12-21-2022, 09:42 PM
Pretty much what you thought, Olafurarason: the SC65 tells you it’s a CB1100. To be honest, I’ve never seen a ‘C’ in that position, but I’ve found it near impossible to find information on European VINs*. X is a magic number in the VIN; and E says it’s a 2014 model. I’ve never known whether Honda uses that digit to denote model year or build year. In any event, assuming it was imported from Europe, it tells you it has a seamed tank, spoked wheels and a 4 into 2 exhaust system.
I can’t be sure about the ‘SAE’. My guess is that, in 2014, ‘E’ denoted the standard model, ‘AE’ denoted the standard model with ABS, and ‘SAE’ denoted the EX/DLX. E was possibly derived from the model year scheme in the ISO VIN standard. But, as I say, it’s all speculation on my part. The really important thing is that, in my view, the 2014 DLX/EX with its dual exhaust and chrome headers was the most handsome model of all of them.
* A quick search on the parts site, https://oem-bike-parts.com/, tells me VINs beginning JH2SC65C are for the 2014 CB1100 EX.
I can’t be sure about the ‘SAE’. My guess is that, in 2014, ‘E’ denoted the standard model, ‘AE’ denoted the standard model with ABS, and ‘SAE’ denoted the EX/DLX. E was possibly derived from the model year scheme in the ISO VIN standard. But, as I say, it’s all speculation on my part. The really important thing is that, in my view, the 2014 DLX/EX with its dual exhaust and chrome headers was the most handsome model of all of them.
* A quick search on the parts site, https://oem-bike-parts.com/, tells me VINs beginning JH2SC65C are for the 2014 CB1100 EX.