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Main Area => General GS500 Discussion => Topic started by: synchro on March 31, 2005, 02:43:52 PM

Title: where is gs made?
Post by: synchro on March 31, 2005, 02:43:52 PM
ok i know this is a dumb question probably...my excuse is that i am new to bikes

i was checking out the 05 gs and when i looked at the VIN etc I saw that it was made in Spain

is this correct? i thought the bike was made in japan or something
Title: where is gs made?
Post by: tdan553527 on March 31, 2005, 02:47:16 PM
assembled in Spain now, you would be correct.
Title: where is gs made?
Post by: gsJack on March 31, 2005, 02:49:11 PM
A recent magazine test reported that the GS500s are now assembled in Spain. Europe is probably their largest market for such a pratical bike.   :lol:
Title: where is gs made?
Post by: cernunos on March 31, 2005, 03:14:56 PM
I wondered why the Baby G always seemed to whisper to me "Te Amo" evey time I hugged her...now I know. I love that little vertical twin and this forum.

C.......
Title: Funny you ask
Post by: The Buddha on March 31, 2005, 04:03:17 PM
Funny you ask ... I was just surprised to see on my 89 that the bottons under the seat said "Made in japan" ... maybe first few years were Jap ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: where is gs made?
Post by: goat on March 31, 2005, 05:41:25 PM
I remember hearing that they moved all the assembly to spain when they started making the Fs.
Title: where is gs made?
Post by: davipu on March 31, 2005, 05:44:13 PM
and I thought that the stork brought them to the dealer....
Title: where is gs made?
Post by: RedShift on March 31, 2005, 08:10:01 PM
My understanding was that until the 2002 model year they were all sourced out of Japan.  (I know that at least they were 'til Nov'00.)

Rumor has it that the missing 2003 model year was due to a "not entirely successful" startup of the Spanish assembly line.  (Perhaps it was a "New Coke" versus "Classic Coke" thing.) Only the unfaired GS500E was available in countries other than the U.S.  All was right again by the 2004 rollout.
Title: where is gs made?
Post by: werase643 on March 31, 2005, 08:29:06 PM
The 17 digit VIN began in 1981 and continues to present.

Understanding your vehicles serial (VIN) number



1st character- Identifies the country in which the vehicle was manufactured.
For example: U.S.A.(1or4), Canada(2), Mexico(3), Japan(J), Korea(K), England(S), Germany(W), Italy(Z)

( ? ) spain ???? :dunno:
Title: where is gs made?
Post by: roguegeek on March 31, 2005, 10:23:35 PM
Quote from: cernunosI wondered why the Baby G always seemed to whisper to me "Te Amo" evey time I hugged her...now I know. I love that little vertical twin and this forum.

C.......
When I huge my GS and tell her I love her, she says to me, "What the hell are you doing in the bathroom all day and night?! Why don't you get out of there and give someone else a chance?!" Oh how I love that little bike.
Title: where is gs made?
Post by: cernunos on March 31, 2005, 11:48:39 PM
Yeh, and turn on the fan when you leave!!  :lol:  :lol: . We must be crazy to love the little twin like we do...but it's all good. Lovin' the forum too.

C.......
Title: where is gs made?
Post by: juno on April 01, 2005, 08:14:01 AM
I have a 2002 and I'm happy to say my Japanese bike was built in Japan
Title: where is gs made?
Post by: Cal Price on April 01, 2005, 10:09:20 AM
My '03 says it's Nipponese but lots of bikes get built in Europe, most Hondas, if not all, that are available here are built in Italy, I think they only make 250cc and 400cc for the domestic market in Japan. Small bikes in Brazil and probably somewhere in India or S.E. Asia in whatever country is tooling to do to China one day what China is doing right now to the rest of the world.
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