Is my bike Full Power? 05 R1

[lllN30lll]

A friend of mine just went to a bike shop to have a look around, he saw a Maroon 05 R1 and told the dealer that his mate (me) has just brought one in silver with a black mid fairing

dealer asked him where i'd got it and my mate said It was from D&K motorcycles, dealer then told him that's an Import and will be missing 30 bhp!!!!

now, is that right? how do I know if my bike is an import? and how do I know if it's restricted without whacking it on a dyno?

cheers

PS this is the bike
https://img.photobucket.com/albums/v707/lllN30lll/piccy-0392.jpg
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[Hetzer]

There should be a VIN plate on the frame near the headstock. If the bike's an import the text will be in a foreign language (repeating myself from another, very recent, thread. Weird).
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[rhone81]

Aren't you just asking for another ripping...?

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=117129

[Ste]

[lllN30lll]

[lllN30lll]

[Hetzer]

[lllN30lll]

[Walloper]

Dealers spout some shite right off the bat.
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[Odie]

[lllN30lll]

The more ponies the better

[Andy C]

[lllN30lll]

they've been OK with me so far
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[St0rmer66]

[0ddball]

It's almost certain that it's an import but i haven't read anywhere that they were restricted for a particular market. Perhaps you could ask the dealer to show you where he got his info, or even run the vin number for you.
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[Hetzer]

[dainesefreak]

I know that Germany has a 100 BHP limit too. DK tend to import their bikes from Europe and the reference to Dan's made me smile too as they import from the good old USA. I actually phoned them and spoke to their "Blade specialist" a few weeks ago, funnily enough about a Blade. They were selling off used US bikes for slightly less than used UK bikes, for the price difference and resale value I decided to buy a used UK.

I'm fairly sure that yours is an import from looking at the colour scheme. I thought the UK bike was silver where yours is the dark buley/graphite colour, sort of like a negative of yours.

Like this one;

https://pictures.autotrader.co.uk/ATD_web/servlet/media?id=557194581

[tony532]

@ glynn.

ride to shackleys motorcycles in macclesfield tomorrow.

just past the train station on sunderland street at the bottom of the cat and fiddle and steve the owner will tell you if it's imported or not e.t.c.

if he isn't in jason the other mechanic will let you know.

they open at 9:30

if you want i will meet up with you and ride there with you i'll pm you my mobile number.
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[fast_tzr]

Sounds a fair bit of shite really, it would be missing more than 30bhp if it was restricted to 100bhp. The only thing I'm aware of relating to restrictions is California bikes have more stringent emission regulations, so they are restricted in more ways than non-Cali bikes. Only heard that off an American forum though, might be worth looking on R1-forum.com or something?

[lllN30lll]

yeh I made a post on there today, cheers matey
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[colin1]

Ah so i used to think dk were untrustworthy for used bikes but that they cdnt sell u a dud new bike.

Looks like i was wrong.
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[lllN30lll]

been through all my paperwork, rang the previous owner.

the bike I got from D&K was a part ex bike not imported thank fook

bike was originally from Bill Smith Motors, Tarvin road, Chester, United Kingdom. CH35DH.

brand new, last dealer had all the services done and stamped.

he's also fitted an aftermarket de-catted Y pipe on the exhaust

not sure what else he's done yet
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[MattEMulsion]

If you buy a 2nd hand bike from DK it is like any other dealer and you have to make sure that you know the origin of that bike if it being an import concerns you.

As for buying a new bike from DK, then they are all almost certainly imports of some description as DK aren't a franchised dealer for anyone as far as I am aware. Therefore their new stock is mostly sourced from outside the UK.
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[Hetzer]

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