Bandit 1200GT

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Beav belched forth and ejected the following:

I like yours, be better in black, mind

Are there any differences between yours and the new one apart from that
God awful exhaust? There may be internal differences but to all intents
and purposes, it looks like the same bike.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Wicked Uncle Nigel belched forth and ejected the
following:

Yeah, man.

The end of the universe as we know it.

 

NP, it was my turn. Email your movements over the next 2 or 3 weeks
though.

??

 

Ahem.

 

How very personal.

 

"Grocer's Arithmetic"

 

ffs! how did that happen?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Hog

Well, this morning was a bit of a smelly one, probably due to the curry.

Irene and I decided that her kids' description of Chris from the Pahnd
Island photos was perfect and he should henceforth be known as "Big
Stupid Grin".

--
Wicked Uncle Nigel - Podium Placed Ducati Race Engineer As featured in
Performance Bikes

WS* GHPOTHUF#24 APOSTLE#14 DLC#1 COFF#20 BOTAFOT#150 HYPO#0(KoTL) IbW#41
SBS#39 OMF#6 Enfield 500 Curry House Racer "The Basmati Rice Burner",
Honda GL1000K2 (On its hols) Kawasaki ZN1300 Voyager "Oh, Oh, It's so big"
Suzuki TS250 "The Africa Single" Yamaha Vmax Honda ST1100 wiv trailer

 

I'm hoping it's going to be a 1000 version of the K6 750. In which
case I know exactly what my 30th birthday present to myself will be.

If not, then I'm going to have the K6/K7 750.

 

The shield around the rad is "colour coded" now and looks shite, coz it's
far too big. It looks like Kwak have tried to make it look like part of the
tank, but they fucked up. They did stick the indicators in it though, so
they got rid of the eyes on stalks of the original. Nice wavy discs and
radial calipers, but they mean nowt to me from a riding point of view.

The tank seems to have had its edges smoothed and an added plastic bit
joining the seat/leg support to the tank. I prefer the harder lines of the
original and I've no idea what that "thing" is that connects the frame cover
to the motor. Looks like a pipe of some sort, but it's fugly.

There may be internal differences but to all intents

I heard/read some time ago that Kwak were going to up the naked 1000 ante by
nailing a bigger motor in, but no sign of that, although the motor on the
new one bears no resemblence to mine. One thing's for sure though, it'll be
more powerful than mine.

I am glad to see it's orange though.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

Or even expire..

Phil

 

He has the Benny Hill theme tune now!

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Beav belched forth and ejected the following:

I nearly bought one at the beginning of the year on a '04 plate.

I may still buy one yet and even more so if the engine stories are true.

Won't be for a couple of years now though.

Heh

 

I don't know what the stories are, but the engine on mine seems well up to
the job. Having ridden through the worst thunderstorms in my life recently
and the bike never missing a beat (even after it had a lie down at a petrol
station), I can't fault it. It's still more than powerful enough for me too.

Shame that.

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Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

It's now got Showa forks too.

When I look at the new one I think "Bill Tidy" and his caracature pen. Take
(IMO) a good looking bike and **** it right up.



--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

It's worse than that.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Beav belched forth and ejected the following:

Well, after a look round a motorcycle emporium[1] today, that two years
may come round rather quickly.

[1] Types empornium and corrects.

 

Empornium. That should be in the dictionary.


--
Beav

VN 750
Zed 1000
OMF# 19

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Beav belched forth and ejected the following:

It should also be in everybody's favourites and God bless ogden for
drawing my attention to it all those months/years ago.