I pulled the stock skid plate to replace it with a Ricochet SP and I found some markings on the bottom of my engine. They're in the type of marker that you see junkyards use to label parts. But this a pink marker and the numbers don't make much sense to me. Has anyone else found markings like this on their KLX or is there something the previous owner didn't tell me

For reference the top of the photo is the back of the engine and you can see the drain plug in the upper left.

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What could it mean??

 

I changed out the stock skid plate to but I didn't look for any strange markings. Could just be from when it was built to indicate some hard to get to bolts were tight and ready to go, I've seen marks on cars as they moved down the line to indicate inspections were done.

 

I have seen marks in paint pen on my bike. The one that comes to mind right now is a mark across the flywheal bolt. I would not fret it. At least they match up on each half of the case!

 

Thanks for the responses guys. It's too late to worry too much about it now but I've never seen marking like this on any of my bikes before. Sure I've seen the marks on nuts and bolt indicating they are tight as a bike moves down the assembly line this is a something else. After some thought maybe it's an indicator that the two halves of the cases are a matched set. That's my best guess or what I hope vs. a junkyard inventory number BTW it's off of a '06.

 

Wouldn't assy marks be in Thai ???
they are assembled in Thailand

 

 

dam graffitti artists

 

Worlds smallest graffiti artists to be able to slip between the skid plate and engine.

 

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I think it is graffiti!!!!! I pulled my skidplate and here's what mine looked like.



It would be cool if someone really knew the answer to this one. My gut tells me it's not junkyard writing. I looked up the Thai alphabet and numbers and the marks on your bike are not Thai writing.
Dan