Katana Owners Club U.K.

I was looking at the silver Katana model JohnR linked to ( viewtopic.php?f=40&t=7577 ) and looking at it I thought there's a lot of work there but who's going to tell them the choke knob is 180 degrees out.

I checked both my 1100's and the 400 and the knob is the other way - the indentation for the Choke label is nearer the "fat" end, so that is the way I fitted them (the Swiss 1100 was already that way).
However I checked the parts diagrams for the SZ and SD plus the 400 and that shows the choke knob the same way round as on that model and the indentation on the knob for the label is clearly nearer the "thin" end.

So from brand new in the showroom, which way round was it? Why does the indentation for the label change between what I have on my bikes and what the parts diagram shows. did it change between models?

Does anyone care? Possibly not, but interesting to see which way round everyone's is.

Rob

Just checked on my 250 and the fat end is facing the front of the bike, it has to be this way otherwise the' on / off' stickers won't be anywhere near the 'choke' sticker.

pookie wrote:Just checked on my 250 and the fat end is facing the front of the bike, it has to be this way otherwise the' on / off' stickers won't be anywhere near the 'choke' sticker.

That's the same on mine, but the parts list clearly shows it the other way round (but also with the choke sticker nearer the thin end so it is nearer the On Off stickers). See https://www.cmsnl.com/products/lever-ch ... v3NwIgvyUk

I just wondered how they were from new, or if Suzuki changed the choke knob at some point.

I needed to get a new one for the 400 about 3 or 4 years ago and I'm sure the painted one ( 58481-49301-13L ) was discontinued then and I had to get a bare black plastic one which I had to spray myself. Looking now, the silver 13L one is available again.

UB

The fat end goes to the front, from new it was that way.
The knob is also the fuel switch for the vx800 .
It is black on the pop up and they came in black only previous because that fits the 2 above. 13L may be old stock.

Yup mines the same, fat bit to the front