I found the following on line and wonder if anyone knows about Bimota VIN codes and what they mean or have they also followed along?
A Sample VIN to Decode
Let's take a look at a sample VIN. Vehicles manufactured before 1981 might have fewer characters than today′s standard 17-character VIN.
2 H 2 G P 1 2 P X Y 2 2 0 3 2 4 1
2: The country in which the vehicle was manufactured
H: The manufacturer
2: The make
G-P-1-2-P: Identifies unique characteristics, such as the engine or
body style
X: The check digit, which helps to identify VIN fraud
Y: The model year
2: The assembly location
2-0-3-2-4-1: The production sequence number, indicating the exact point at which the vehicle came off the assembly line
To help you further break down the codes, we have provided a list of model-year codes, as well as a list of the country of origin codes.
Model-Year Codes
J: 1988
K: 1989
L: 1990
M: 1991
N: 1992
P: 1993
R: 1994
S: 1995
T: 1996
V: 1997
W: 1998
X: 1999
Y: 2000
1: 2001
2: 2002
3: 2003
4: 2004
5: 2005
6: 2006
7: 2007
8: 2008
Country of Origin Codes
1: United States
2: Canada
3: Mexico
4: United States
5: United States
6: Australia
9: Brazil
J: Japan
K: Korea
S: England
T: Germany
V: France, Germany
W: Germany
Y: Finland, Sweden
Z: Italy
A Sample VIN to Decode
Let's take a look at a sample VIN. Vehicles manufactured before 1981 might have fewer characters than today′s standard 17-character VIN.
2 H 2 G P 1 2 P X Y 2 2 0 3 2 4 1
2: The country in which the vehicle was manufactured
H: The manufacturer
2: The make
G-P-1-2-P: Identifies unique characteristics, such as the engine or
body style
X: The check digit, which helps to identify VIN fraud
Y: The model year
2: The assembly location
2-0-3-2-4-1: The production sequence number, indicating the exact point at which the vehicle came off the assembly line
To help you further break down the codes, we have provided a list of model-year codes, as well as a list of the country of origin codes.
Model-Year Codes
J: 1988
K: 1989
L: 1990
M: 1991
N: 1992
P: 1993
R: 1994
S: 1995
T: 1996
V: 1997
W: 1998
X: 1999
Y: 2000
1: 2001
2: 2002
3: 2003
4: 2004
5: 2005
6: 2006
7: 2007
8: 2008
Country of Origin Codes
1: United States
2: Canada
3: Mexico
4: United States
5: United States
6: Australia
9: Brazil
J: Japan
K: Korea
S: England
T: Germany
V: France, Germany
W: Germany
Y: Finland, Sweden
Z: Italy