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VIN problem. 9th character rubbed off. can't register!

  • Thread starter Thread starter matt_gs450
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Have you got papers for your parts bike? If so, transfer all the good parts to the parts frame. A lot of work, but at least you will be able to ride the damn thing!
 
I would call GEICO. then ask them why thay flagged your bike. thay need to fix there computer system. GEICO will start losing a lot of costumers if the costumers start having problems with there insurance flagging there bikes and autos because thay mismatch the Vin numbers.

If your lucky thay will call the dmv and fix it. the person at the dmv should be smart enuff to figer out that if you have 15 maching digits and one is rubed by the cables that the chances of more than one bike being sold in the state with a match that close is imposable.
 
I just got done scheduling appointments with the DMV and the CHP. I won't have the CHP appointment until September 11, but I'll update the thread at that time with whatever the outcome is.
 
my money is on its a gs45 gX model...the X's were the ones that they shipped the the states and not europe.
 
Fwiw

Fwiw

matt_gs450 said:
JS1GL51LXB2100040 (parts bike)
JS1GL51L_B2100155 (bike with missing character)
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I set up a spreadsheet to calculate the Check digit. Your parts bike came out with a check digit of 10 (represented by roman Numeral X). The missing character in the second VIN came out to be a 5.

Both numbers
JS1GL51LXB2100040 and JS1GL51L5B2100155 are valid when entered at this site...
http://www.analogx.com/cgi-bin/cgivin.exe
but if you change the check digit it shows it is invalid
 
matt_gs450 said:
Chef, I tried to enter all possible VINs into Carfax (0 - 9, A - Z) with no results. Weird. I guess the bike never existed with a 17 character VIN. All I can say is... THANKS A LOT GEICO! It's not so easy a caveman can do it.

I'll make an appointment with the dreaded DMV next week and see what options they give me.

Something I've started to think about is stripping my parts bike and putting the working drivetrain and electronics from the bad VIN bike onto it.
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Matt I think you were talking to me when you posted this. Anyway I went to experians vin check website auto check and I typed in all of the possible vins 0-9 and X and the only valid vin is the one with a 5 as the ninth digit.
So I second Diesel's finding on that fancy website he used. Check for yourself here is the link http://www.autocheck.com/consumers/vinSearchAction.do
 
Diesel is right

Diesel is right

The program we use at our dept shows the number to be a 5.
 
Ha! Thanks guys. I found this explanation of the check digit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_identification_number
(scroll down a bit)

Since the check digit is derived from the remaining digits, there can be no doubt that the missing character is a 5. I'll be armed with this info when I go to the DMV/CHP. I guess I'm lucky it's the check digit that's missing. It is probably possible (but more difficult) to determine other missing digits in a VIN

-Matt
 
Resolution...

I made my appointment at the CHP on Tuesday. I sat around and waited for over an hour while one of the officers did his investigation. According to the paperwork he gave me, he checked the vehicle in the NCIB and NCIC (databases of stolen property, etc.) and found it to be clean.

I now have a shiny new VIN plate riveted over the stamped VIN, and yes the missing character is a 5 (as we all knew by now). I just have to go to the DMV to get the new VIN in the system and I'm good to go.

This is a lot of trouble for a dinky little motorbike...

I'll post a picture and link it to this thread for posterity.

-Matt
 
Calvin Blackmore said:
If your brave maybe try this:

http://www.dfs.virginia.gov/service...13 - Section 9 SERIAL NUMBER RESTORATIONS.pdf


I thought it only worked in the movies. May work on a bike fram as well as a gun. Metals would be quite diffrerent but yah have little to lose.
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This procedure requires using concentrated hydroflouric acid (HF). DO NOT UNDER ANY CONDITIONS CONSIDER USING CONCENTRATED HYDRFLOURIC ACID UNLESS YOU HAVE AT LEAST A B.S. IN CHEMISTRY AND HAVE BEEN FULLY TRAINED IN ITS USE. HF is more dangerous than most explosives. Improper use can easily kill you, and it will be slow, ugly, and exceedingly painful.
 
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