ST Vehicle Identification Numbers

VIN Layout

VINs on STs are constructed according to ISO standards 3779 and 3780.

This information is found on page 8 of the PartsCatalog.

World Manufacturer Identifier (WMI)

This three-digit code uniquely identifies the origin and manufacturer of the vehicle:

• J identifies Asia
• H2 identifies the Honda Japan's motorcycle division

Vehicle Description Section (VDS)

These characters form a WMI-specific model identifier. The following VDSes have been observed:

N/A = Not Applicable. None of the model were manufactured that year.

Blank = Unknown. Based on available information and the pattern observed on the ST1300 and ST1300A, it would appear that the VDS scheme for the ST and Pan did not become consistent until 2005. It might be reasonable to assume that the Pan European VDS changed in 2004 and remained SC51A on 2005 and later Pan European ABSes.

Check Digit

A verification value calculated based on the rest of the VIN's characters per ISO 3779.

Vehicle Identification Section (VIS)

Model Year

The first character indicates the model year in which the vehicle was produced per ISO 3779:

Plant Identification

The second character identifies which plant where the unit was produced:

Based on information in the RearBrakeHoseRecall and Honda's press releases, production of ST1300s appears to have transitioned to Kumamoto during the 2008 model year between April 14 and October 21, 2008.

Sequence Number

The remainder of the VIS is used to identify each produced unit within a VDS, plant and model year. ISO 3779 states that the manufacturer may encode anything they wish into this data, although generally this is a simple serial number. The U.S. and Canada require the last five positions to be numeric.

On all STs observed to date, the first digit has corresponded to the year of production, starting with zero:

Production Numbers

One VIN from a 2008 Pan European ABS has been observed with a sequence number of 61xxxx, so it is possible that production of those models exceeded 10,000 that year.

Related Information

• VIN Overview: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_identification_number
• ISO Standards:
  • 3779: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=9305
  • 3780: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/CatalogueDetailPage.CatalogueDetail?CSNUMBER=9306
• VIN decoders:
  • http://www.motoverse.com/tools/vin/honda.asp
  • http://www.analogx.com/contents/vinview.htm