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Aired up the tires and rode it. Finally. The rejet seemed to go well. Its just a little lean, which means it will probably be fine once the weather warms up. Now I just have to get some braided lines and tires.
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Rejetted the Bandit for the 90th time this spring. I'm getting it really close. Almost to the point that I'll need to stick it on a dyno just to get an a/f reading from the sniffer. Its running good though, if you roll on the throttle over 3K in first its wheelie time, which is really crazy, as I'm more used to the top-end rush of my old GSXR.
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May 26, 2009 01:43
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Twas, yes. The RD was a whole different animal though. A tiny, smoky, electrically iffy animal. I dont have any plans to get rid of the Bandit in the near future, its pretty much exactly what I want in a street bike.
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May 26, 2009 03:27
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FINALLY got a new chain and sprocket for ye olde Bandit. The parts counter guy warned me that going to a front sprocket without the goofy Suzuki rubber baffle on it might make the chain louder, but I havent noticed anything. I hand-filed the old chain rivets off because I am a man. A man who doesnt own a grinder. For anyone looking for a chain breaker, this thing works like a charm, and its only $9 to boot. Now I have the rear-end torn apart because I am replacing the stock rear shock with one from a 2008 GSXR-1000, should be a nice upgrade.
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Jun 10, 2009 15:50
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Swapping a GSXR shock into my Bandit did one thing: make me realize how mushy the front end is  Pretty soon its going to be Busa front-end time, I can tell already.
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Jun 12, 2009 05:14
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Ola posted:Went for a ride with some internet people, didn't get far. poo poo you could get your bike tipped over for a living
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Jun 14, 2009 22:40
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Z3n posted:Moved it into a new storage unit: It is my dream to work on a bike while sitting on a couch 
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Jun 22, 2009 12:29
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Bucephalus posted:Off-topic, e/n content: Not doing anything to my ride today; I'm watching the kids while my wife attends her cousin's funeral. Oy, I hope it was a quick death because it doesnt sound like a painless one.
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Jun 22, 2009 20:30
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ari.gato posted:Tightened, and lubed the chain / sprockets, and cleaned out the area where the front sprocket resides. Lot's of greasy buildup in there. Dynojet probably. In the Bandit world, FP is known for making horrible jet kits that are way too rich for the settings they recommend. My Bandit came with an FP kit installed by the previous owner, and it was garbage. I rejetted with stock mikuni parts, and its a world of difference. I cant imagine that this problem is limited only to the Bandit kits. Dynojet uses weird jet numbering, but they do work well. I'd go with them over FP.
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Thats a Sportster?  Man, I should keep my eyes open for one
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Aug 5, 2011 17:32
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VTNewb posted:A 1992+ sportster is a great bike for someone who wants to mess around with riding configuration. The amount of aftermarket parts is enormous. One of my dreams is to pick up a ratty sportster for cheap and either give it the Storz treatment, or build it like the one pictured.
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Aug 5, 2011 22:20
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babyeatingpsychopath posted:Deleted the rear fairing from my Bandit. Moved the computer and its harness, and the lighting/fuse harness. Deleted the PAIR can and its hoses. Rerouted the seat lock cable to under the seat. I used a couple of angle brackets (inside corner braces) to reattach the taillight; It looks pretty OK, and would look great if I could be arsed to put some black paint on it. There is an actual PAIR delete kit available from Holeshot. My first-gen doesnt have the PAIR system, so I'm not too familiar with it. I dont believe you can just pull everything out and expect it to run right though. The tank vent under the tank is actually an overflow drain. It needs to be open and working, because if the tank is overfilled, the gas will pool up in the area where the cap is and just sit forever.
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Is that a non-stock wheel on the CB, or is it the picture or what? That tire looks excessively meaty for a CB750.
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Dec 27, 2011 20:16
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Ziploc posted:This. My Bandit only has the rear license plate light for rear visibility. And this makes me nervous thinking about riding at night/rain. I'm pretty sure all bikes that have the turn signals normally on for visibility only have them in the front. The rear on all bikes is just tail light and license plate light. From the factory anyway. I think thats a DOT rule. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that's how it is in the US at least.
