A handy chart for finding the year or model letter identification for Yamaha motorcycles.
Yamaha Year Model Identification
Here’s a handy chart to identify certain Yamaha models by year using the alphabetical model reference.
ie a YZ250E is a 1978 model, YZ250B, 1975.
Please note Yamaha have allocated the same alphabetical identifiers to multiple years, ie D is 1977 and 1992.
| A | 1974 |
| B | 1975 |
| C | 1976 |
| D | 1977 |
| E | 1978 |
| F | 1979 |
| G | 1980 |
| H | 1981 |
| J | 1982 |
| K | 1983 |
| L | 1984 |
| N | 1985 |
| S | 1986 |
| T | 1987 |
| U | 1988 |
| W | 1989 |
| A | 1990 |
| B | 1991 |
| D | 1992 |
| E | 1993 |
| F | 1994 |
| G | 1995 |
| H | 1996 |
| J | 1997 |
| K | 1998 |
| L | 1999 |
| M | 2000 |
| N | 2001 |
| P | 2002 |
| R | 2003 |
| S | 2004 |
| T | 2005 |
| V | 2006 |
| W | 2007 |
| X | 2008 |
| Y | 2009 |
| Z | 2010 |
| 2011 |