All bikes1all have unique serial numbers.
Kumpulan Serial Number Idm
Bicycles (except children's bicycles) are almost always required to have a frame or serial number. Some manufacturers use a date-code as part of the serial number. For example, a Brompton uses YYMMXXX as their serial code, so a Brompton with a serial number of was manufactured in 2013.06 or June 2013. Amtrol encodes the heater's age in the serial number; Example #1: Amtrol Serial Number: A DDDYY B2 where DDDYY = is a Julian Date (written in reverse of the more-common YYDDD) Example#1: A 02501 B2 decodes to day 025 (January 25th) and year 2001. Example #2: Amtrol Date Code: 10 WWYY 02 decodes to Week WW Year 19 YY.
Finding a bicycle serial number
Most bicycles have their serial number engraved beneath their bottom bracket, but sometimes serial numbers are found in other places. Here are some examples of where and what to look for:
The bottom bracket (where serial numbers are typically located) is circled.
A serial number on the underside of a bottom bracket.
Another serial number beneath the bottom bracket, aligned parallel to the frame.
Rad Power bikes have their serial number on the head tube. This is on the front of the bike.
Some Schwinn bicycles also have the unique identifying number (their serial number) on the head tube.
A serial number located on a rear dropout. Some BMX bikes and a few Schwinn bicycles place the serial on the rear dropout. On older Schwinns there are numbers stamped on both the drive side and non-drive side rear dropouts; the one on the non-drive side dropout is the serial number.
Some bikes have multiple serial numbers.2When adding a bike to the Index, it's best to enter all the groups of numbers and letters separated by spaces.
Serial Number Idm Gratis
Hopefully you can find the serial number on the bicycle you're looking at - email contact@bikeindex.org if you're having trouble.
Searching serials on Bike Index
Kumpulan Serial Number
Finding bicycles by serial number on Bike Index is a critical part of our functionality. When searching for a serial number, use our serial search bar - it's the second bar on our search form.
We've done a few things to make it more likely that you'll find the bike you're looking for.
- Certain numbers and letters are difficult or impossible to distinguish between (e.g. 0 and O, S and 5). We treat all these numbers the same way - a search for
005LLL
will match a bike with the serialOOS111
. - We split bike serials up by spaces and store each separately. If you see multiple numbers on a bicycle - such as in the photo of the Look bike above - try searching for just one of the numbers at a time. Searching for either
M4106I9CA1
or200910427-2A
will find the bike. - We do close serial matching - bikes with serial numbers that are close to the serial you entered are shown below the matching results under the heading 'Serial Numbers Close to...' - given a search of a serial number with a couple numbers/letters that are different or missing.
- We do not currently do partial serial searches. If you search for
1234
, you will only find bikes with serial numbers of1234
and serials close to that - not a bike with serial number of12345689
.
