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WillSwain95
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PostPosted: 23:28 - 29 Jan 2013    Post subject: Passed my test, so bought a bandit Reply with quote
Hey guys,

I passed my A2 license just before the new bast*rd law changed and i have just bought myself a '97 plate Bandit 600.

It's a clean bike, 26.5k miles,
Braided hoses, Carbon hugger, belly pan, dominator lights, Bandit 1200 Shock, swingarm and wheel, wavy disks.

Just thought i'd share it with ya. I have already fallen inlove with it Very Happy And hope to stay that way for a while Very Happy


Take it easy Smile

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Kwakki Si
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PostPosted: 23:32 - 29 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Nice bandit mate! I would deffo get a single headlight though.
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polar
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PostPosted: 23:37 - 29 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
bandit 600 with a twisted subframe, by the looks of things.
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SQL
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PostPosted: 23:39 - 29 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
polar wrote:
bandit 600 with a twisted subframe, by the looks of things.


And the slackest chain I have ever seen.
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WillSwain95
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PostPosted: 23:41 - 29 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
SQL wrote:
polar wrote:
bandit 600 with a twisted subframe, by the looks of things.


And the slackest chain I have ever seen.


Yeah it's totally offset mate, sliding off the seat all the time :/ and yeah chains bollaxed mate Thumbs Up

And naa i like it with the twin, i dont like single round lights, make it look a bit old..
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PostPosted: 23:43 - 29 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Also a couple of great big dents in the petrol tank Razz
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WillSwain95
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PostPosted: 23:45 - 29 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
and tried to cover them up with Suzuki stickers Laughing
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SQL
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PostPosted: 23:45 - 29 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
andym wrote:
Also a couple of great big dents in the petrol tank Razz


I always thout the tanks on them looked a bit backward, the lights look good, what color are they?

Yellow or HID blue
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PostPosted: 23:47 - 29 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
i've got a 1250 bandit hire bike at the mo , i think its a great bike Very Happy
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WillSwain95
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PostPosted: 23:49 - 29 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
SQL wrote:
andym wrote:
Also a couple of great big dents in the petrol tank Razz


I always thout the tanks on them looked a bit backward, the lights look good, what color are they?

Yellow or HID blue


Standard atm, but ordered HID blue as these standard one are shite..
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polar
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PostPosted: 23:51 - 29 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
26.5k miles, and covered all of them indoors, by the looks of things.
its very clean.
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WillSwain95
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PostPosted: 23:53 - 29 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
haha near enough, it needs to be ridden, at end of day that's what they're built for. Lad i bought it off was my mate and he had it for a week and just cleaned it and kept it in his garage, he needed the money so i bought it haha. But yeah thanks man Smile Feels good to finally have a big bike, as much as they are common, they're good bikes Smile
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yaigi
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PostPosted: 00:01 - 30 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
andym wrote:
Also a couple of great big dents in the petrol tank Razz


So it's not just me then! I honestly thought the first couple I ever saw had dented tanks, then I saw a third, and a fourth, and thought hang on.... they can't all be dented, that must be a deliberate design Shocked

I'm with the single headlight people on this, I didn't buy a bandit I went to see purely because it had the double light thing and I thought it looked weird.

Anyway, very shiny, very nice, enjoy!
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polar
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PostPosted: 00:05 - 30 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
how much did you give for her?
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WillSwain95
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PostPosted: 00:09 - 30 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Thanks Yaigi!! Very Happy I'm pretty sure gonna have some good trips on it Smile Gotta keep her nice and clean too Smile

and i paid £1100 for it mate.
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PostPosted: 00:20 - 30 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Very nice looking bike in the very best of colours. Thumbs Up

My kind of bike. Wink

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Rogerborg
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PostPosted: 00:22 - 30 Jan 2013    Post subject: Re: Passed my test, so bought a bandit Reply with quote
Cleaned up well after its drop.

Ah, you can't go far wrong. I quite like twin light "streetfighters", haterz need to step back. Folded arms
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PostPosted: 00:25 - 30 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
congratulations.....you haven't got an A2......its an 'A' full license! Laughing
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PostPosted: 00:29 - 30 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Congrats, black's the way to go and I totally love carbed 600 nakids. Enjoy in good health.
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WillSwain95
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PostPosted: 09:33 - 30 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
cb1rocket wrote:
congratulations.....you haven't got an A2......its an 'A' full license! Laughing


Im restrict to 33bhp mate. A2.
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PostPosted: 10:52 - 30 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Not really as you don't have to sit another test. The A2 is a load of bollocks on the old style test. You have an 'A' with a probation 2 year wait to get full power. Needless to say mine was an 'A'. Enjoy the ride anyway Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 11:49 - 30 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
WillSwain95 wrote:
cb1rocket wrote:
congratulations.....you haven't got an A2......its an 'A' full license! Laughing

Im restrict to 33bhp mate. A2.

Not quite.

You passed your tests on a 125cc A2 test bike under the old definition of that bike.

But what you have is an "A" license with a 2 year 25kW power restriction.

You do not have an A2 license. That license class didn't exist until 19th January 2013, it's 35kW and (importantly) it doesn't upgrade automatically after 2 years.

Coppers and insurers are guaranteed to make a hash of this, so it's important that you at least are clear on what license you have. Wink
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WillSwain95
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PostPosted: 11:55 - 30 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
All I know mate is it says A2 on my certificate but yeah I suppose it's an A license with 2 years. I get it now Very Happy
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PostPosted: 11:56 - 30 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
You going to love it, great looking bike.

I think frames from those days are quite rust free, mine is 12 years old and no spot of rust on frame.

Enjoy
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WillSwain95
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PostPosted: 12:02 - 30 Jan 2013    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cheers mate. Yes tbh it's a bit too clean. Scared to take it out hahaha. Not because of power but getting it dirty Wink roll on summer, fellas Smile
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