oooops.....what have I done!!!

TaxiDriver · Post by **TaxiDriver** » Sun Feb 26, 2023 3:43 pm

OK please don't judge me but after 5years on the Storm I fancied something different..........

Gonna be going under the spanner with some new parts to fit and a new look,should be fun.
And of course I've kept the Storm.........

tony.mon · Post by **tony.mon** » Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:23 pm

Nice!
The tail plastics look quite like the Storm one.

Post by **sirch345** » Sun Feb 26, 2023 8:51 pm

Nothing wrong with a Suzuki Bandit, I was intending to get a 1200 Bandit myself, that was before a test rode my Firestorm

All though that was in 2001

Nice to have both Firestorm and the big Suzuki

Chris.

Duffy1964 · Post by **Duffy1964** » Sun Feb 26, 2023 9:34 pm

Great bikes, I had a mk1 1200 for 6 years it was great at wheeling as it’s a short wheelbase. I had a lot of fun on it.

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TaxiDriver · Post by **TaxiDriver** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 6:46 pm

This is my 2nd Bandit,I bought a new one in 97'.

Duffy1964 · Post by **Duffy1964** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 7:09 pm

TaxiDriver wrote:This is my 2nd Bandit,I bought a new one in 97'.

Mine was a 97 model

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AMCQ46 · Post by **AMCQ46** » Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:00 pm

They can look good when butchered, what plans have you got?

alanfjones1411 · Post by **alanfjones1411** » Tue Feb 28, 2023 7:55 am

My old bandit 1200 that I lent to my son about 3 years ago,which he has not returned to me yet.

Nosepicker · Post by **Nosepicker** » Tue Feb 28, 2023 11:54 am

Congrats with the new toy TD

I like your choice in bikes, I have the similar Storm/Bandit combination in my shed.
My Bandit is a mk1 though.
Looking forward to following your project

TaxiDriver · Post by **TaxiDriver** » Tue Feb 28, 2023 8:29 pm

AMCQ46 wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:00 pm They can look good when butchered, what plans have you got?

Just the usual brakes/handling Al,I picked up a brand new GSXR1000 rear shock,Scorpion titanium pipe and can
a set of Dyna coils and Taylor leads,to be honest when it was delivered it ran like a bag of nails so I will go through the carbs and jetting.

Duffy1964 · Post by **Duffy1964** » Tue Feb 28, 2023 9:56 pm

My old bandit had a habit of wearing out emulsion tubes. The needles rattled around and made the hole oval, probably worth checking if your pulling the carbs apart.

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fabiostar · Post by **fabiostar** » Thu Mar 02, 2023 8:16 pm

a great donkey in those bikes.. i was out with one a few years ago at a track day and he was tying it in knots

mind you not many people went past him either even tho he had a topbox on it

Robert j · Post by **Robert j** » Sat Mar 04, 2023 4:20 pm

Great bikes I had a 6 and a 12 do miss the 12 sometimes tbh

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