Did you know this?

[psyguy]

i've always been intrigued by the sattle differences suzuki (and other manufactures) would inroduce on the same model bike when exporting to different markets

a same model/year bike can have minor differences in carburettor jetting, wiring harness setup, wheel sizes, required quantity of fork oil, bulb wattage, brake design, etc etc

in my recently acquired suzuki gs850 service manual bulletin specific to 850 '82 model i discovered that the seat height on that model only and for the canadian market only was lowered by 15mm (approx 5/8")

how cool is that?

[chuckycheese]

Yep

That's very common right here in the U.S., thanks to the weirdos in California. Even back as long ago as 1988, I bought a new HD FXRS.

I had my mother buy it in Oregon because the California model had a different cam, different carbs and a goofy emissions cannister. Consequently, they would barely run until you'd paid someone to straighten the mess out. So, the term often used for bikes used to be the "California model" and the "49 states model".

In 1970, I bought a Yamaha Enduro in Japan. When I left, I took it to Hawaii and there were a number of differences between the one I had and the ones there.

[bwringer]

I had no idea Canadians had shorter legs than the rest of us. Hmm.

[chuckycheese]

I had no idea Canadians had shorter legs than the rest of us. Hmm.

You should have seen the Enduro I bought in Japan. The seat height was only about 2 feet!