Katana Owners Club U.K.

The part number for this is 11173-49222 which is superseded by 11173-49224-H17. This I think is a 20 hole gasket.
As usual the genuine ones (checked at Robinsons) are expensive (£42) compared to other countries (Partzilla $25)! I've bought parts from partzilla before and got away with the Royal Mail rip off admin fee but it's always a gamble.

I need to get one - should I go genuine or pattern and if so any recommendation for best price?

I need to get the sump gasket as well 11489-49200 superseded by 11489-49201-H17. Wemoto do a pattern one which I might try as I need some other things from them.

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IMO pattern are ok for the paper gaskets, but I would always use a genuine head gasket and any seals. £42 is ridiculous.

SD is 24 hole rob isn't it?
May be sacrilege but I bought one off eBay when I needed to do my O-rings a couple of years ago. Think it was either cometic or Athena. Still going strong anyway. Round the £25 mark.

Nicky Dodds wrote:SD is 24 hole rob isn't it?

That's what I thought, but that part #11173-49224-H17 brings up:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUZUKI-GSX750 ... 1607969200

and I counted 20 holes in that (I think!). Is that correct? I checked some others and it seemed the same. Would like to confirm.

That must be the wrong gasket then surely...SZ?

Maybe buy gasket paper and copy your old one. Its not like that gasket is under a lot of pressure

I just typed Suzuki gsx1100 valve cover gasket into eBay and came up with a lot of possible suspects. Weren't the 24 hole ones for extra security round the camchain tunnel area?

The one I linked to has the 4 extra bolt holes around the cam chain tunnel and the part numbers tie up. I have my old one from the other bike in the garage so I'll go and check when I get a chance.

I did have to make the genny cover gasket on my GT200 X5 (as not available) a few years back so bought the gasket paper and some different sized hole punches, but if I can get something for £25 then I'll go that route.

There just don't seemed to be any Vesrah or Athena importers / suppliers in the UK - can get them in other countries but after postage there is no point really.

That link shows a 24 bolt gasket from the later engines. The extra bolts, as far as Iknow were to resolve an issue with oil weeping from around the cam chain area.

Here’s a Suzuki one:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SUZUKI-GSX-7 ... xy3zNSogwx

Or from the Fens, here’s a Cometic version:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Suzuki-GSX11 ... Sw8aVZyR2H

I can only count 16 holes on the cosmetic one