jtopiso
Running Like a Top
Spain
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VIN
Hi,
Do you guys know how to decrypt the VIN number of a CB?
Are they all the same (jap, honda, model=CB11) and they only differ on the last figures as consecutive serial numbers, or is there any other info in it?
Just curious.
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12-14-2017 07:11 AM |
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Cormanus
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12-14-2017 12:39 PM |
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jtopiso
Running Like a Top
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RE: VIN
(12-14-2017 12:39 PM)Cormanus Wrote: jtopsio, does 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...
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12-15-2017 01:20 AM |
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Django
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Germany
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RE: VIN
Here I describe the details of a vin:
http://www.cb-1100.de/forum/viewtopic.ph...&hilit=vin
It's mostly written in German. However, I guess you can put it together.
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12-15-2017 04:17 AM |
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The ferret
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RE: VIN
(12-15-2017 01:20 AM)jtopiso Wrote: 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?
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(This post was last modified: 12-15-2017 02:39 PM by The ferret.)
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12-15-2017 09:35 AM |
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Cormanus
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RE: VIN
(12-15-2017 01:20 AM)jtopiso Wrote: 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.
The checksum digit can easily be calculated without needing other valid VINs. This article tells you how. Or you just go here.
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12-15-2017 01:14 PM |
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jtopiso
Running Like a Top
Spain
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RE: VIN
(12-15-2017 09:35 AM)The ferret Wrote: (12-15-2017 01:20 AM)jtopiso Wrote: 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?
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)
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12-16-2017 03:51 AM |
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EmptySea
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Chicagoland, USA
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RE: VIN
Anyone that wants to find your address on the Internet already knows it or can find it by much easier means than taking the VIN to the DMV in the state or country in which you live.
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