VIN

[jtopiso_imp]

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...

Or see you park the bike someplace and walk away and then they could simply walk up and write down the complete vin number?

Or someone could see you and follow you home, could they not?

Or see you park the bike someplace and walk away and then they could simply walk up and write down the complete vin number?

Or someone could see you and follow you home, could they not?
Well... yes, but my point is that as I wouldn't publish my address on the internet, I don't think posting my VIN is a good idea.

(Thank you all for the good info about the VIN itself)