Identify year ---Help Please

[Guest]

I've been asked to help identify year of a 70s GS750. Wire wheel model. The sticker is gone. Stamped Frame VIN is GS750-3XXXX. I told him to come here and search, he did and can't find the info. I also did and can't find it, thought there use to be chart.

 

[hampshirehog]

Here you go:

http://www.ozebook.com/compendium/suzi/engine-nos/engnos.htm

 

[Guest]

Here you go:

http://www.ozebook.com/compendium/suzi/engine-nos/engnos.htm

I have seen that before. Thanks for posting but each one of these has something after the GS750 that designates the model. We don't know the model. Does anyone have a a 70s GS750 that has a letter in the VIN stamping?

 

[Rijko]

The idea is to match the VIN with this reference and find out the model that way.
If you want more specific help post your VIN and engine number.

 

[hampshirehog]

If it's got wire wheels it's a GS750C. It would be a GS750EC if it had snowflake wheels.

 

[Rijko]

That's correct as long as the wheels are original to the bike

The GS750C (1978) does have a VIN number GS750-32604 and up ...

http://www.ozebook.com/compendium/suzi/engine-nos/page2.gif

 

[Big T]

The 77 standard model also had wire wheels.

 

[allojohn]

I have seen that before. Thanks for posting but each one of these has something after the GS750 that designates the model. We don't know the model. Does anyone have a a 70s GS750 that has a letter in the VIN stamping?

The letter in the listing is the model year and will not appear in the VIN. If the VIN does not have a letter in the stamping then it's the standard model - not an E. The E models have an E after the 750 in the stamping on the the frame and on the VIN sticker. You can only tell the year by the frame number - engines can be switched. Your buddy has a '78 GS750.

 

[Guest]

The letter in the listing is the model year and will not appear in the VIN. If the VIN does not have a letter in the stamping then it's the standard model - not an E. The E models have an E after the 750 in the stamping on the the frame and on the VIN sticker. You can only tell the year by the frame number - engines can be switched. Your buddy has a '78 GS750.

Appreciate it AllJohn!

edit: Found this on the internet, very helpful for pre-1981 model, year identifications. Search for "book_motorcycle_identification.pdf"

My friends bike is a 1977 GS750B

 

[Gorminrider]

Goto http://www.suzukicycles.org/index.html

Lots of info and pictures there.