help BCF which would you choose?

[cheets650]

05 8k on the clock suzuki gsf 1200

Or

04 7k on the clock hornet 600

Please help

[wr6133]

Hornet but as you don't say what it's for or anything that is purely based on the fact that I like the Hornet while I think the bandit 1200 is a mobile midlife crisis.

[Musketeer]

What the bike is going to be used for?

Personally I would buy a Hornet rather than Bandit any time.
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[Kickstart]

Hi

To an extent depends on what you want from the bike.

I have a 1200 Bandit and would go for that.

Hornet build quality is probably a bit better, Bandit more crash resistant. Hornet seems to have a marginally lower seat height. Bandit power delivery a lot lazier (or you can tune them easily and have a lot more power). Bandit has a decent range.

All the best

Keith
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[cheets650]

Bike just for fun - no commuting these days but my misses does go pillion

[carlosthejack...]

[Az]

Hornet - handles better, lighter, around the same power (possibly more) but less torque.

[Slacker24seve...]

What do you have at the moment and why do you need to change?

Re: crashproofing, I smashed up my Hornet several times and the forks, wheels and frame all remained straight.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

Toss a coin, heads 600, tails 1200. Before looking at the coin, which one did you wish it would come up?
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[cheets650]

Got rid of my sv650 last year

- heads and tails - no preference at the moment between the two - bandit is a couple of quid cheaper

[P.]

Choose the one you like. I found Hornets to be small, but bandits to be boring.

Me, I'd choose neither and be looking for a Thundercat.

[trevor saxe-coburg-gotha]

'Ornet.
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[wr6133]

[MCN.]

Bandit 12, purely cause Hornets use a detuned engine from one of the most boring bikes ever, the steelie CBR, whereas the B12 engine shares it's DNA with the GSXR1100K, which is the weapon of choice for strong, straight homophobes everywhere.

[_Iain_]

Hornet will apparently go round corners.

Bandit won't however the engine is quite lulzy.

As it goes I nearly crashed my bosses 1200 Bandit into a corsa at 140mph on the A2 whilst racing a mate on a Hornet 600.
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[cheets650]

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I base that on only knowing 1 person who has one. He is in his 50's, only brings it out on sunny days and tries to use it as a talking point to chat up girls young enough to be his daughter[/quote]

Bandit getting vote at the moment 😃

[Wednesday Biker]

I love Hornets but if I had the room I'd probably have the 1200.
Just too big and heavy for me to get in and out of the back garden easily though.
They are two very different machines, so only you can know what you want from a bike.

[Val]

[Val]

[MCN.]

If you must have an evil handling old steel framed heap then you may as well have one with a decent engine, which kind of counts the hornet out.

[carlosthejack...]

[Polarbear]

[wr6133]

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