Kiwi Specification bikes

[WINJA]

CANADIAN BIKES NEED A CASTLE NUT ON REAR AXLE, CANADIAN BIKES ARE TUNED TO RUN ON 90 OCTANE FUEL SO THE BIKES ARE A BIT RETARDED (KINDA LIKE CANADIANS) CANADIAN BIKES USUALLY HAVE LESS POWER AND WORSE ACCELERATION. SOME BIKES HAVE A RIGHT OR LEFT HEAD LIGHT BIAS AND DIFFERENT REFLECTORS DEPENDING ON INTENEDED MARKET.KOREA AND MALAYSIA GET REALLY SHIT BIKES BUT THEN THOSE COUNTRIES ARENT FAMED FOR RIDER SKILL.
IM DISSAPOINTED AFTER RIDING AN NZ OR AUSSIE SPEC THEN A CANADA SPEC THE CANADA ONE SUCKED AND CALIFORNIA MODELS ARE EVEN WORST.
IM SICK OF THROWING DOWN $23,000 ON A NEW BIKE ONLY TO BE WORRIED THAT IT WILL BE SLOWER THAN MY OLD ONE, UNFORTUNATLY NZ IS A DUMPING GROUND

[2_SL0]

Winja just answered the question I was about to ask. Which is, I have read that certain models are detuned? I have read articles saying the Canadian models are not, then another article saying they are. I know for a fact that my 636 is a canadian model. One of the changes they made with the bike for the NZ market is the front indicators are not flushed mounted. However Aus got the same bike but some bylaw over there allows the flush mounted indicators.

[riffer]

RF900s for example came here from at least 3 different markets 04, 06 & something else.

A quick check of the RF900 Factory service manual informs me that there are a number of markets for the RF900:

E-02 England
E-03 USA (except California)
E-04 France
E-15 Finland
E-16 Norway
E-17 Sweden
E-18 Switzerland
E-21 Belgium
E-22 Germany
E-24 Australia
E-25 Netherlands
E-28 Canada
E-33 California (USA)
E-39 Austria
E-53 Spain

Most of the bikes here in New Zealand are either the E-28 (Canada) or E-24 (Australia) which are restricted to 100BHP by ignition timing set at 7° BTDC @ 1500 rpm.

However, there are a few (E-03, 33, 18, 39) which are the full-horsepower models (118BHP) by ignition timing set at 4° BTDC @ 1500 rpm.

Mine is an E-03 model