# ktm-can: decoding KTM motorcycle CAN messages

> ktm-can documents and parses CAN messages observed on a 2020 KTM 690 Enduro R motorcycle. Its Python decoder maps message IDs to fields including engine speed, throttle, gear, wheel speed and brake pressure; scripts inspect live and captured traffic. The author confirmed the documented data on that motorcycle.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/blalor/ktm-can>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/blalor/ktm-can/blob/299b4e080168986ab535b81b81e2a9196f0c8c66/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ktm-can-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/ktm-can-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/ktm-can-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Python 3.8 or later; live-bus inspection also requires CAN hardware and python-can.
- **Limits:** The documented data was confirmed on the author's 2020 KTM 690 Enduro R; other models remain unverified.
- **License:** No licence file in the repository.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/blalor/ktm-can/blob/299b4e080168986ab535b81b81e2a9196f0c8c66/README.md>
2. <https://github.com/blalor/ktm-can/blob/299b4e080168986ab535b81b81e2a9196f0c8c66/setup.py>

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