First member from Malta?

[ssco156]

I might just be the first member from Malta. That's the little island just south of Italy. Joined in March; needed a little help with choke on my 1981 GS450 which I bought from the UK in November 2014. Think this site is amazing; so many people willing to help so quickly! Thanks to everyone who contributes.

[tkent02]

Nice 450, what's up with the choke?

[Steve]

..., what's up with the choke?

That situation has apparently been resolved, as shown in his other thread.

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[Gorminrider]

Nice one,ssco156! Thanks for posting a good picture! I like the chrome fender....the whole bike looks very well kept and as good or better than new!

[Wine]

Hey ssco! I'm not from the USA but my grandparents were born in Malta! That's a great looking bike.

[Buffalo Bill]

Clean good looking bike.
I see you have Hagon shocks, because I just ordered a pair for my 1100G.
No long journeys possible on that island, but that bike would be easy to handle on ferry crossings to a lot of other places.

[ssco156]

Thanks!

Nice 450, what's up with the choke?

Many thanks for your comment; nothing wrong with the choke just that I just didn't think that you had to pull it out to activate it. All the photos I saw on the web had a lever arrangement.

[ssco156]

Thanks! I bought the bike with the Hagons on it. They seem to do a reasonable job seeing the state of some our roads over here!

[ssco156]

Many thanks for your comment! Interesting to hear that your grandparents are Maltese. I've heard that there are more people of Maltese origin living outside Malta than there are here.

[ssco156]

The bike was originally in the USA and then spent some years in the UK before I bought it (with the chrome fender). I didn't realise that the original fender was not chrome. Thanks for your comment about the bike!