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    Wales UK new member and owner

    He every one,

    New member and owner. I have always fancied an 80'so bike so bought a 1981 GS650G. It looks great sounds great with a possibly 7000 miles from new I love it. I have come across a problem though today trying to insure it. The bike was imported from the USA in 2014 and my insurance company won't recognise it as a classic motorcycle as it was first registered in 2014.

    I don't want to find a UK registered GS650G and start swapping everything over. Has anyone else come across this and how did you sort it.

    I only want to change a couple of things on it but everything else will stay as it is. I want to change the handlebars originals too high for me and the American speedometer to a UK speck one.

    Regards

    Mark
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    Welcome Mark.

    Not sure how to resolve your dating issue - you may have to join the Suzuki Owners Club, or VJMC, and ask them about a dating certificate. Hopefully another Brit will be able to help more. It's certainly possible - thousands of bikes have been imported from the States over the years.

    I may have a spare speedo and bars in the shed - I'll have a look tomorrow.

    Stayed in Conwy a few years ago for a wedding (Castlebank Hotel?), lovely part of the world.
    1980 GS550ET

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      #3
      Hi Steve

      Thanks for that really appreciate it, will keep an eye out for replys to dating issues. I have thought about the suzuki owners club. I know castlebank hotel, I think there was a documentary about it a few years go. You should come back to the area. 👍
      Originally posted by steveb922 View Post
      Welcome Mark.

      Not sure how to resolve your dating issue - you may have to join the Suzuki Owners Club, or VJMC, and ask them about a dating certificate. Hopefully another Brit will be able to help more. It's certainly possible - thousands of bikes have been imported from the States over the years.

      I may have a spare speedo and bars in the shed - I'll have a look tomorrow.

      Stayed in Conwy a few years ago for a wedding (Castlebank Hotel?), lovely part of the world.

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        #4
        Welcome to the site, Mark.

        If you put your year and model in your signature, it will make it easier to ask for and receive info about your bike.

        And show us a pic of your ride.
        1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

        2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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          #5
          I've just done my signature but having trouble with my photos because I'm accessing the forum on a tablet at the moment. I'm hoping to have it sorted by tomorrow evening

          Mark

          Originally posted by Rob S. View Post
          Welcome to the site, Mark.

          If you put your year and model in your signature, it will make it easier to ask for and receive info about your bike.

          And show us a pic of your ride.

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            #6
            What's the difference between a UK & US spec speedo? Both should be in MPH. If yours is KPH it came from Canada...
            1980 GS1000G - Sold
            1978 GS1000E - Finished!
            1980 GS550E - Fixed & given to a friend
            1983 GS750ES Special - Sold
            2009 KLR 650 - Sold - gone to TX!
            1982 GS1100G - Rebuilt and finished. - Sold
            2009 TE610 - Dual Sporting around dreaming of Dakar..... - FOR SALE!

            www.parasiticsanalytics.com

            TWINPOT BRAKE UPGRADE LINKY: http://www.thegsresources.com/_forum...e-on-78-Skunk/

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              #7
              If I recall correctly, the difference between US and UK speedos is minor - just the circled '55'.

              Did some of the GS series (in the States) also only have 80mph speedos?
              1980 GS550ET

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                #8
                I heard some of them went to 88mph.
                That would be handy nowadays to nip back for NOS parts.

                To the OP; your insurance company are being asshats.
                ---- Dave

                Only a dog knows why a motorcyclist sticks his head out of a car window

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by steveb922 View Post
                  Did some of the GS series (in the States) also only have 80mph speedos?
                  They most certainly did! It insulted my senses to see "1100" on the side covers and no more than "80" on the speedo.

                  I think it was 1980 through '82. Hell, when the 903cc Kaw z1 came out in '73 it had a 160 speedo. I remember at least one onlooker thought it would go that fast. Who was I to burst his bubble?
                  1982 GS1100E V&H "SS" exhaust, APE pods, 1150 oil cooler, 140 speedo, 99.3 rear wheel HP, black engine, '83 red

                  2016 XL883L sigpic Two-tone blue and white. Almost 42 hp! Status: destroyed, now owned by the insurance company. The hole in my memory starts an hour before the accident and ends 24 hours after.

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                    #10
                    Yep my speedo only goes upto 80mph and has a white circled 55, it does my nut in for some reason.


                    Originally posted by steveb922 View Post
                    If I recall correctly, the difference between US and UK speedos is minor - just the circled '55'.

                    Did some of the GS series (in the States) also only have 80mph speedos?
                    20190908_182237.jpg

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                      #11
                      I've just dug a speedo out of the stash. Good nick, but a brown face (looks like yours is dark green?), and has 57k on it. I'm sure I have another somewhere. As for bars, I found 2 sets that might suit you. However, one looks like it has been shortened slightly - not sure that the throttle tube, switchgear and M/C would all fit correctly. Another set has a scrape on one end that would be covered by the left grip, and a mark where someone has bolted something to the bars in the area of the clutch lever.
                      1980 GS550ET

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