VIN

[Cormanus]

jtopsio, does [url=http://cb1100forum.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=10637]this thread help you at all?

Yes it does indeed, thanks.

So, as I understand it, it is a combination of model and market and serial number.

So, if I post my 4 last digits of my VIN on the "register thread" and having already posted which model I own, the VIN can be deduced completely except the "hash" code, checksum, redundant part, control figure, or however you want to call it.

However, having a list of some valid Honda's VINs, the rule to generete that checksum character can be easily deduced, so my complete VIN can be deduced.

How is this a worry? I don't know in the US, but here, with a VIN and a few $, you can go to the DMV, DVLA or (how do you call there the agency registering motor vehicles?) and get the address of the owner of any vehicle.

Call me a paranoid, but...

The checksum digit can easily be calculated without needing other valid VINs. [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_identification_number]This article tells you how. Or you just go [url=http://alton-moore.net/vin_calculation.html]here.