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Posted by CDNRatMan
- January 25, 2014, 13:54:19 PM What a post and no pics, ah but he is from North Battleford that explains a lot, the 99's in both 800 and 1500 were available in Canada as a test market. Even in Canada the 800's were not sought after like the 1500s, the province with the highest number of Drifters seems to be QC for some reason.
Just my own personal opinion about this is that a lot of people think an 800 is not big enough to tour on, if you ride solo, and ride the speed limit it will more then meet the expectations you are looking for.
Smart idea to keep all the original parts for if you ever return the bike to stock or if not to sell parts to people who are looking for them. Parts are really hard to find and really hard up here north of the 49th.
So cool to met badasscdn54 now another stopping point when I go to visit 49 in the mountains..........
Posted by 49Reo
- January 25, 2014, 12:47:41 PMWelcome aboard!. I have to warn you, though: sooner or later, (sooner, or I missmy guess) someone is gonna say;
IT AIN'T REAL WITHOUT PICS!!!!!! 
Posted by badasscdn54
- January 25, 2014, 11:50:19 AMI am up here in Canada and there was a reply here said that the Kawasaki Drifter 800 was only available in 2000....well I own a 1999 Kawasaki Drifter 800 and from what I have found when researching this bike is that the 1999 were not available in the States, only Canada for that year.
I have no idea about the 1500's and when they were first introduced, (actually the 800's were made first).
I have changed over my Drifter to suit my tastes, but everything I changed out, I kept the original parts incase I ever thought to sell my baby!
Posted by Washbrook
- August 20, 2013, 18:08:57 PMThrough contacts [various other forums] I can place roughly 26 Drifters scattered across Australia. Then others pop up but there is no definitive list. When I get some time I might try to track them all down.
Posted by 49Reo
- August 20, 2013, 13:10:23 PMQuote from: CDNRatMan on August 17, 2013, 12:38:41 PMthought that would be 49's new paint scheme.....
....not fond of purple polka-dots.........pick a different color.....
Posted by chief
- August 20, 2013, 12:00:39 PMThat's who I was talking about. His bikes are over on the Member Pages...
Posted by Troll
- August 20, 2013, 11:13:10 AMMak, they guy I met at drift-in said he has 2 "J"s and an "R"...He was here from Australia...
Posted by chief
- August 20, 2013, 11:05:01 AMAll Kaw can do is tell you how many THEY imported. I know of at least one guy who lived in GB, has 3 Drifters and moved them back to AUS a couple of years ago... I am sure that has happened more than once.
Posted by Washbrook
- August 19, 2013, 09:33:42 AMPaul,
Thanks for making a simple issue hard. Yes either kawasaki are wrong, it is a private import or the owners are wrong. Did you see the VIN? If you have their contact details try and get the VIN to see what year the bike is.
Importing a bike privately is a lot of effort to go to for a Drifter. I read of a guy claiming to have a mid 90's Drifter, aparently he got a classic 1500 and converted it into a Drifter, could the one you saw be a private conversion?
Posted by drifter-paul
- August 19, 2013, 04:07:29 AMWashbrook,
Just to complicate things further -
Back from a 3500k trip to Rockhampton, QLD and came down the coast to catch up with my folks and see a Drifter in Maryborough.
Leanne has a 2002 - chrome forks, handlebars, cylinder heads, but the history was sparce - so it may be imported.
Paul 
Posted by CDNRatMan
- August 17, 2013, 12:38:41 PMthought that would be 49's new paint scheme.....
Posted by pcarrell
- August 17, 2013, 12:33:24 PMQuote from: chief on August 15, 2013, 18:27:48 PMHow did you know what I was planning?Let me qualify that... if you paint it green with purple polka-dots and add 837 led lights and cow skull to the front... it might negatively impact the value - immediately!
Posted by greenbarn
- August 15, 2013, 18:53:53 PMQuote from: mbk on August 15, 2013, 09:06:27 AMI agree with chief - I've seen some for sale that will be pretty hard to sell at any price, but I don't see how you could go wrong with a classic-themed paint job.With the Drifters being so rare, do I lose value painting mine? Seems like my 2004 silver/black is quite common among the Drifters, and I really want to make it a nice nostalgic Indian red - but am I lowering the value by doing so, since I'll never get it back to stock? perhaps best thing to do is find used fenders and tank to apint so i can keep all the stock parts intact? Mike
Posted by chief
- August 15, 2013, 18:27:48 PMQuote from: chief on August 15, 2013, 09:48:54 AMLet me qualify that... if you paint it green with purple polka-dots and add 837 led lights and cow skull to the front... it might negatively impact the value - immediately!Well, you know somewhere down the road... perhaps long after we are gone, an original bike will be worth more than one which has been modified. But in the foreseeable future I don't think making the bike your own will have much impact on the value.
Posted by mbk
- August 15, 2013, 09:55:55 AMThat's good - that'll save me money buying new fenders and tanks.