Help me identify this KTM....

[Steve Minor]

First help me identify this KTM.

It's a red frame/white tank,fenders,panels, 400 MC5...Is it a '78 or '77?
(Aren't '77's silver frame/orange tank?)

Second, are the parts interchangeable with my '77 Penton 400 GS6?

 

[OUCWBOY]

Steve it sounds like a 78, maybe.
Donny

[Larry Perkins]

Sounds like a 78 though the frame should be orange and not red.

 

[Steve Minor]

Are the parts interchangeable between the 78 400 MC5 and the 77 400 GS6....?


 

[grandpaul]

I have found that one man's Red is another man's Orange (or even Brown!) Sun fade can make some colors hard to describe accurately. Check for the best paint under the tank where it's not faded.



GrandPaul,
Host of the Vintage Bikes forum at //www.delphi.com/oldbikes and the Triumph Bonnevilles Forum at //www.delphi.com/grandpaul

[OUCWBOY]

Steve it sounds like a 78, maybe.
Donny

[Larry Perkins]

Sounds like a 78 though the frame should be orange and not red.

 

[Steve Minor]

Are the parts interchangeable between the 78 400 MC5 and the 77 400 GS6....?


 

[grandpaul]

I have found that one man's Red is another man's Orange (or even Brown!) Sun fade can make some colors hard to describe accurately. Check for the best paint under the tank where it's not faded.



GrandPaul,
Host of the Vintage Bikes forum at //www.delphi.com/oldbikes and the Triumph Bonnevilles Forum at //www.delphi.com/grandpaul