Code: year: model: 601: 1960-1964: p7g (7hk) 602: 1960-1964: p-7k (7hk) 603: 1961-1964: p-3: 604: 1964-1965: p-22: 605: 1963-1965: pc-3: 606: 1963-1965: p-6g: 607. YAMAHA MODEL YEAR GUIDE EXAMPLE: 'F15MLHW' would be a Four Stroke, 15 HP, Manual Tilt/Manual Start, 20' Shaft, Tiller Steer, 1998 model THESE CODES ARE GOOD FOR USA MODELS ONLY PLEASE NOTE: Beginning around 2005, Yamaha stopped using model years and the codes below no longer apply to newer motors. This Yamaha outboard year model chart will only work for Asia Pacific distributed engines. If you have a Yamaha engine that has been bought in from America or Europe direct the parts will still be the same but your model and year model code will be different.
I made this list up some years ago. This version is arranged in Model Code numeric sequence. This code is found on the steering stem ID/VIN plate and Registration Papers. This is not necessarily the same as the first 3 places of the Engine Number.
MODEL YEAR MODEL CODE ENGINE NUMBER
Yamaha Outboard Model Year Codes
XS-B 75-76 533447-500101
I’m sure it’s not complete. May include errors. If you have a machine with a model code not listed here let me know.
… model codes – page 02
Yamaha Year Code
Or here listed by Engine Number.
by engine number – page 02
As you can see, there are questions. (???)
… my original tables included these model code/engine number combinations … they are not however confirmed by Yamaha … if you have a machine covered by one of these please let me know and I will reinclude it in the above tables
Have a Model Code that’s not listed here? Let me know.
I wish to get an idea of production runs. The engine numbers in the above tables are arranged so … 447-300101 to (400000). I have the start number for each model. Yamaha have given the absolute end number-these are in brackets. Not necessarily the real end number. Where I know this I have entered it without brackets … 2F0-000101 to 006141. The information is from Yamaha Publication #12100-100E1.
I’m looking for approximate end numbers. If you want you could leave me your model and engine number. No Name. No address. When left in the comment box below no one will see it.
Have you ever wondered how you can identify the model year of a Suzuki or Yamaha motorcycle or ATV?
Be sure to check out the CYCLEPEDIA VIN decoder.
Suzuki and Yamaha assign a year letter code to the end of each model name. Perhaps you’ve noticed this letter designation in your Suzuki or Yamaha repair manual or owners manual but weren’t sure what it meant.
Well here’s how it works: If you own a 1999 Suzuki GSX-R600X the X at the end tells us it was sold as a 1999 model year. Likewise, if you own a 2000 Yamaha YZ125M the M at the end of the model name indicates it was sold as a 2000 model. Please note that the year of manufacture, (stamped into the frame or printed on a sticker affixed to your vehicle), does not necessarily denote the model year. It is not uncommon for a motorcycle to be manufactured the year prior to the year it is sold and marketed as. So you 2009 RMZ250 may very well have been manufactured in November of 2008 for example.
In descending order, the Suzuki and Yamaha year code letter designations are as follows:
| Year | Yamaha | Suzuki | Polaris |
| 2019 | L9 | ||
| 2018 | J | L8 | |
| 2017 | H | L7 | |
| 2016 | G | L6 | |
| 2015 | F | L5 | |
| 2014 | E | L4 | |
| 2013 | D | L3 | |
| 2012 | B | L2 | |
| 2011 | A | L1 | |
| 2010 | Z | L0 | A |
| 2009 | Y | K9 | 9 |
| 2008 | X | K8 | 8 |
| 2007 | W | K7 | 7 |
| 2006 | V | K6 | 6 |
| 2005 | T | K5 | 5 |
| 2004 | S | K4 | 4 |
| 2003 | R | K3 | 3 |
| 2002 | P | K2 | 2 |
| 2001 | N | K1 | 1 |
| 2000 | M | Y | Y |
| 1999 | L | X | X |
| 1998 | K | W | W |
| 1997 | J | V | V |
| 1996 | H | T | T |
| 1995 | G | S | S |
| 1994 | F | R | R |
| 1993 | E | P | P |
| 1992 | D | N | N |
| 1991 | B | M | M |
| 1990 | A | L | L |
| 1989 | W | K | K |
| 1988 | U | J | J |
| 1987 | T | H | H |
| 1986 | S | G | G |
| 1985 | N | F | F |
| 1984 | L | E | E |
| 1983 | K | D | D |
| 1982 | J | Z | C |
| 1981 | H | X | B |
| 1980 | G | T | A |
| 1979 | F | N | 9 |
| 1978 | E | C | 8 |
| 1977 | D | B | 7 |
| 1976 | C | A | 6 |
| 1975 | B | M | 5 |
| 1974 | A | L | 4 |
| 1973 | K | 3 | |
| 1972 | J | 2 | |
| 1971 | R | 1 |
Suzuki International Market Codes
Suzuki has assigned international market codes to their vehicles for the purpose of differentiating models produced for a specific market. Generally models with different codes will have unique specifications.
CODE COUNTRY OR AREA
EO1 General
EO2 England
EO3 or P03 United States
E18 Switzerland
E19 EU
E24 Australia
E28 Canada
E33 or P33 California (USA)
E39 Austria