Deciphering Griso 8V VIN

[Phang]

Based on what I know (could be wrong)

ZGU = WMI (World Manufacturer Identifier) = Guzzi
LS = Griso
000 = Version variant (could be alphabets and numbers)
0 = free digit (value from 0 to 9)
Y = Year of manufacturing (please refer to the table below)
M = Production Plant, M = Mandello del Lario
111111 = Serial Number, Guzzi count from 111111 = first bike.

My VIN for example:-

ZGULSE0339M111269

ZGU - It is a Moto Guzzi (obviously)
LS – Griso
E03 - version
3 – free digit (I have no idea why it is a 3)
9 – Manufactured in 2009
M – Mandello del Lario (pheew)
111269 – 159th bike of E03 version

I also found out that there are 6 different types of Griso versions:-

ZGULS0** = Griso 1100
ZGULSC** = Griso 1100
ZGULSE** = Griso 8V
ZGULSU** = Griso 8V
ZGULSJ** = Griso 8V
ZGULSG** = Griso 8V

I suspect the first alphabet of the Griso 8V version code denotes countries with different emission requirement i.e. E = Europe, U = United States, J = Japan and G = Germany (?)

As for the remaining 2 number of the version code, when I cross checked at the Guzzitech Registry limited entries, I have the conclusion as follows:-

00 – Base model
03 – SE (Special Edition)

Please contribute your VIN to this topic so that I can further fine tune the information I have on hand.

Phang

 

[Phang]

The 9th character is actually a check digit.

To calculate the 9th character, the following algorithm is used for calculating check digits:
Each letter is assigned a numeric value.

A B C D E F G H I
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

J K L M N O P Q R
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

S T U V W X Y Z
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Each number or character value is multiplied by the factor for that position.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Position
8 7 6 5 4 3 2 10 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 factor

The resulting products are summed.
The total is divided by 11.

The check digit is the remainder. If the remainder is 10 then the check digit is X (Roman numeral 10). Now I finally understand why some VIN has a X in the 9th character :idea:

I got 388 for my VIN, divided by 11 = 35.27, rounding off the remainder = 35.3 thus the ninth character of my VIN is 3.

To make life easier, there is a VIN check digit calculator online.

VIN Check Digit Calculator

Phang