there are several of these on the Net. Useful if you want to find out when your machine was manufactured. This one has details of 1150GShttp://www.bmw-z1.com/VIN/VINdecode-e.cgi
Its good to know there's a record of it with the mother ship. I tried a couple of others too, including this one http://www.bmwarchiv.de/vin/bmw-vin-decoder.html which described my 1150gs as having a 'limousine' style body. I always suspected it was slightly better than everyone elses'.
Re "I wouldn't be seen dead in a flouro jacket"Once your dead who cares!!?? 👿 😉
I suspect he put it there because of the double meaning. I you were wearing one, you wouldn't be seen dead...I got rear-ended by a car the first time I wore mine on a commute.