I've had this argument with Steve before, and seeing as he owns a bike shop, you'd think he'd get it. The tenth digit of every VIN of every vehicle, car and motorcycle, worldwide, gives the MODEL YEAR. It's not rocket surgery. Saves all that crap with bikes that are 12/10 being eligible (I'm looking at you Binksy - but don't worry, I did the same thing on a 12/07-plated 2008 R6 in 2012), when they are 2011 models and didn't really come out in large numbers until 2011.
Ref:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicl..._year_encoding
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