help with vin decode

[redge100]

I have just imported a bike into NZ and im having trouble with our transport agency decoding the vin number of the bike. Does anyone have any info or pictures of the vin number and the meanings of the brammo?

cheers

[Brammofan]

Is it an Empulse R? And do you know what year it is? I am working on finding you an answer.

[Brammofan]

Here's what I got from a Brammo contact:

I wrote an internal document for Brammo on the VIN decoding.  It’s rather complex… and presuming that the person who imported it into New Zealand had imported it from the EU (not the US) would have different structure in the decoding.  If it is the EU VIN, then it should be on file with he EU Type Approval documents which I believe are publicly available.  If it’s the US VIN, then it should be available with NHTSA.


I don’t have the original document unfortunately.  It’s with Brammo (also Polaris).  That document (VIN description) had undergone more revisions than any other document I did there… very complicated process.  I think it was on revision 14 or so towards the end.

[redge100]

hi thanks for the reply. I imported it myself from the states its a 2011 enertia vin number is TSJUB213XBH000011. the nz transport agency needs to decode it so I can register it. What I can gather is that it was built in hungary and its the number 11 bike built? need to know what all the rest mean

[Brammofan]

So, I would check with NHTSA (National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration). Should all be online.

[Brammofan]

Here is some guidance:
The WMI (World Manufacturer Identifier) value of “51R” is assigned to Brammo, and occupies Positions 1-3 of the VIN for both EU and North American VIN formats. This identifier is unique to Brammo, and will encompass the start of all VINs for all vehicles manufactured by Brammo. Flextronics will use its own WMI (“TSJ”) in place of Brammo’s WMI, but only for US model bikes (even though produced by Flextronics).
Both VIN formats use the remaining alpha-numeric characters to describe the vehicle in similar fashion, but have different formats…
2.1.1 US VIN Details (note positions 4-8 are designed to be backwards compatible with earlier VIN format – also the US VIN makes no distinction between Empulse and Empulse R models):
2.1.1 US VIN Details (note positions 4-8 are designed to be backwards compatible with earlier VIN format – also the US VIN makes no distinction between Empulse and Empulse R models):
 Position 1-3: WMI (as described above). “51R” for bikes produced by Brammo in the US. “TSJ” for US bikes produced by Flextronics in Hungary (EU and HK bikes will use Brammo’s “51R” code).
 Position 4: Motorcycle Make. For Brammo, it will be “U” to signify Brammo, USA.
 Position 5: Line or Model – current products will be “B” for Brammo Street Bikes (Empulse, Enertia). Non street bikes designation has not been defined yet.
 Position 6: Type of Motorcycle - this defines the subset of Model.
o 2 = Standard (Enertia Basic / Legacy)
o 3 = Standard with Extended Range (Enertia Plus)
o 5 = Sport Bike (Empulse or Empulse R)
 Position 7: Engine Type – For electric vehicles, the engine type is defined by the nominal battery voltage that supplies energy to the engine:
o 1 = 72V (Enertia Basic / Legacy)
o 2 = 88V (Enertia Plus)
o 5 = 104V (Empulse or Empulse R)
 Position 8: “Net HP” (or specifically Net Brake HP):
o 0 = 20 HP (Enertia Plus)
o 3 = 13 HP (Enertia Basic / Legacy
o 6 = 56 HP (Empulse or Empulse R)
 Position 9: Check Digit – a single digit derived by a mathematical formula to prevent manipulation of the VIN stamp on the vehicle. See Section 2.2 for details on how it’s calculated

If you want/need the document I copied/pasted from, send me an email at brammofan@brammofan.com

[Brammofan]

Actually, here's a link to the file:

http://www.brammoforum.com/wiki/index.php?title=File:VIN_Decoder.pdf

[redge100]

brammofan you are a lifesaver that's exactly what I needed!!!!!!!!!!!

[Brammofan]

Glad we could help.