Serial Number Check
- Okay, fine, so maybe there are a few bikes without serial numbers, but this is rare and typical only on hand made bikes or really old bicycles.↩
- In this picture 200910427-2A is a manufacturer number and not a serial number. However, to make bikes as easy as possible to find, feel free to enter all numbers you encounter.↩
Manufacturer | Trade Names | Where to Look | How to Decode | Example |
American | ACE,American, American Hardware, America's Best, Apex, Aqua Temp, AquaTherm, Aquamatic, Best, Best Deluxe, Champion, Craftmaster, De-Limer, Deluxe, Eagle,The Earl's Energy Conservation Water Heater, The Earl's Energy Saver Plus, Envirotemp, Four Most, Hotmaster, Hotstream, King-Kleen, King-Line, Master Plumber, Nationaline, Neptune, Penquin, Premier Plus, Premier Plus Self Cleaning Prestige, ProLine and ProLine Plus, Quaker, Quick-Flo, Raywall, Revere, Riveria, Sands, Sentinal, Servi-Star, Shamrock, Special Deluxe, Standard,Super Eagle, Super-Flo, Supreme, Sure-Fire, Thoro-Clean, Tru-Test, Tru Value,U.S. Supply, Whirlpool, XCL Energy Saver | Serial# – 1st 4 digits | 1st 2 digits = year 2nd2 digits= week | 8906xxx= made in the 6th week of the year 1989 |
Apollo Comfort Products | Apollo | |||
Bradford-White | BradfordWhite, JetGlas | Serial# – 1st 2 letters | 1st letter = year starting with A as 1984. This letter is on a 20-year loop. A=1984 or 2004 C=1986 or 2006 E=1988 or 2008 G=1990 or 2010 K=1993 M=1995 P=1997 T=1999 X=2001 Z=2003 2ndletter = month with January (A) through December (M) | JMxxx= made in the year 1992 (J) in the month of December (M) A=January C=March E=May G=July J=September L=November |
Crispaire | E-tech | |||
Giant Factories | Date on tank label | |||
GSW Water Heating | JohnWood, GSW, Moffat, Superflue, Medal | Serial# – 1st 4 digits | 1st & 2ndnumber = year, 3rd& 4th number = month | 8901xxx= made in the year 1989 in the first month, January |
Heat Transfer Products | HeatTransfer | |||
Lochinvar | EnergySaver, Golden Knight, Knight | |||
Marathon | Marathon | Serial# – 1st 4 digits | 1st & 2nddigit = month, 3rd& 4th digit = year | 0189xxx= made in the year 1989 in the first month, January |
Maytag | Maytag |
Manufacturer | Trade Names | Where to Look | How to Decode | Example |
Rheem | AquaTherm, General Electric, Hotpoint, Professional, Rheem, Vanguard, WesternAuto | Serial# – 1st 4 digits | 1st & 2nddigit = month, 3rd& 4th digit = year | 0189xxx= made in the year 1989 in the first month, January |
Richmond | Richmond | Serial# – 1st 4 digits | 1st & 2nddigit = month, 3rd& 4th digit = year | 0189xxx= made in the year 1989 in the first month, January |
Ruud | Professional,Ruud | Serial# – 1st 4 digits | 1st & 2nddigit = month, 3rd& 4th digit = year | 0189xxx= made in the year 1989 in the first month, January |
Sears, Roebuck and Co. | Kenmore | |||
A.O.Smith Water Products | National,A.O. Smith, Glascote, Perma-Glas | Serial# – 2nd, 3rd, 4th characters | 2nd position(letter) = month (A being January through M being December) 3rd& 4th position (numbers) = year | AJ89xxx= made in October (J) of 1989 |
State Industries | State | Serial# – 1st 3 characters | first letter = month (A being January through M, being December), 2ndand 3rd position (numbers) = year | J89xxx= made in October of 1989 |
Summit Manufacturing Mortex | SunTherm |
Manufacturer | Trade Names | Where to Look | How to Decode | Example |
U.S. Craftsmaster Water Heaters | Ace,American Hardware, America's Best, Apex, Aqua Temp, Aqua Therm, Aquamatic,Best, Best Deluxe, Craftmaster, De-Limer, Deluxe, Eagle, The Earl's EnergyConservation Water Heater, The Earl's Energy Saver Plus, Envirotemp, FourMost, Hotmaster, Hotstream, King-Kleen, King-Line, Master Plumber, Nationaline, Neptune, Penquin, Prestige, Pro-Line, Pro-Line Plus, Quaker,Quick-Flo, Raywall, Revere, Riviera, Sands, Sentinal, Servistar, Shamrock,Special Deluxe, Standard, Supereagle, Super-Flo, Supreme, Sure-Fire, Thoro-Clean, True-Test, Tru Value, U.S. Craftmaster, U.S. Supply, Whirlpool,XCL Energy Saver | Serial# – 1st 4 digits | 1st 2 digits = year 2nd2 digits= week | 8924xxx= made in the 24th week of the year 1989 |
Vaugn Manufacturing Corp. | Sepco, Hydrohot, D.W. Whitehead |