GSX1400FE.com :: My Suzuki GSX1400 Final Edition K6

My Suzuki GSX1400 K6 Final Edition (Yoshimura)

This is my GSX1400 page, I update it monthly with bits of updates

List of "Modifications" to Date (July '08)
12v power supply outlet (cig lighter)
Brake & Clutch lever foam grips
Clear front & rear indicator lenses
Datatool system 4 alarm
Fabbri Blue Fly Screen
GSX1400 engrave Brake & Clutch reservoir caps
Personalised Registration Plate for my new reg number Euro"GB" Reg plate with www.GSX1400FE.com logo
Heated Grips (Oxford)
K2 gloss black side panels with polished Stainless Steel inserts
Oil cooler polished Stainless Steel cover with "GSX1400 Final Edition" design and Fan cover
Oil temperature gauge (when fitted)
Oxford Humpback luggage in blue - Tank bag, tail pack & Panniers (when fitted)
Rentec luggage rack (when fitted)
Tomtom one Europe Sat Nav (car version)
Yoshimura Tri Oval Stainless Steel Exhaust Road legal E marked with removable baffles
Givi Rack and 45L monokey top bax (when Fitted)

July '08
Thurs 3rd July. Another trip over the water to France for a few days, I decided to go to Disneyland Paris again on the 1400 with my wife staying in a etap hotel across from Val d' Europe. True to form, just minutes before we set off for our trip the rain starts, which turned out to be a quick but heavy shower and dries up just as quick as it came. we set off from home and travelled down the M1, the further south we got the blacker the clouds became, which we seamed to dodge quite well until we hit the M25 and we hit rain for about half an hour or so, once we got to the Dartford crossing the roads dried up and the sun came out and on to the M20 to the Channel Tunnel terminal. We entered France and stayed in a B&B Hotel in Coquelles, a cheap cheerful budget hotel chain. Friday Morning we set of for Disneyland, arriving at the hotel in Val d' europe mid afternoon I then got straight on the hotel internet and got on MSN messenger to see if a forum member Jacek was online, he was and I told him I was in Paris as I knew he lived just south of Paris. Jacek wanted to meet up and got his address, put it in the sat nav and went over to meet him. Jacek unfortunately had a very serious accident in November '06 and has been unable to ride his bike since. He was very happy to meet up and I was only sorry I couldn't have spent more time with him as he was a real great guy, it was a pleasure to meet you Jacek!
Saturday my wife and myself spent the day in Disney, Sunday it was time to head back up top Calais, for a change we kept of the motorways and stayed on the local roads all the way up to the coast at boulogne, we the went up the coastal road (D940) up to calais, the D940 is a stunning little road. the weather stayed fine but got cloudy and windy toward the coast

26th May 2008
Again very little on the ride outs this month, apart from the local bike meets when the weather has been good enough. from 24th to 26th May me and my wife Wendy rode to France for the Bank Holiday, riding also to Bruges, Belgium and Sluis and Breskens just over the Border in Holland. we did a total of 650 miles. I've now fitted a Givi Rack and 45L top box for the ride to France over the bank holiday, ok it kills the looks of the bike but it more for convenience as it is so easy to get on and off the bike compares with the oxford tailpack.

27th April 2008
I've had very few rides out on my 14 this year, earlier this month I had a ride upto Squires Cafe, a bikers cafe near Leeds (Yorkshire), nice hot day, I took up a couple of friends who hadn't been before.

10th February '08 First decent ride out this year! I did about 100miles today seeing as the weather was good, over 12�c in February, couldn't miss a day like that. we finished off in Matlock, Derbyshire close to were I live, Matlock is big biker town on the weekends throughout the summer months, today may as well have been a mid summers day due to the turn out, I have never seen so many bikes in Matlock, absolutely packed out with bikes, I should have taken the camera out with me.
My first big ride of the year 24th-26th may, I booked the channel tunnel and booked a couple of nights at B&B Hotel Coquelles.

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Archive - 2006 - 2007 Dairy/Blog
DEC '06 I traded in my GSX1400 K2 in December 2006 for a GSX1400FE (Final Edition), I took delivery 9th December, I'd always wanted a new 1400, I liked the 4 into 1 exhaust system with the Yoshimura end can. The 2006 K6 blue/white colours also looked a good colour scheme. The Final Edition of the K6 model has a Dual Oval Yoshimura catalyst exhaust can, and also has a special edition graphic marking the final edition. I had a blue fly screen thrown in on the deal as this reduces wind blast considerably, also I paid for a Datatool System 4 cat 1 alarm to be fitted.

