KX Riders
Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: 2sikkx500 on November 29, 2007, 07:09:54 AM
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hey im a newbie to this, and first i wanna say that this site is so cool. Anyways i bought my 500 recently(by the way it's plated) and its so much fun to ride. The only thing is that I dont know what year the thing is excatly. the vin # is jkakxve10ta0151190 i dont know if any of yall can tell by the number, or if you can point me in the right direction to figure it out. thanks
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It's a 98. You can tell by the E10 section in your VIN E is model version designation and the numbers directly after are the number of years of production for that particular version.
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you can go to kawasaki.com and enter your vin# in owner info area and gain access to info about your bike including parts breakdown. MADDOGGY
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It is a 1996. Year of a vehicle is determined by the 10th digit in the VIN. "T" = 1996. If it were a 1998 it would have a "W".
10th Character - Year of Manufacture
B = 1981 G = 1986 M = 1991 T = 1996 1 = 2001 6 = 2006
C = 1982 H = 1987 N = 1992 V = 1997 2 = 2002 7 = 2007
D = 1983 J = 1988 P = 1993 W = 1998 3 = 2003 8 = 2008
E = 1984 K = 1989 R = 1994 X = 1999 4 = 2004 9 = 2009
F = 1985 L = 1990 S = 1995 Y = 2000 5 = 2005