'83 1100 e & ES breakdown?

[droptail]

Is there a way to know if a bike is an '82 or '83 GS1100 by VIN?

Thanks

[TheCafeKid]

If its an 83 it will say GS1100ED or ESD If its an 82 it will say GS1100EZ. Also the 82 and 83 frames are a bit different from eachother. The biggest and quickest give away are the foot pegs. The 82 used the widely used blocky footpeg while the 83 has pegs that are tappered and only have rubber pads on top of aluminim rests, like the 83 and on 700/750.

[crag antler]

Things that may have been changed out but.......
engine color, polished on 82 ,black on 83
wheels,
speedo, only 85mph on 82.

[posplayr]

U can change almost anything. We've seen many people with 82's swap speedos, and wheels and even engines. Much of it is interchangeable , but the most definite and unmistakable discriminator as Josh said is the foot pegs as the frames differ in the welded mounts.

So while you can probably get an idea relative to VIN, I would look at the mounts first and if for no other reason would look at VIN as an idle curiosity.

By the way, we are talking EZ v.s. ED/ESD differences. Not E and ES differences.

[droptail]

Is there a way to know if a bike is an '82 or '83 GS1100 by VIN?

Thanks

The question is VIN guys, yes or no. I have these bikes and know them well.

Thanks

[posplayr]

Well maybe someone will come along with an answer you will like

[Suzuki mad]

Probably if you can find a good VIN chart.

[81gs1100]

Re-Do

82 - 10th digit X
83 - 10th digit D

So something like

JS1 G U 7 4 A 0 X 000000
JS1 G U 7 4 A 0 D 000000

JS1 = Japan Suzuki 1= motorcycle A= ATV
G = GS/GSX D= DR/DS/RS/DRZ S= SP/TS/DRZ-S ect...
U = 1100cc N = 500/600cc P = 650/700cc R = 750cc ect...
7 = 4 stroke 4 cylinder 1 = 2stroke single 2= 4stroke single 5 = 4stroke twin ect...
4 = Design sequence
A = Normal G = Shaft T= turbo ect
X or 0-9 = some random coding digit for data processing
X = 82 D = 83
000000 Unit number

I hope that helps