-2, and with more changes DT-3. Then starting in 1974, and with more changes, the code was changed to DT-250-A, the A meaning the first year of production of that model. The 1975 model would have been DT-250-B, and so forth until production ended. Also worth noting is that Yamahas intent with the DT-1 was to produce a motorcycle that could be kept stock as a dual purpose, or modified for motocross, desert, or enduro races. They even offered a factory gyt kit, which stood for genuine yamaha tuning kit, to convert a stock dt into an mx bike. As time rolled along and things evolved, it became apparent that seperate, purpose built models were needed rather that expecting to do it all with one bike. By the mid 1970s the consumer had three models to choose from, the DT-250 enduro, the MX-250, and the YZ-250. The MX version could be used as a play bike or a racer, while the similar YZ model was specifically built for racing. Eventually, the MX model was dropped and a new model was developed for cross country competition, the IT-250.
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