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2ndclasscitizen posted:I don't think I've ever seen anything with it's indicators on before, though I'm in Oz. I took flash-to-pass as meaning flash the high beams, that's what the pass switch on my GSXR does. In the US some bikes have the indicators on all the time, and using the turn signal just intermittently turns one of them off. Not all though, leading me to believe that the bikes that have it are also offered in a country that requires it, and they just didn't change the wiring for the US. Flash to pass is the same here, just flashes the high beams, my GSXR had the same thing.
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Dec 29, 2011 15:49
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Gay Nudist Dad posted:Did anyone (in the US) have a bike come with red rear turn signals? I'm 95% sure it's illegal to have always-on rear-facing lights that aren't red, so if all bikes are coming with amber turn signals in the rear (maybe another DOT req?) then of course they couldn't be on in the back. Older bikes run red turn signals. They switched to orange some time in the mid 70's. My 72 RV90 has red turn signals, but my 75 F11 has orange. It was a rule change by the DOT. If you're seeing bikes newer than that with red signals, chances are someone changed them out
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Pulled into my garage in my car and looked at the bike today  Thought about the other bikes sitting in storage Theres salt on the ground, so even though its warm enough to ride, I still cant (wont)
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Dec 30, 2011 00:44
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Ziploc posted:I swapped upper triples and attached the factory naked headlight brackets on my Bandit since the rest of the parts will arrive on Tuesday. You'd better just barf pictures into this thread when its done. I'm interested to see how it turns out.
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Jan 16, 2012 02:30
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Ziploc posted:I thought standard/naked were the same thing. I wasn't planning on telling my insurance anything since they already class my bike as a standard. Standard is more riding position, naked is a lack of fairings.
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Jan 16, 2012 19:41
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I was under the assumption (and I may be wrong) that dry clutches were different, materials-wise than oil-bathed ones.
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Jan 18, 2012 15:22
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That has to be the most common bike cover on the planet.
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Jan 19, 2012 05:02
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mootmoot posted:Easier to pop a power wheelie Ugh just get out already
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Jan 19, 2012 20:17
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If its like other Yamahas of that vintage, I think you'll be floored when you find out: A) How bad and sloppy the old bushings were and B) How much better it handles with new bushings. Putting new bushings in my RD350 was pretty night and day.
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Jan 27, 2012 15:38
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_Dav posted:No. Everyone look at how wrong this guy is. Look at him and laugh.
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Feb 3, 2012 21:23
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Feb 3, 2012 22:31
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_Dav posted:http://coolbikes1.blogspot.com/2011/08/suzuki-z400.html You have the right word, there are two of them.
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Feb 4, 2012 03:24
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Split rim is the best design. Makes changing tires super quick and easy.
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Feb 5, 2012 17:26
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Feb 17, 2012 16:13
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Dont finance a DRZ. But DO buy a DRZ.
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Feb 25, 2012 04:47
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Someone on supermotojunkie did it with adhesive vinyl, which is a great way to get 99% of the look without risking expensive wheels.
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Feb 27, 2012 17:37
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the walkin dude posted:Yeah. That's part of insurance requirements here too, if I want to get my bike off insurance. Huh, that sucks. I keep all my old plates. They wind up on my garage wall. SaNChEzZ posted:Took the day off and finished the front wheel, didn't clean any overspray though :\ Thats awesome, also scrub the overspray off with some cornering
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Feb 29, 2012 21:36
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SaNChEzZ posted:That's the plan, although the overspray on the bead will have to be cleaned off I think. There's a video of them spinning with my fat bod on a small bike. Girlfriend is uploading it now. Sweeeeeeet! -A fat guy
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SaNChEzZ posted:http://www.bikebandit.com/brake-rotors/n1011?m=12818 http://www.bikebandit.com/braking-race-rotor?m=12818 That seems waaaaaaaay too cheap for what it is
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I wouldnt think a CB is at much risk for detonation, which is really the only reason an older bike should be running premium
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Sagebrush posted:That's what I rode at my MSF and I found it to be a bunch of fun. Pulls pretty nicely for a 200. The stock balloon tire on the back is a little weird but you could get rid of it. If a TW200 owner were to "get rid of" the ballon tire, then they need to get rid of their TW200.
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Ziploc posted:I finally took my Naked bike on the highway for the first time. Looks drat good! After you see a Bandit without the fairings, it makes you wonder why Suzuki ever decided to put fairings on them at all, they just look so good naked! The wind thing you'll get used to after a while. You wont even notice it once you get used to it.
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