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lucretia666

23-08-10 04:33 PM

Is my bike an import?

Hi all,

O/H has just brought an SV1000s 2004. just noticed the owners handbook is in french!!! Does this mean its a french model? if so is the power restricted at all??? if it is restricted how do you bring up to full power?!?!

Bike was originally registered in uk!

any info appreciated!
thanks all

hongman

23-08-10 05:22 PM

Re: Is my bike an import?!?!?!

Out of curiousity are the clocks in mph or kmph?

Richie

23-08-10 05:27 PM

Re: Is my bike an import?!?!?!

Quote:

Originally Posted by hongman (Post 2351207)

Out of curiousity are the clocks in mph or kmph?

If the speedo is in MPH then it's a UK model, as the Euro models cannot switch between KM / Miles like the UK versions Can :0)

hth's

hongman

23-08-10 06:32 PM

Re: Is my bike an import?!?!?!

That's what I was getting at, but was not 100% on those details ;)

CodeJACK

23-08-10 06:41 PM

Re: Is my bike an import?!?!?!

Ehh,

Did i miss something or can you not simply hold in the right button on a pointy's clocks to switch between mph/kph?

So this point is then not correct/accurate.

The French do have power restriction on their bikes but I wouldnt imagine its all that different from the power restrictions Learner's get here.

Check the codes on the ECU and post them for folks to compare?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Richie (Post 2351210)

If the speedo is in MPH then it's a UK model, as the Euro models cannot switch between KM / Miles like the UK versions Can :0)

hth's

Lozzo

23-08-10 06:46 PM

Re: Is my bike an import?!?!?!

Quote:

Originally Posted by CodeJACK (Post 2351311)

Ehh,

Did i miss something or can you not simply hold in the right button on a pointy's clocks to switch between mph/kph?

So this point is then not correct/accurate.

UK models are switchable between kmh and mph, foreign models are not switchable and will only read kmh. Its something to do with Construction and Use regs in UK, but Johnny Foreigner hasn't got to worry about all that malarky, he just rides on kmh all the time in the third world countries he comes from.

SV650Racer

24-08-10 08:47 AM

Re: Is my bike an import?

PM me your vin or reg and I will run it through suzuki's warranty system which will confirm whether its an import or not.

Paul the 6th

24-08-10 09:36 AM

Re: Is my bike an import?

Have you flicked all the way through the manual? Most manual's I've ever had with my bikes are usually made up of the same 20-40 pages of information repeated several times throughout the book in a variety of languages...

dizzyblonde

24-08-10 01:51 PM

Re: Is my bike an import?!?!?!

Quote:

Originally Posted by CodeJACK (Post 2351311)

The French do have power restriction on their bikes but I wouldnt imagine its all that different from the power restrictions Learner's get here.

The French law restricts bikes you'd find over here, to 106bhp.
So for instance you can have your zzr1400 over here with a full BHP of 197. But in France you should only expect to find one with its nuts cut off...at 106bhp.
Same goes for anything else, dunno what BHP a SV1000 is, but if it is French....it might not have what its supposed to have under the tank.

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