Model #'s Serial #'s & Paint

[81XS1100-2006]

Found this info on a german site, might be really useful.....

year Model Code Serial # Color Country
1978 XS 1100 2H9 2H9 - 000101-020000 Macho Maron Europa
1979 XS 1100 2H9 2H9 - 020101-040000 New Pearl White Europa
1979 XS 1100 2H9 2H9 - 120101-126000 Indigo Blue, D. Silver, Magent. Red Europa
1979 XS 1100 Martini 2H9 2H9 - 120... - ? Martini Racing Colors Europa
1980 XS 1100 2H9 2H9 - 130101-140000 Silver; Macho Maron/In. Blue-WhiteEuropa
1981 XS 1100 (1.1) 3X0 2H9 - 140101-150000 New Yamaha Black-Silver Europa
1981 XS 1100 S (1.1) 5K7 5K7 - 000101-010000 New Yamaha Black, Cardinal Red Europa
1981 XS 1100 S (1.1) 5K7 5K7 - 010101-020000 New Yamaha Black Europa
1980 XS 1100 Police? 4H9 4H9 - 000101- ? White ?
1978 XS 1100 E 2H7 2H7 - 000101-020000 Macho Maron USA
1979 XS 1100 F 2H7 2H7 - 020101-100000 Indigo Blue, Magenta Red USA
1979 XS 1100 SF 3H3 3H3 - 000101- 050000 Black Gold, Carmine Red USA
1980 XS 1100 G 3H5 3H5 - 000101 -050000 Diamaond Silver; New Ruby Red USA
1980 XS 1100 SG 3J6 3J6 - 000101 - New Ruby Red, Black Red USA
1980 XS 1100 LG 4H3 4H3 - 00010 -004000 New Yamaha Black USA
1981 XS 1100 H 4R1 4R1 - 000101-020000 Indigo Blue USA
1981 XS 1100 SH 4R0 4R0 - 00010 -060000 Black Blue, Cardinal Red USA
1981 XS 1100 LH 4W1 4W1 - 00010 -010001 New Yamaha Back USA
1978 XS 1100 E 2H7 2H8 - 100101-110000 Macho Maron Canada
1979 XS 1100 F 2H8 2H7 - 110101-120000 Indigo Blue, Magenta Red Canada
1979 XS 1100 SF 3H4 3H4 - 000101-050000 Black Gold, Carmine Red Canada
1980 XS 1100 G 3U7 3U7 - 00010 -010000 Diamond Silver Canada
1980 XS 1100 SG 3U9 3U9 - 000101-010000 Black Red, New Ruby Red Canada
1980 XS 1100 LG 4H4 4H4 - 00010 -000501 New Yamaha Black ?? Canada
1981 XS 1100 H 4T1 4T1 - 000101- ? Indigo Blue Canada
1981 XS 1100 SH 4T0 4T0 - 000101 - ? Black Blue, Cardinal Red Canada
1981 XS 1100 LH 4W2 4W2 - 000001-005001 New Yamaha Black Canada
1978 XS 1100 E 2U6 2H9 - 100101-110000 Macho Maron Oceanien
1979 XS 1100 F 2U6 2H9 - 110101-120000 Magenta Red Oceanien
1980 XS 1100 G 3X1 3X1 - 000101 Diamond Silver Oceanien +
1981 XS 1100 H 3X1 3X1 - 003101- Black Red Oceanien +
1981 XS 1100 RH + R 5N5 5N5 - 000101-003000 New Yamaha Black Oceanien +
1982 XS 1100 Police 5H4 5H4 - 000101-010000 New Yamaha Black, White Oceanien
1982 XJ 1100 J 10M 10M - 000101- ? New Yamaha Black, New Ruby Red USA
1982 XJ 1100 J 11G 11G - 000101-010000 New Yamaha Black, New Ruby Red Canada
1983 XJ 1100 K 11G 11G - 010101-100000 Sparkle Red Canada
1984 XJ 1100 ML 11G 11G - 100101-101000 Blue Black Canada

[gaines]

Thanks for this. I'm still wondering how the numbering worked. For instance, my serial number is 3H3 010116. If the numbers started at 000101 then what does the second digit mean? Was this the 116th off the line (ignoring unused serial numbers)?

- Gaines

[Pat Kelly]

10,015th off the line for the 1979 Special
is my guess.

(10116 minus 101)

[gaines]

Originally posted by Pat Kelly
10,015th off the line for the 1979 Special
is my guess.

(10116 minus 101)

That makes sense. I was just reading about how some sequences started with 101 instead of 100.... *shrug*

[confish04]

I guess my 80 midnight is a low one 4H3000157

I`m guessing she`s a keeper , at that low number she should be wourth an extra dollar

Gerard

[Pat Kelly]

We had 2 V-Stars in our parking garage here at work. They looked identical. I looked at the serial numbers and they were 2 numbers off (xxxxxxxx2401 & xxxxxxxx2403). They'd followed each other from the factory and were parked next to each other. They both belonged to employees.
My MNS ia 000756 so (if I'm guessing right) it's #746 for 1980, a few after yours Gerard.
My E (made 11/77) was the 6,136th. They were crankn' em out.

[confish04]

Originally posted by Pat Kelly
My MNS ia 000756 so (if I'm guessing right) it's #746 for 1980, a few after yours Gerard.

Just a little behind , i`m guessing by a couple of days or weeks . Don`t know how fast they were putting them together back then. I wounder if anyone here has a number lower ??

Gerard

[goldcoastguy001]

Hey cool, mines 5n5000109, that has to be cool. But then they are so hard to get over here it wouldnt supprise me if they only sent 10 over here... only thing is it says in your numbers 81? mine has 7/82 stamped in the frame?


cheers