[ScottS]

Page 17 of my Owner's Manual contains the code for determining the place of production as well as the sequential number for your particular Scrambler. Based on my VIN, the bike was produced in Thailand ("MLO"), and is chassis number 46 ("0000046"). Scramblers produced in Italy are identified by VIN #'s beginning with "ZDM".

 

[timbmayb]

Yep, mine is also Thailand and I'm sequential number 466. Date of manufacture was February, 2015 Picked it up today in Northern Virgina.

 

[greer]

Thank you, that should settle a few things. Hope you see excellent riding weather this weekend.

Sarah

 

[JET]

My European Owner's Manual doesn't seem to have that information, though I think that all European ones come from Italy anyway.

 

[ELVISTO]

Yes they do Jet

 

[JET]

Sorry ELVISTO [sorry], I misunderstood your comment. I realise now that you were agreeing that all European ones come from Italy, not that our Owner's Manual has the same information. Ooops ... too early in the morning for me on my week off [facepalm]

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I couldn't find it in my Owner's Manual ELVISTO. I looked on page 17, where the OP said it was. It says where to find the VIN on p 15 and where to find the engine number on p 16, then on pp 17-25 it goes on to describe the different variants of the Scrambler. So it's not in mine unless it's in a very different place - I have had a quick look throughout the book and didn't spot it.

My owner's Manual is an English/German one, cod. 913.7.275.2A. I also have (not that it's much use to me) the Italian/French one, and that doesn't look to have the information either. Am I looking in the wrong place?

 

[El Toro]

Mine's from Italy.

 

[Bardy]

If you get the chance make sure you visit the factory, not only a fantastic collection of all the bikes, road and racing, and history plus huge trohpy cabinet in the the Ducati museo but you can have a factory tour as well.

 

[pdx-scrambler]

my bike (west coast of US) had stickers on it that said manufactured by ducati (thailand).

 

[r44kta]

Just came across this post

Frame number starts with ZDM
and the Engine number starts with MLO

So frame made in Italy and Engine in Thailand???

 

[vincelp]

The plant of manufacturing is given, not by the 3 first characters of the VIN, but by the last letter before the serial number at the end of the VIN : B stands for Bologna (Italy), T stands for Thaïland.

 

[r44kta]

Oh cool thanks.It says B on mine. So the VIN number is the Frame number and the method given above is only for VIN number and not the engine number