Fortunately, unlike Japanese and some other manufacturers who don't stock parts for bikes more than ten years old, most of the parts for K bikes are still available either at your local dealer or from one of the various online BMW motorcycle (and sometimes car) dealers.
Finding BMW Part NumbersThere are numerous sites with the BMW parts catalog online with various methods for navigating through the parts catalog or searching for a part. My current favorite site for looking up part numbers is
A&S BMW. I like their navigation method and their prices are usually current with respect to US MSRP and about what I pay at my local dealer.
The following table contains hyperlinks to the Illustrated Parts Catalog for each Classic K Model in case you want to bookmark the link for your K bike:
K75 Models | - | K100 Models | - | 4 Valve Models |
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Note: The part numbers used at the Bike Bandit site are their internal part numbers and not actual BMW part numbers.
The "From" and "UpTo" ColumnsLike any vehicle manufacturer, BMW occasionally supercedes or changes parts. An example of this would be when BMW upgraded the K75 models from a 32A alternator to a 50A alternator for the model years 94 and on. The K75 parts diagram for the 32A alternator shows an "UpTo" date of 07/1993 and the diagram for the 50A alternator shows a "From" date of 07/1993.
In order to use these columns properly you need to know the month and year in which your bike was manufactured. You can find this out by entering the last seven digits of your VIN (stamped into the right frame rail above the transmission or printed on your title)
here to decode your VIN and determine the Production Date of your K bike.
Note that although the From and UpTo columns are generally accurate, occasionally they do not reflect EXACTLY all of the parts on your bike as it is not realistic to have the parts catalog reflect
everything that occurred on the factory floor.
Finding The Price If You Already know The Part Number (USA)If you know your part number and just want to look up the price then enter the eleven digit part number in the search box in the upper right hand corner
here.
About BMW Part NumbersBMW part numbers are eleven digits in length. Although most part numbers appear on The Internet with all of the digits combined into one number, actual part numbers are formatted as follows:
XX XX X XXX XXX
The first two digits are the
main group for the part. (11=Engine, 34=Brakes, 46=Frame and Mounting Parts, 61=Electrical System, etc...)
The next two digits are the
subgroup for the part. (46-52=Center Stand, 46-53=Side Stand, 46-54=Top and Side Cases, etc....)
The remaining seven digits are the part number. (There's actually some more coding in those digits but its not worth going into here.)
