Ex-bandit

Ok , I threw the bandit down the road. From what I have see so far it's
got a buckled front wheel, bent forks, bent bars, smashed clocks and
controls. Plus incidentals such as mirrors, footpeg, brake lever and
tail light.

Given it's a P reg and I have no inclination, facilites or skill to do
the work myself does it have a future as a motorcycle? Frasers will be
providing an estimate to put it back on the road but I think this is
just buying time while I make the necessary arrangments for it's final
resting place.

And for those that keep score; trainers, denim jeans, Akito Python
jacket, gloves and rucksack.

 

rb wrote

Silly arse.

You walked, be grateful.

A bandit of which flavour may one ask?

 

rb emerged from their own little world to say

You are BGN AICMFF pink & fluffy stereotypes.

 

Forget it, it'll be too expensive.

 

Wot 'e said.

A red six, if memory serves.

I suspect r(ed)b(andit)'s six to be a little red too, after a slippage
like that.

 

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

It was a Bandit.

HTH

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public toilet with the lid closed.

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Clumsy ****.

Pop down on the 17th[1] and show us your scabs.

[1]see "Chrimbo" thread

 

Name - Bandit.

Occupation - motorcycle.

Natural attitude - horizontal.

 

<Baffled>

So? Isn't that what everyone's supposed to do with them? I'm sure
there's a chapter in the owner's manual about it.

 

See line below.

I am grateful. I'm feeling a bit stiff in the legs today but know I got
off really lightly compared to the bike.

It does.

More red in the face than anything else.

 

And what is it that qualifies your B6 as a breaker?

 

If I'm honest I think I already know that and I should have just had it
recovered to my home but I didn't really want the family to see it in
that state.

 

Thanks for the invitation but unfortunately I have a prior engagement
on that evening. Besides, there really isn't much to show.

 

I think this one deserves a (post humous) award for services to
bindits. It not only slid down the road on it's side but then hit a
kerb and flipped over to do the other side as well.

Engine kept running until I hit the kill switch though, reliable to the
end.

 

If binning a Bandit is so frequent, does it indicate there's something
wrong? Are they less able to cope with avoiding action? Are the
riders crapper than average? Are they much better but unlucky? Are
there more of them than most other bikes so it just seems like everyone
bins them?

Or are the owners more honest about owning up to a bin than other bikes?

 

rb wrote

Fair wear and tear[1] with the addition of the crankcase what has been
(amazingly successfully as it goes) stuck together with glue. It is a
used bike but it starts and runs, so it is not an issue. The issue is
that the engine is a gamble.



[1] It's four previous owners are all ukrmers and it would need both
head and front wheel bearings, at the very least, for it's next mot.

On the plus side: it has a completely new set of matching locks and keys
all round and one of them loud cans.

 

Christofire wrote

Crap riders.

 

Not necessarily crap riders, but you *are* talking about a bike which,
especially before bikes like the SV650 existed, was touted as "an excellent
first bike" after passing one's test.

So more than the average number of newly qualified riders + quite a few BABs
= a higher crash rate[1]

Dave

[1] This fact brought to you courtesy of Dave's Fantasy World Of
Statistics(tm)

 

They all do that.

Stunt bike. It's trying to tell you this by throwing itself down the
road. Veggie can probably give some suggestions about modifications.