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Moxey
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PostPosted: 21:44 - 07 Oct 2013    Post subject: Got another Bandit & RXS Reply with quote

Picked this up off a friend who was in need of some £, 98 reg 31k miles and cleaner than some of my dinner plates I dare think Shocked dude must have shares in autosol or a really understanding missus.

Took it for a ride out in the Yorkshire Dales to Reeth.

https://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc425/8Moxey8/Bandit%20600/IMG_0504_zps9b2ebf15.jpg
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A polished turd to many (myself included somewhat) but didn't break a grand on it and it rides as well as a friends K5 650 I rode up from Birmingham last month.

Also took a foray into 2Ts, had it since July but been busy sorting gremlins (the sort involving stripped wheel hubs, rusty exhausts, potatoes and caustic soda.......), 87 plate with 18k mile
https://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc425/8Moxey8/RXS%20100/DSC02238_zps90cdb79b.jpg
https://i1211.photobucket.com/albums/cc425/8Moxey8/RXS%20100/DSC02239_zps464fd043.jpg
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PostPosted: 21:47 - 07 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

So you bought one Bandit, sold it, then bought another. Shocked . With money? Razz

Rides as well as a 650 as they're pretty much unchanged since the dawn of time.

The wee 2T is cool though. Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 21:56 - 07 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

Wafer_Thin_Ham wrote:
So you bought one Bandit, sold it, then bought another. Shocked . With money? Razz

Rides as well as a 650 as they're pretty much unchanged since the dawn of time.

The wee 2T is cool though. Thumbs Up


I know Laughing , the first I owned made sense as a first big bike but it ran like shit due to fuelling issues was probably the least reliable bike I've owned so quite a few people think I'm mad for getting another but for the condition of it and the price it was going for I figured I could run it for a bit whilst sorting the VFR then sell it on for at least what I paid (there is some plus points to the new A2 regs I guess, load of new riders been asking already)

But the RXS is the winner though, best £150 ever spent Very Happy Even though I've had to push it 3 miles home twice so far Shifty
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PostPosted: 23:09 - 07 Oct 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote

@Rob First time the chain tensioner threads stripped so the chain was constantly going slack and slipping off the sprocket and the second time I think a combination of duff spark plug, stale fuel & clogged up exhaust meant it would idle but hardly pull so again ended up pushing it back, fresh plug, fuel & decoke has sorted it.

My own fault both times for been lazy/cheap but meh, luckily mates were on hand to help both times, its been fine since & found a micron going cheap that I might stick on for a bit more tinkering over the winter along with a 12v conversion (the 6v stock electrics are appalling)
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