Got me Bandit!

[Mr Hammers]

Saw the ad Thursday night. Emailed the guy Friday morning. Picked it up Saturday afternoon.

Soon as I saw the ad, somehow, I just knew it would be mine (anyone else ever have that..?). He was asking £1250 for it, told him it was just slightly out of my budget (which was actually supposed to be £800!) and he offered to come down £100.

So, I now have a 1997 Bandit, in great condition, and it was only about a few hours ago I finally managed to stop constantly grinning from ear to ear

The only things that need looking at, as far as I can tell so far, as since I've had it I've been busy with other less interesting, non-biking things....are;

Speedo has a scrape on the chrome.
Right front indicator stem needs replacing or fixing.
Ummm....oh yes, right hand mirror slightly bent where it bolts in.

That's about it. Otherwise, she rides reet lovely, sounds gorgeous, and looks fantastic!

It's done 15K miles, Goodridge hoses all round, brand new Battlax front and back, and the paintwork is black, but with those little blue flecky bits in. Really nice.

The ride back was interesting, weatherwise. Bright sunshine, then rain, then sunshine, then hail, then drizzle, then sunshine. But in the 60 odd miles I've ridden it, I've noticed two things.

One is that I've obviously been spoilt with the fairing on the NSR. Forgotten just how much work naked bikes are in the wind! Especially at a 100+! (ahem...so I've err been told... )

The other is that it feels like it's keen to turn. When turning at mid range speeds, it doesn't exactly 'fall' into the corners, it's much more controlled than that. I don't know how to describe it really, except that it seems like it wants to turn. Is that normal for a Bandit?

Anyway, I am as chuffed about it as much as Mrs Hammers is unchuffed about it <-- me <-- her

Right, thought I'd let you know, now I'm going to go back into the garage and have another look at her. Just to make sure she's still there, and happy in her new home.

Pics here!
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[cyclops12]

congrats
cant beat that new bike feeling
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[salty21]

to cheer her up give mrs hammers the nsr then you can overtake her, drop back, overtake and so on and so forth until bored . Thats what i did when i got me cbr, exept it was my mum on the nsr and not my mrs. feels good though for some reason
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04 NSR 125(sold) ---- 03 CBR 600rr(sold) ----90 pan euro ST1100 '' ----02 CG 125
94 CB400 Super Four ---- 2000 VTR SP1 (sold) ---- 08 ninja p8f(sold, meh) ----05 CBR600rr

[Skudd]

Congrats on getting the bike.

But why when anyone talks about Bandits I always think Arse first?

And Brokeback Mountain was on tv tonight.
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