hi guys, i just got a 1100 gsx 1984 model, but is it a katana? its on my avatar . some say it is some say it isnt..... heeeeellllllllllppppppppp!!!
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From what I can see I think it is. The headlight area doesn't look stock but the tank/fairings look like a Kat.I have embarked on the road of modding. Even if you BOLT ON new parts to a bike, there will be someone somewhere that has the same combination. With the Kat, you have a unique platform. Sure, some parts might be from other bikes, but no one will have the same combination. It will be truly yours and unique.
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That is NOT a Katana! That is what we got as the GS 1150 here in the USA. Ray.85GS1150E 83GS1100SD 83GS1100ES 82GS1000SZ 96GSXR1500DRAGBIKE 96GSXR1400DRAGBIKE 90GSXR1166DRAGBIKE 05SDG110PITBIKE & 8 QUADS!!! "Life is tough! It's even tougher when you're stupid!" John Wayne
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Yep, that's a GS not a katana.90% of motorcycle forum members do not have a service manual for their bike.
Originally posted by BadfaerieI love how the most ignorant people I have met are the ones that fling the word "ignorant" around like it's an insult, or poo. Maybe they think it means pooOriginally posted by soulless kaosbut personaly I dont see a point in a 1000 you can get the same power from a properly tuned 600 with less weight and better handeling.
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Originally posted by rexazz2 View Post
so his bike is a gsx, not a gs. and the ONLY thing in common with the 84 kat is the forks, and wheels. they are not even the same engine. the gsx1100ef has the 1135cc engine, and the kat has the 1074cc....and yes, the gsx1100ef has more power than the kat. 2hp to be exact, but the ef is also 14lbs heavier.
btw...I have a spare engine for that bike if you ever need one. might have a few other parts as well. I have parted out several of them. the parts are as rare as hen's teeth, and made me a hell of a lot of money. I got over $1000 just for the tank and body. the front upper fairing alone netted me over $500 on ebay. most of it went to a person just like you....got a hold of an incomplete bike and wanted to bring it back to original.
btw, they are great bikes. I had one for about 3 months that I was going to keep for myself. picked it up for $500 in awesome shape. it was blue. the ONLY reason I sold it was cuz that $500 brought me back close to $3k in parts on ebay.
Last edited by Mojoe; 10-17-2010, 06:15 PM.I don't have a short temper. I just have a quick reaction to bullshit.
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GSX doesn't signify Katana. Even the Hayabusa is a GSX1300R.
not taking credit for this article but it is bout right...
GS - Gran Sport, used to indicate a road going Suzuki standard motorcycle, the only model that still uses this designation in the Suzuki line up is the GS500.
XR - eXperimental Racing. Designation added to GS for Suzukis road legal race replica motorcycles thereby creating GSXR.
There are additional suffixes added to the GS "road going" moniker such as GSX (just Gran Sport eXperimental) for the Katana motorcycles and a couple older models or GSF (the F stands for something in Japanese that I can't remember but generally indicates a sporting but not race replica trim) for the Bandit motorcycles. To be noted, the Hayabusa is technically not a GSXR but some hybrid between that and the Katana given it's model moniker GSX1300R.
Also to be noted, Suzuki's non-road legal race bikes are coded as XR for just eXperimental Racing.Last edited by cintidude04; 12-08-2010, 12:26 PM.1992- project katfighter
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The US GS's were pretty much the same as the rest of the world's GSX.
For instance, a US GS1100SD was the US Katana. The rest of the world's GSX1100SD was the same bike.
But...
The US GS 1150's were known as GSX 1100's everywhere else.
Fo some reason the US was afraid of the GSX designation. Sounded too much like sex, I guess.....
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Originally posted by Smokinapankake View PostFo some reason the US was afraid of the GSX designation. Sounded too much like sex, I guess.....1992- project katfighter
2005- GSXR750
2001- TL1000R
http://katriders.com/vb/showthread.php?t=111130
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