Advice on GTR1400

[Richard]

Hi and welcome to the forum! 

I was just going to mention the French spec issue.  Am I the only one on here with 106bhp?? At least I thought I was....

Ros

Only 106bhp, how do you manage, do you have to push it to get it going? 

[Ros]

Yeah... Actually it may only have 106BHP but it seems that it is not done using the normal strangulation methods... Power delivery is nice and smooth and it appears to have kept most of it's torque.  I have never ridden a 'proper' one, but I will one day release the rest of it's horses now that I live in a country that allows such things.  However, until then, it's still absolutely blistering and blows most other stuff off the lights.  I've calmed down a lot over the last few years too, so I'm not in any major hurry to spend the 1000EUR required to change the air intakes and the cpu (centraline - can't remember the English word...) 

The only thing I would say is that sometimes, it could use abit more OOOMPH when we're two up and a load of luggage.

Cheers

Ros

[Ant681]

Hi all and thanks for the advice. I have just found out hat the bike originated in the USA, so are there any issues with these imports?

Cheers

Anthony

[shaggs147]

Might be worth asking Kawasaki that one Ant ....... different emission laws etc.
If I were you I'd be asking the insurance companies if there were any difference in cost of insurance. Some companies get a bit twitchy when it comes to imports, and this might also help if you want to try and get the price of the bike down.

[keith]

ant there are plenty of gtr's for sale out there ,i am sure you could find a better one with lower miles,plenty for sale on aututrader and e bay,there is also a chance someone on the forum will be selling a gtr ,then you would have a good history.

[Ant681]

Well I have taken the plunge and bought a 2008 model with 10k miles from Wigan Yamaha, expecting delivery in the next 10 days.

Thanks to everyone for all the advice, and look forward to joining in on some more forums.

Ant

[Rusty]

That's good news Ant ... well done and hope you enjoy !

[Lonewolf]

  yet another Northern member.