1993 GSX1100G model variations...

[Guest]

Hi All,

On the Suzuki Partshouse website, on the muffler page for my bike, there are two possibilities for the exhaust pipe gaskets:

1) (T:2.5) MODEL M
2) (T:5) MODEL N/P

Each has a different part number for the gasket (so presumably they're not the same). Does anyone know what the difference is, and how I tell which one I have?

Scott

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I may have just answered my own question. According to Suzukicycles.org:

"GSX1100GN replaces the GSX1100GM in May 1992 with minor detail changes". So apparently the "M" was from model introduction through May 1992. Then,

"1993 Suzuki year code: P".

So I guess I have a Model P. Thanks guys!

[bwringer]

Suzuki uses letter codes to designate model years.

1990 = L
1991 = M
1992 = N
1993 = P


It's not completely logical -- in the '70s and "80s the letters were all over the place.

1979 = N - I guess they figure you can tell the difference between a 1979 and 1990 model...
1980 = T
1981 = X
1982 = Z

Starting in 1983, suddenly they're in sequence - D though Y for 1983 - 2000, skipping I, O, Q, and U to avoid confusion.
1983 = D
1984 = E
1985 = F
1986 = G
1987 = H
1988 = J
1989 = K
1990 = L
1991 = M
1992 = N
1993 = P
1994 = R
1995 = S
1996 = T
1997 = V
1998 = W
1999 = X
2000 = Y


Then it got a little simpler:

2001 - 2009 gets a K plus a number -- K1 - K9.

2010 started with L0, so in 2018 we're at L8.

Presumably 2020 will begin with M0. Not sure what they're going to do when they run out of letters in 120 years, but then again I probably won't care.


Country codes can be another source of confustimication on some parts:
E-01 General
E-03 USA (NO. 1)
E-33 USA (NO 2/California)
E-28 Canada
E-24 Australia

The whole list:

https://www.motorcyclespareparts.eu/suzuki-parts/suzuki-country-codes-identification.aspx

[Guest]

Suzuki uses letter codes to designate model years.

1990 = L
1991 = M
1992 = N
1993 = P


It's not completely logical -- in the '70s and "80s the letters were all over the place.

1979 = N - I guess they figure you can tell the difference between a 1979 and 1990 model...
1980 = T
1981 = X
1982 = Z

Starting in 1983, suddenly they're in sequence - D though Y for 1983 - 2000, skipping I, O, Q, and U to avoid confusion.
1983 = D
1984 = E
1985 = F
1986 = G
1987 = H
1988 = J
1989 = K
1990 = L
1991 = M
1992 = N
1993 = P
1994 = R
1995 = S
1996 = T
1997 = V
1998 = W
1999 = X
2000 = Y


Then it got a little simpler:

2001 - 2009 gets a K plus a number -- K1 - K9.

2010 started with L0, so in 2018 we're at L8.

Presumably 2020 will begin with M0. Not sure what they're going to do when they run out of letters in 120 years, but then again I probably won't care.


Country codes can be another source of confustimication on some parts:
E-01 General
E-03 USA (NO. 1)
E-33 USA (NO 2/California)
E-28 Canada
E-24 Australia

The whole list:
https://www.motorcyclespareparts.eu/...ification.aspx

Dang Brian..... you know everything! Between you and Steve Woodin, and all the other guys, there just isn't much one can't learn about Suzuki GS's on this Forum!

So I guess the letter designations applied to all models, regardless of style or displacement, right?

[GSXR7ED]

It's easy for me to remember my GS750TZ model:

TZ - 1982
TD - 1983

The only years this Triumph inspired model was produced.


Ed

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Presumably 2020 will begin with M0. Not sure what they're going to do when they run out of letters in 120 years, but then again I probably won't care.

LOL! Yes, by then, I'm sure we'll ALL be living a much more care-free existence! We'll have much more cosmic things to think about.

[bwringer]

Dang Brian..... you know everything! Between you and Steve Woodin, and all the other guys, there just isn't much one can't learn about Suzuki GS's on this Forum!

So I guess the letter designations applied to all models, regardless of style or displacement, right?

Well, the newer GS models around here are now 35 years old, so there's been a few decades to figure out what works and what doesn't. I've had my 1983 GS850G for almost 21 years, and plan to keep it for the duration.

Yes, the year/letter designations apply to all Suzuki products. At least their powersports stuff, anyway; no clue whether their cars use the same system, but I suspect they do. One of Suzuki's endearing corporate traits (and one big reason we can keep these old nails alive and thrash them so hard) is that they NEVER re-engineer ANYTHING unless it's absolutely necessary. The amount of parts commonality is amazing. For example, the splined driven coupling in the GS850's rear wheel is still used on current production bikes.