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Az
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PostPosted: 22:12 - 02 Feb 2014    Post subject: Parallel/grey import bandit 600 Reply with quote
Just discovered my bandit 600 mk2 is a parallel import from Japan.

Will my bike be any different to a UK spec' bandit?

Edit: It's actually a parallel import from France and not Japan.

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PostPosted: 22:15 - 02 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
KPH clocks. Warning stickers in Japanese.

What year is it? Could be affected by the 180kph/112mph restrictor.
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Az
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PostPosted: 22:25 - 02 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wafer_Thin_Ham wrote:
KPH clocks. Warning stickers in Japanese.

What year is it? Could be affected by the 180kph/112mph restrictor.


When i bought the bike it came with a bunch of warning stickers in different languages amongst all the documents it came with.
No stickers on the tank (they're usually on the tank above the petrol cap right?) and I can't see any other warning stickers.

Looks like the clocks have already been changed to MPH, the trip metre still reads in KM's though.

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PostPosted: 22:30 - 02 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Looks like the 180mph limit is still in force in Japan. May have been disabled when it was imported. Does it go more than 180kph/112mph?
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PostPosted: 22:31 - 02 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
az- wrote:

Looks like the clocks have already been changed to MPH, the trip metre still reads in KM's though.


Look carefully at the clocks to see if just the faces have been changed

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Az
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PostPosted: 22:34 - 02 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wafer_Thin_Ham wrote:
Looks like the 180mph limit is still in force in Japan. May have been disabled when it was imported. Does it go more than 180kph/112mph?


It hasn't seen more than 105mph (on private land ofc) in my ownership, so I'm unsure if it's restricted yet.
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PostPosted: 08:45 - 03 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
I incorrectly cross checked my frame number Embarassed , my bike is in fact imported from France and a french spec' bandit, not a japanese import.
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PostPosted: 10:17 - 03 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
dont foreign bandits not have the heating element on the bottom of the carbs?
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PostPosted: 10:56 - 03 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
My old gals an import, was restricted to 186kph, just kept the original kph clocks and fitted one of those kph/mph reducers (little blue or gold barrel things?) into the speedo.

No more restriction, reads miles etc... ok
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PostPosted: 11:59 - 03 Feb 2014    Post subject: Reply with quote
Wafer_Thin_Ham wrote:
KPH clocks. Warning stickers in Japanese.

What year is it? Could be affected by the 180kph/112mph restrictor.

You mean the engine?
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