XJ VIN Lookup

I have seen a few requests from newer members looking for help identifying their bike by the VIN number. I was feeling under the weather the other weekend and decided to make a VIN lookup tool since I have been working on learning Javascript. So, submitted for your approval: XJ VIN Lookup. It isn't much to look at right now, but I hope to work on that a little bit when I have the time. This is by no means a replacement for Chacal's incredibly thorough write up on XJ VINs here. Hopefully this will help some folks get a good start by at least knowing which year and model they have.

There are some improvements that I hope to add in the future:
- Pretty it up a bit
- Actually validate the check digit instead of just spitting it back out
- Utilize the serial number to further pin point the options of the selected bike. Currently, especially for the motorcycles manufactured for sale outside of North America can be a little vague.

Once again, this is hopefully a good tool to get folks started, but if you really want to know all about your XJ, you'll have to actually have to do some reading (gasp).

 

Worked well for my VIN. As a programmer, I was wondering what you used to put that together? I see lots of overhead in there for something relatively simple. Not bashing, just figure you used some set of tools that added lots of stuff you didn't need and I'm curious.

 

You are absolutely right. The tools that came with the domain (Gandi Site) require that I use one of their templates, and I can't seem to find a way to edit that html. I had to embed the script I had created into one of their widgets. Ideally, I would have just uploaded the html and JavaScript I made and it would have been a very simple form, but that isn't an option with Gandi. Eventually I'd like to really dig in to this stuff, but it's just in bits and pieces now.

And no offense taken, I am always open to criticism.

 

Sadly, that info is not contained within the VIN number...........

 

Sorry, I misspoke there. What I would like to do is check the model ID code to the serial number instead of just using the frame ID.

 

I'm not exactly sure what you are saying here, but, if you wan tto "translate" the Frame ID (such as 22T) to the Model ID code, that'sdoable via a look-up table, but............be aware that 99% of the time, the frame ID and the model ID codes are one and the same. It's only with some Euro-land bikes (and later model XJ900's, XJ600's, etc.) where the frame ID and model ID differ significantly (mainly due to the introduction of many MODELS that were somewhat tailored (specific) to certain markets (i.e. France) that were slightly different from another markets bike, and thus the need for a different MODEL ID, while such bikes of course still used the same underlying frame (and thus shared the same FRAME ID).

The only North American model where there is a frame ID and model ID difference is the XJ750 Midnight Maxim, as it obviously shared the same FRAME with a regular XJ750 Maxim, but being a Midnight "model", had a unique MODEL ID code.

 

Sorry for being unclear. Yes, what you describe is what I am looking to do. I hadn't even considered it initially as I only started with the north American bikes. I know it isn't critical, but I'd like this to be thorough where possible and, as I mentioned this is a much a learning experience for me as it is a small contribution to the community here.

 

The check digit is now being validated so you will be advised wherever you have the correct one or not.

Coming soon: shorty VINs!

 

We now have Shorty VIN to full VIN capabilities! Feel free to give it a shot and let me know if you run into any issues. I'll be doing some small updates here and there, but I've pretty much accomplished what I have set out to do. This was a great learning experience, and hopefully this helps someone out a little. Enjoy!

 

Looks like it gave me the wrong long vin

Shorty. 5n8007547

Gave me;
JYA5K5005BA007547


Should be;

Jya5n8002ca007547

 

JYA5N8002CA007547 is what I got entering the short vin in the short vin field


1982 XJ650 Maxim USA


http://www.dissingermoto.com/

 

Here's a shot of what I get ??

 

try refreshing the screen before entering the vin . the number you get is for a 550

I am still getting correct number based on your short vin

 

Yeah it must be

must be
a cache issue because I used a different iOS browser and it worked right this time. Thanks for the tip