My dream bike!!!

[fossie]

Being serious , this was my dream bike and still is really
I loved my A reg ESD ..I rode it , dispatched it , it was my wedding car...But I always wanted the Jap market black with cherry red deals ..
Now there is a "brand new " for sale .. 0 miles , been in a private museum collection , so what's the issue ? most importantly for sale with a dealer I wouldn't piss on if it was on fire! Secondly the price , while it's unregistered , it's 40 years old , so are the seals Thirdly with 7 bikes that I struggle to give the correct attention to adding another is lunacy. ah well!
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256901734634 ... R97jjJPjZQ

[Pedda]

Few years ago there was a German guy trying to sell an unused Katana from his collection. No way to get it registrated for regular street use in Germany, as it would be looked upon as a new bike having to meet all regulations environmentalwise. Haven’t seen bike nor guy for some years. No idea if it was ever sold.

[Smallkat]

That is nice, but as you say, will need work and probably plenty of it.

[fossie]

In theory it would be easy to register it in UK as it's historic , but it would need the original log book ( which dosen't exist as it wasn't registered in Canada ) so a bill of sale or a dating letter .. Was it declared to HMRC with 14 days of entry to UK ..
So the theory is great , but knowing about the dealer I doubt much of the above ...
Eitherway the reality is it's a max of £2500 bike ...

[Bikeazoid]

My buddie back in the day had a 83 (I think) GS550e, wondering if that mini Kat used the same four cylinder, but two carb (two barels in each carb) setup.

[fossie]

My buddie back in the day had a 83 (I think) GS550e, wondering if that mini Kat used the same four cylinder, but two carb (two barels in each carb) setup.

Now I know which machine to which you refer but in the rest of world it was a GSX 550E (ES or ESF) The GS 550 was the same set up as the Kat.. in 83 the engine was given 4 valves per cyl so got the X in GSX ... but not is USA ..
Eitherway the twin choke carbs on that were awful to set up and only appeared on Jap market stuff normally like the $00 impulse , FW, and their early GSXG 400.