I'm going to keep the bike pretty much standard apart from a few modest cosmetic goodies for that personalised touch.

Dec '06 Delivery of the Final edition!! The fly screen was a must due to wind blast, dealer fitted prior to delivery. It was shear coincidence that my assigned registration number for my GSX1400 Final Edition began with FE56.
Radiator guard, looks good and offers some protection to the rad from stone damage. The bike had to go back in to the dealer at a week old due to the alarm going off for no reason, it just needed the settings changing as they were set too sensitive.
Jan '07, I didn't use the FE much in January because of the road salt.

Feb '07 The FE's first 600mile service, Bike has been running A1 so far.
I fitted Clear indicators, I like the clear indicator look, and not a familiar sight on a 1400 so it does look different! I also fitted a "Euro GB" reg plate, with www.GSX1400FE.co.uk logo. I also got a "final edition" oil cooler guard after I bought first cooler guard.

March / April '07, March was spent finishing running the bike in, and getting some long day runs, April was a good month with the weather being unusually hot, so we managed to get out on the bike a fair bit. I bought a pair of reservoir caps with GSX1400 engraved in them.

May '07, After getting just over a couple of thousand miles on the clock around the UK, I decided to take the Final Edition over to France for a weekend around Calais and get a few miles on the clock and a trail run for my big ride to Spain in June 07. A few days before we set off for france the bike fired up and kept cutting out and misfiring, not ticking over, then cleared itself, Strange. A few days later we set off, it rained heavy through the UK and the bike ran ok. we got off the channel tunnel in France and arrived at the hotel, then the FI light came on!! Then it wouldn't restart!! it was late about 00:30hrs in the morning, I gave the ECU connectors a spray of WD40 and it started. The next day it ran great, The day after it was time to go home, we made our way to the channel tunnel, and guess what, FI light came on, misfiring and cutting out, I didn't thing we where going to make it it was running that bad, we virtually boarded the channel tunnel on the starter motor it was cutting out that much, soon as we parked up on the Tunnel train stripping down the bike, I had under 45 minutes to sort the problem and get the bike back together. Fortunately I found the problem after 15 minutes, The main block connector for the fuel injection system on the left hand side panel, it was stretched around part of the frame and routed wrong and the connector not making proper connection, I rerouted the loom so that it fitted better and problem solved. touch wood it has run perfect ever since.

June/July 07, Time to get the bike ready for the Spain trip, Bike now done 3600 miles So I gave it its 4000mile service, oil & filter change, a new set of 020 tyres and the bike ready to go. Bike has been running great since its breakdown last month. see trip to France Spain page on menu far left for our trip which took place end of June into 1st week July.

August '07, nothing much to report due to the good ole British crap weather, not managed to get out apart from the local bike meets. August bank holiday weekend I managed to get out on the bike for a couple of days, my wife and I had a ride to the coast to Bridlington and back home on the Friday.

September '07 Something I liked about the K2 1400 was the gloss black side panels, the K2 was the only model to have them, I now after months of searching have found a pair and bought them (thanks Marek) into the bargain fitted with stainless steel inserts. I also managed to find a stainless fan cover on ebay to match the oil cooler guard I had seen them a while ago then soon as I decided to get one not one in sight for ages.

October '07, I've managed to get out on the FE a couple of times, I did a run to the coast to Skegness one Sunday and was an excellent day, blue skies and sunshine. The bike ran like a dream, I'd missed being out on the bike. A week later I also met up with a few guys from the GSX1400 owners club in Matlock, 4 1400's riding in a line (and a guy on a VFR came along for a ride) to the Cat and Fiddle pub in the peak district on the Derbyshire/Cheshire border between Buxton and Macclesfield. Some excellent roads on the cat and fiddle route, very twisty roads and soooo much fun!!

December 31 '07, I've not rode my 1400 since mid October, as I've not had chance (poor excuse I know!) but on new years eve I finished worked a couple of hours early, got home and switched on my computer, my desk top background is a photo of my 14 (yep, I'm a sad git and proud of it lol) and thought sod it, I've really been itching to get out on the big gal and so got my baby out, bless her she fired straight up after over 2 months being stood, what a little beauty! warmed her up a few minutes on tickover and she was raring to go. heated grips on and off we went for a "quick blast", I had missed the rush you get when you rip open the throttle, the feeling of your arms being ripped out of the sockets on acceleration, oh yeaaahh!! not many things in life feel this good!