Tempted by the Dark Side

Fireman on a Storm · Post by **Fireman on a Storm** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 10:52 am

I have got a 1200 Bandit for a while from the bike school I teach for.

The week before I picked it up a friend showed interest in my Storm. I started thinking about selling the storm, buying the bandit and putting some money in the bank.

Well I got the Bandit on Tuesday, used it for work Tuesday and Wednesday. After putting air in the tires and having a fiddle with a few of the controls, I was thinking "not a bad bike"

Thursday was sunny, I took the Storm to work.
When I got to work I said sorry to the Storm for even contemplating the Bandit. What a great bike the storm is

As for the Bandit. If the bike school want me to keep it as my instructor bike, it will keep the Storm clean through the winter!

Sampy · Post by **Sampy** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 4:12 pm

Glad you didn't do it - Bandits are dull as ditchwater, as far as I'm concerned.

Post by **sirch345** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:01 pm

I'm quite a fan of the 1200 bandit after taking one out for a test ride a couple years ago, I have always fancied turning one into a street-fighter

but as Stormeruk said the wind blast is not something I wish to go back to after years of a retro style bike a Suzuki GS1000 i like the wind protection to much

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 5:15 pm

compared with the storm a 1200 bandit is like a bus!!!the one i had was comfortable but it always sounded like a typewriter at low speeds,was worse on fuel than the vtr,and handled like a unicycle with a puncture!!

so.keep the storm..you know it makes sense!!

Post by **sirch345** » Sun Oct 15, 2006 9:35 pm

tony.wilde1 wrote:compared with the storm a 1200 bandit is like a bus!!!the one i had was comfortable but it always sounded like a typewriter at low speeds,was worse on fuel than the vtr,and handled like a unicycle with a puncture!!

so.keep the storm..you know it makes sense!!

So from that Tony I take it you didn't like the 1200 Bandit

tony.wilde1 · Post by **tony.wilde1** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:54 pm

sirch345 wrote:
tony.wilde1 wrote:compared with the storm a 1200 bandit is like a bus!!!the one i had was comfortable but it always sounded like a typewriter at low speeds,was worse on fuel than the vtr,and handled like a unicycle with a puncture!!

so.keep the storm..you know it makes sense!!
So from that Tony I take it you didn't like the 1200 Bandit

good guess chris!!theres no fooling you pal!!

Post by **sirch345** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 7:59 pm

tony.wilde1 wrote: good guess chris!!theres no fooling you pal!!

Walenut · Post by **Walenut** » Mon Oct 16, 2006 8:34 pm

I've not had a go on a 1200 Bandit but one tagged along with us once and I was surprised how well it went.

Walenut · Post by **Walenut** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 4:49 pm

Fireman on a Storm

Can you say Fireman, I thought they all went years ago

Fireman on a Storm · Post by **Fireman on a Storm** » Tue Oct 17, 2006 5:07 pm

Walenut wrote:Fireman on a Storm

Can you say Fireman, I thought they all went years ago

I've not been modernized yet!!!!

Walenut · Post by **Walenut** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 9:39 am

How do we say it "Embrace the change"

Post by **sirch345** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 7:43 pm

Talking of 1200 Bandits whats the matter with this one

well apart from the colour of course