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Honda motorcycle product codes and model number meanings and deciphering them

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Honda's motorcycle part numbers and product codes may look hard to understand at first glance but they are quite sensibly laid out into two categories; general parts and standard parts. Standard parts are things like O-rings and common bolts, and are a two-part number;

94608-50000

The above number is used on the water transfer pipes on the CX/GL motorcycles and is an O-ring - 23x2.8mm. The first set of digits indicates the function or type of part and the second indicates the dimensions - sometimes, anyhow. For example 96000-0602800 is a flange bolt that is 6mm x 28mm - you can see the dimensions in the second part of the part number. General part numbers - parts which are specific to Honda - will look like this:

13300-415-000

That's the original crankshaft for a 1978 CX500. The later GL500 has the crankshaft model number:

13300-MA1-000

The first part - 13300 - shows the function and component number of the part, in this case a crankshaft. You'll notice that parts with similar functions will have similar numbers - e.g. a clutch friction plate may be 22201-*, where the clutch steel plates are 22311-*. The second part - 415 or MA1 in the above examples - is the product code which shows which model the part was used on, 415 being a CX500 and MA1 being a GL500. The last part - apparently called the classification number - shows which supplier or revision the part number is used for.

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Honda Model Numbers and Product Codes