Bike has a mixture of different age parts....

[EazyDuz]

So my bike is a 2005 plate but since ordering a spark plug which doesnt fit ive learnt that the engine is from a 2003 model, confirmed by Suzuki.
Well since i came off the bike i ordered an indicator lens for an 04-05 GZ125, it came, it doesnt fit, because my bike takes a 2003 indicator lens.

It seems to me that either my bike was in a crash (hpi check didnt say so, never failed MOT for anything more sinister than a non working brake light) and a doner 2003 bike was used as parts to repair it. What other explaination could there be?

The bike itself runs fine, not had any problems really, but its more of an annoyance that im having to send parts back because they dont fit...
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[Kickstart]

Hi

My guess would be that the bike is a 2003 bike imported and sold a couple of years later.

All the best

Keith
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[EazyDuz]

[Kickstart]

Hi

In which case check other things VERY carefully. Such as the chassis number (should be stamped on the head stock, although probably on a rivet on tin plate as well - in which case check all match). Not sure if Suzuki have stickers under the seat giving the year of the bike. Also if the original tyres are on (OK, unlikely by now) check for any date marks on those, same for the rubber brake lines.

While an engine change isn't that unusual and nor is swapping indicators, swapping both to be from a bike a couple of years earlier is ; with indicators if swapped they normally get changed for cheap and nasty mini ones.

As such I would be concerned that the bike is a nicked 2003 one that someone has passed on with the identity of a different legitimate bike.

All the best

Keith
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[EazyDuz]

[Kickstart]

Hi

HPI can only check the details they are given, and if the identity is from a legitimate bike it is those details they check rather than a bikes real identity. Some theives might just transfer over the (pretty meaningless) tin plate, while some might restamp the actual frame, or just destroy the chassis number on the actual frame.

Used to be one of the major reasons to be wary of write offs wasn't for the damage they had sustained but that the identity of the write off was being used on a stolen bike. This way if an HPI type check was done it might come back as a write off but people would buy it as it looked immaculate (the actual written off bike having long ago landed up crushed).

All the best

Keith
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[EazyDuz]

[Kickstart]

Hi

Sorry, but panic.

Unrelated bits matching an older bike just sets the alarm bells ringing for me. I really do hope that there is nothing actually dubious. Hence check very carefully, and with chassis and engine numbers check for any sign that that have been obliterated or modified.

Legally if it is a ringer then the bike isn't yours (as it wasn't the previous owners to sell to you).

All the best

Keith
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[EazyDuz]

[Kickstart]

Hi

Thats good to hear. Could also just be that it blew the engine rather than was crashed and they bought a crashed bike for spares and liked the indicators.

All the best

Keith
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[EazyDuz]