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Each to their own. I put a generic phone holder on my son's 125 and there's no way it would fit on the type of bars the same as a 750 teapot. I would have had to make a bespoke bracket. Otherwise it was a good quality and well designed product. The bar clamp came off so something could be made for more challenging applications. Also, because Suzuki put bloody great 'Katana' stickers on several oil-cooled models for the US market, the owners of these models referring them as 'Katanas' seems pretty understandable to me. Which I suppose is ironic seeing as the original aircooled 1100/1000 Katanas never had the word 'Katana' on them at all .

There are only three shades of blue on the bike. The really light blue only appears in the thinnest stripes (Marble...), not upper tank. The top of the tank is not 'light sky blue' as in the description of Marble Blue. The darkest blue appears on the front mudguard and the widest fairing, side panel and seat stripes (Dark Blue). By deduction, Powerful Blue must be the blue for the top of the tank, front of the fairing and middle fairing stripe, the middle shade between the really dark one and the light sky blue.

Could you have taken it back to the retailer? In UK they would be liable under the Consumer Rights Act, as it clearly should last longer than that. You would be entitled to a repair, replacement or a refund.

The nature of your t-piece can't be seen. If it's the same as the one in the kit as in the OP, then a male-male adapter will be needed to connect the hose coming from the cooler to the T. So if someone buys the kit, to use the T-supplied an additional male-male adapter is also required. Or simply buy the bits separately and use a T or Y adapter with all male ends as duncan describes. I.e the T bit supplied with the kit is not much use (as it is) if a head cooler is to be fitted. I include a picture of my set-up for clarity

The t piece in the kit isn't much use for fitting a head cooler. Depending on hose routing, using a more compact t or a y piece as duncan states for the feed from the cooler to the head will give a better result.

The output is a series of displayed digits like a digital watch, as in definition 2 . So it's digital. digital | ˈdɪdʒɪt(ə)l | adjective 1 (of signals or data) expressed as series of the digits 0 and 1, typically represented by values of a physical quantity such as voltage or magnetic polarization. Often contrasted with analogue.• relating to, using, or storing data or information in the form of digital signals: digital TV | a digital recording. • involving or relating to the use of computer technology: the digital revolution. 2 (of a clock or watch) showing the time by means of displayed digits rather than hands or a pointer. 3 relating to a finger or fingers.

If you're fitting a head cooler then the T-piece isn't required. Just buy the bits needed individually rather than the kit.

Looks like the sort of thing you used to be able to find in Maplins. Learn something new every day. I would have thought that bike would have had the digital gear indicator as fitted to many Suzuki models of the 70s/80s.

Can the bearing in the link be used on 1100 slabbies?

It may well be cheaper/easier to swap the gearbox with a good secondhand replacement. Also, has anyone asked Nova gearboxes what they use? They definitely offer items for big oilcooled Suzukis.

Robinsons used to have seemingly random discounts on bits like valve stem seals but that seems to have stopped . Many parts are shared between models and you can get lucky by searching the part number on eb@y. E.g. the (ridiculously expensive from Suzuki) O'rings that go in the head gasket of slabbies are also used on DRZ400s (or similar, I can't remember precisely) so when listed as for a less desirable model they are often relatively cheap.

1052 cover with integral breather is magnesium, which also goes some way in explaining its lower weight. Where are the pics of the different covers? We like pics

There's a bloke in Belgium makes CDI/TCIs for various bikes. Probably worth a call to see if he could make a new direct replacement. https://www.hpi.be/cdi.php

Smashing! I will email you later.

Please post pics of cool looking efe in background