Engine Numbers?

**Red Leader** · 27 Jan 08, 09:43 PM

Just something that i've noticed on this forum. Looking at the photos of two engine nunbers. 1 photo looks like factory stamp and the other looks like a hand punch set. The reason i ask although mine is a 955 ( i have measured bore @96mm) the engine numbers are rather different.. SB8S002328 and made with a hand punch set and not the usual factory stamp. Could have had crankcases but they are cast with 94 year of make.
Strange eh?

**Mr.R** · 28 Jan 08, 12:42 AM

Just a shot in the dark here but that engine number looks like a Bimota part number, which seems a bit odd as I'm sure they never made that many Duke engined bikes?

Steve

**ripper996** · 28 Jan 08, 06:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Red Leader

Just something that i've noticed on this forum. Looking at the photos of two engine nunbers. 1 photo looks like factory stamp and the other looks like a hand punch set. The reason i ask although mine is a 955 ( i have measured bore @96mm) the engine numbers are rather different.. SB8S002328 and made with a hand punch set and not the usual factory stamp. Could have had crankcases but they are cast with 94 year of make.
Strange eh?

Can you post the pictures of the two engine #'s. I pretty sure that one of them is from my 955? Maybe post a picture of your engine number stamp too.

**Scott A. Maciag** · 28 Jan 08, 02:01 PM

Mr. R - just to clarify, Bimota made a number of Ducati-engined bikes: DB4, DB4sr, Bimota Mantra (used a 904cc SuperSport engine), the DB6, and the current DB7 - which uses a Ducati 1098 engine. They are also coming out with a higher-spec version that utilizes the new 1098R engine. - Which will be interesting to see as I've ordered a 1098R.

In so far as the engine number is concerned, I'm 100% sure that is a genuine Ducati engine number. They weren't all done with factory stamps... particularly the older ones. I'm looking right now at a 996 RS crankcase, scribed: KH 69 0001 - which is one of the more unusual numbers I've seen.

Just know that some of them are hand-scribed and others are stamped. In many of the older engines, the scribings are on the left-hand side. For the newer engines (liek the testastretta) they are stamped on the right-hand side.

I can research this further. As many files as I have (well over 7000 pictures), I didn't see anything, but I'm absolutely sure that is a Ducati VIN. Just say the word and I should be able to confirm this for you tonight (U.S. - EST time).

**Red Leader** · 28 Jan 08, 05:58 PM

Any info into this engine would be great Scott. Many thanks, Red

**955SP** · 29 Jan 08, 01:25 PM

Im not sure that the bike is a factory 916SPA or 955SP (as we call it). I am pretty sure that the engines were made in one batch and they all had similar engine numbers ending 1-50/54 that tells the bike is one. Could it be a Ferrachi 955cc kit on that engine?

**MarkG** · 17 Apr 08, 11:10 PM

Mine is #004. Has anyone started a registry?