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GSX1400…Anyone got one Stateside?

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Samelak

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Wanted to see if anyone was able to get one into the US and registered. I have K0 model that I picked up when I was stationed in Japan and lets just say its complete, but disassembled, I’d like to get it back together this summer and registered if possible. I believe its old enough to be imported. Any help is appreciated.
 
Just google "how to import a motorcycle" X off where they're trying to sell the book, then start reading, Looks like the reading may take quite a while, but worth it, looks like a lot of stuff has got to be done, and done correctly. That'd be like having one of them Canadian General Motors Acadian, 1/2 Chevy 1/2 Pontiac, Beaumonts or Cansos down here in the states. You'd probably never see another Good luck,
 
Friend imported one to Vancouver...says he'll sell it to me when he's ready :)

This is a "Wes Cooley" one sold only in Japan....Wes told me he actually got paid royalties for this one :)

 
Beautiful motorcycle, and dang, there's a pair of shocks back there. I've not kept up with new bikes much, but never would have thought that bike, in 2003, would still have twin rear shocks, I thought the mono's were on everything by then, Oh, except Harleys.
 
How does this compare to the B King, which I understand to be a naked Busa?
 
For me, the GSX1400 "looks" waaay less crotch-rockety than the B-King. I think I could be comfortable on a GSX1400, Don't think the same for the B-King.
 
Is horsepower the only deciding factor? I thought the question was more concerned with the overall riding experience.
 
Yep, for me riding is a completely different experience 40 yrs ago, at 29, than today at 69. Yes back then, and if i's in my 20's again, HP was everything. Today, plenty of torque is a must, but HP?, I rarely feel it.
 
GS1150Pilot said:
Is horsepower the only deciding factor? I thought the question was more concerned with the overall riding experience.
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Not at all. Some of the most fun I've had was at the bars of a low-hp bike. Of course I have had tons of fun at the controls of high-hp bikes too.

The GSX1400 and B-King are both awesome, but it's doubtful that many people would have cross-shopped the two when new. They're very different machines for very different riders. For me, had the 1400 been available here I'd likely have had a couple by now... they'd have been cool to own alongside the two B-Kings that have passed through my garage. ;)
 
B King is a seriously wide motorcycle. I only sat on one in a showroom but that tank felt excessively wide to me.
 
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