1100 engine id

[BLT1]

I am trying to identify the year of this engine. I have looked and searched coming up blank and confused as I have more numbers than I have found. The numbers on the engine are as follows.
GS110X - 159366


Thanks for the help.

[Guest]

http://www.suzukicycles.org/_misc/identification.shtml

[rapidray]

If it is an E model, an 80/81 will have an hourglass shaped breather cover. If it is an 82/83 it will have a rectangular breather cover. The 82 motor will be silver & the 83 will be black. That is, IF they are the factory color without a repaint. If you need to order parts, the 80/81 are all interchangeable. The 82/83 are interchangeable with the exception of MOST of the 82s having a "small" left crank end & 83s having the "big" left crank end. This makes the cranks have rotors & starter clutches SPECIFIC to each crank. The small crank is 25 mm diameter end & the big is 29 mm. Heads, transmissions,cylinders, pistons, cams, almost all parts are interchangeable from 80 to 83 & even to some parts in the 1150s up till 86. I hope this helps, Ray.

[BLT1]

This will help thanks to Chef1366, and Rapidray.

[Suzuki mad]

Early bikes were 20 bolt rocker covers, later ones 24 bolt. Some of the later Katana's also had differnt engine mounts and generators.

Suzuki mad

[rapidray]

Early bikes were 20 bolt rocker covers, later ones 24 bolt. Some of the later Katana's also had differnt engine mounts and generators.

Suzuki mad

He asked about GS1100 engines & ALL of the 16 valve GS1100s had the motor mounts in EXACTLY the same place! Where did you come up with that one?!! Also, the ONLY Katana with a different stator was the 82 1000, NOT the 83 1100 Katana. It used the same one as all the other 83 GS1100s.Ray.