Wife wanted to take the FJR out for a ride last night

[GunMD]

Upon cursory review of the chart in this article it does look kind of impossible....surely Ranger Smith transposed a couple of characters.

 

[yamahlr]

We'll have to check to see how the Canadian VINS are structured. This can be done by the importer for the country. However, just as possible, the Ranger made an error OR there was an error in the initial police report on the stolen Canadian bike.

 

[kulwen]

Didn't we have another forum member go through this, but the cop inversed 2 of the digits?

Yep, it was me.

And it SUCKED!!!

Link

 

[JasonB]

When I lived in Cleveland Ohio I was stopped 3 times due to my Suzuki Katana matching a stolen bike report. They would check the vin, say I was only a couple of digits off and let me go. Frustrating as hell, I figured I was getting a ticket. I always kind of figured it was a lame excuse for a dui stop, but I never heard of anyone else have it happen to them.

 

[UweRoss]

We'll have to check to see how the Canadian VINS are structured.

Same as anywhere else. It's an ISO standard. Some minor variations are allowed, but the basic structure is the same everywhere.

-Uwe-

 

[boogahboogah]

Domestic Vins are as follows, maybe different for Japanese motorcycles ?

Vin 10 - year of manufacture

Vin 11 - Plant code

Vin 12-17 - serial number of the unit made at that plant

i.e. you should never have a match on the last 8.

 

[Dangerous Dave]

Domestic Vins are as follows, maybe different for Japanese motorcycles ?

Vin 10 - year of manufacture

Vin 11 - Plant code

Vin 12-17 - serial number of the unit made at that plant

i.e. you should never have a match on the last 8.

That's what I thought too. He must have transposed a number. Still could have gone badly based on the incident mentioned above. Darn glad it didn't. :yahoo:

 

[FJRottie]

AHA, now I know who stole my bike.

Isn't it funny when people say VIN Number....Vehicle Identification Number Number

We'll have to check to see how the Canadian VINS are structured

The same.

[SIZE=12pt]1st digit[/SIZE] [SIZE=10pt]- Country in which the vehicle was manufactured. Example: (1, 4 or 5) U.S., (2) Canada, (3) Mexico, (6) Australia, (9) Brazil, (J) Japan, (K) Korea, (L) Taiwan, (S) England, (V) France, (W) Germany, (Y) Sweden, (Z) Italy.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt][/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]2nd digit[/SIZE] [SIZE=10pt]- Manufacturer. Code partially dependant on digit 1. Example; (1) Chevrolet, (2 or 5) Pontiac, (3) Oldsmobile, (4) Buick, (6) Cadillac, (7) GM Canada, (8) Saturn or Isuzu, (9) Acura, (A) AMC, Audi, Jaguar or Maserati, (B) Dodge or BMW, (C) AMC or Chrysler, (D) Mercedes-Benz, (F) Ford, (G) GM or Suzuki, (H) Honda, (J) Jeep, (L) Lincoln or Daewoo, (M) Mercury, (N) Nissan, (P) Plymouth, (T) Toyota, (V) VW or Volvo.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=10pt][/SIZE]

[SIZE=12pt]3rd digit[/SIZE] [SIZE=10pt]- Vehicle type or manufacturing division - code dependant on digits 1 [/SIZE][SIZE=8pt]and/or[/SIZE] [SIZE=10pt]2.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]4th to 8th digits[/SIZE] [SIZE=10pt]- Features; such as body style, engine code, series, trim, etc. - code dependant on digits 1, 2, 3 [/SIZE][SIZE=8pt]and/or[/SIZE] [SIZE=10pt]10.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]9th digit[/SIZE] [SIZE=10pt]- Check digit to identify VIN accuracy.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]10th digit[/SIZE] [SIZE=10pt]- Model year. (Y) 2000, (1) 2001, (2) 2002, (3) 2003, (4) 2004, (5) 2005, (6) 2006, (7) 2007, (8) 2008, (9) 2009, (A) 2010, (B) 2011, (C) 2012, (D) 2013, (E) 2014, (F) 2015, etc.[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]11th digit[/SIZE] [SIZE=10pt]- Assembly plant[/SIZE]
[SIZE=12pt]12th to 17th digits[/SIZE] [SIZE=10pt]- Sequential production number[/SIZE]

 

[Aviator]

********FOR SALE********

FJR Bike parts fresh from Canada.

Everything must go. . . I am discounting heavily from the back of my van.

 

[FlyingTurtle]

Man Dave your lucky it was a Ranger and not a Oakwood Cop!! You probably WOULD have spent time in the joint. Always careful when I ride thru there. Gave me a ticket one night at 3am for running a red light that I had sat at for 5 minutes cause my VW Bug wouldn't trip the light. He was hiding 2 streets down in between a Blvd and KNEW I'd been sitting there.

 

[mcatrophy]

At least the police are actively looking for stolen bikes, which is one good thing.

I'd hate to have that experience myself, though, particularly as here in the UK we don't normally see police with sidearms (except in airports and the like).

 

[FJRChick]

I was thinking the same thing

Interesting story. I THOUGHT you were going to say the the wife wanted to take the FJR out for a ride i.e. WITHOUT you sitting in the front seat. You go girl, I'm thinking! then I read a bit further about the potential to go to jail. Wow - she's pretty brave for someone on a borrowed bike.
Who would have thought? Congratulation on the anniversary and not being arrested.

Jill

 

[Dangerous Dave]

At least the police are actively looking for stolen bikes, which is one good thing.

Maybe not. The wife came home from work today and said after relating our story to co-workers, two of them said they had been pulled over on their bikes in the same park and given the same story (plate came back as possible stolen bike). Starting to sound more like harrassment than "protecting and serving". He was just a park ranger (no offense to any park rangers here)...it might be the most excitement he gets in the course of a day.